Automotive Motor Vehicle Technician Apprentice Level 3
HALFORDS AUTOCENTRES LIMITED
Dover (CT16 3FH)
Closes on Tuesday 30 June 2026
Posted on 30 April 2026
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Summary
An exciting opportunity to join Halfords Autocentre's apprenticeship programme that will equip you with the skills, knowledge and behaviours you need to start a successful career with us. We have over 400 garages Nationally, currently recruiting for our Dover, Kent branch.
- Wage
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£17,680 a year
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A voucher so you can buy tools up to the value of £800 from Halfords Uniform and work boots supplied Halfords discount card
- Training course
- Motor vehicle service and maintenance technician - light vehicle (level 3)
- Hours
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A 40-hour week if you are under 18 and if you are over 18 you will work 44 hours per week. Shifts to be confirmed.
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 27 July 2026
- Duration
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3 years
- Positions available
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1
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you'll do at work
Working alongside our highly trained technicians carrying out MOT’s, car servicing and repairs for over 1 million customers a year.
These practical, highly skilled roles ensure we deliver dealership quality work on any make or model of car. As a Halfords Apprentice you will master a range of technologies across all kinds of cars – building valuable, career enhancing knowledge.
Duties will include, but are not limited to:
- Routine servicing and inspection procedures
- Learning how to diagnose faults using suitable fault finding strategies
- Repairs
Where you'll work
Honeywood Parkway
Whitfield
Dover
CT16 3FH
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
EKC GROUP
Training course
Motor vehicle service and maintenance technician - light vehicle (level 3)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Contribute to the maintenance of a safe and efficient workshop. Segregate waste for disposal or recycling. Comply with industry environmental legislation.
- Demonstrate due regard for own safety and that of others in the workshop and minimise risk of injury and vehicle damage.
- Carry out fundamental tasks associated with removal and replacement procedures on a vehicle.
- Obtain diagnostic and repair information.
- Interpret diagnostic information and use electrical wiring diagrams to determine system serviceability.
- Use a range of diagnostic equipment.
- Follow recognised diagnostic procedures, logical diagnostic sequence and apply advanced diagnostic principles and problem-solving techniques to establish faults.
- Report faults using company procedures and recommend suitable further actions.
- Follow recognised repair procedures to complete a wide range of repairs including those which involve complex procedures, or in depth knowledge.
- Test the function of repaired and fitted components.
- Adhere to business processes and complete documentation following workplace procedures.
- Use ICT to create emails, word-process documents and carry out web based searches.
- Complete a range of services and inspect and prepare a vehicle to the required quality standard for handover to the customer.
- Contribute to the maintenance of a safe and efficient workshop. Segregate waste for disposal or recycling. Comply with industry environmental legislation.
- Demonstrate due regard for own safety and that of others in the workshop and minimise risk of injury and vehicle damage.
- Carry out fundamental tasks associated with removal and replacement procedures on a vehicle.
- Obtain diagnostic and repair information.
- Interpret diagnostic information and use electrical wiring diagrams to determine system serviceability.
- Use a range of diagnostic equipment.
- Follow recognised diagnostic procedures, logical diagnostic sequence and apply advanced diagnostic principles and problem-solving techniques to establish faults.
- Report faults using company procedures and recommend suitable further actions.
- Follow recognised repair procedures to complete a wide range of repairs including those which involve complex procedures, or in depth knowledge.
- Test the function of repaired and fitted components.
- Adhere to business processes and complete documentation following workplace procedures.
- Use ICT to create emails, word-process documents and carry out web based searches.
- Complete a range of services and inspect and prepare a vehicle to the required quality standard for handover to the customer.
Training schedule
- Level 3 Motor Vehicle Service and Maintenance Technician apprenticeship qualification
- Before the Standard is met, all apprentices must hold a certificate that meets the EU’s 2014 F-gas regulation
- Day release model at this college– 1 day in college & 4 days working in the garage
- A mentor in your garage to support you through the apprenticeship
- Continued development and training after your apprenticeship with Hybrid / EV training, MOT training, Aircon training.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
BTEC in:
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Attention to detail
- Problem solving skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
Other requirements
For these roles, you must be working towards, or already hold your Level 2 Motor Vehicle Diploma minimum.
About this employer
We’re the UK’s leading retailer of automotive and cycling products, and one of the UK’s leading operators in car servicing and repairs. We’re all about the journey, whether that’s helping our customers to get the most out of theirs, or putting people like you in the driving seat when it comes to work and career. And because people like you are at the heart of our success, we’ve created a culture of engagement where the customer is at the heart of everything we do, where people work together to be better every day, where energy and enthusiasm drives career development, and where you’ll be inspired to embrace challenge as opportunity. If you share our ambitions for growth and want to take control of the pace of your own development, you’ll find that Halfords is a place where you can go further, faster. We’re already recognised as a great place to work and we’re doing everything we can to be even better for people who share our confidence, inclusive approach, integrity and ambition. What do you need to know? We’re the UK’s leading retailer of automotive and cycling products. More than 10,000 people work in our shops, Autocentres and Mobile Expert hubs, at over 750 locations. 90% of the UK is never more than 20 minutes away from a Halfords shop or Autocentre. We sell over 1 million bicycles every year.
After this apprenticeship
- Permanent role upon successful completion of apprenticeship
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
EKC GROUP
Blue Vinall
blue.vinall@eastkent.ac.uk
01227 811315
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000029261.
Apply now
Closes on Tuesday 30 June 2026