Apprentice Vehicle Technician
AMK CHAUFFEUR DRIVE LTD
LIPHOOK (GU30 7RP)
Closes on Sunday 2 August 2026
Posted on 19 May 2026
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Summary
As an Apprentice Vehicle Technician, you’ll work alongside experienced technicians who will teach you the skills to become a Vehicle Technician. This is a hands-on role where you will be shadowing Technicians and receive mentorship.
- Wage
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£15,600 to £24,784.50, depending on your age
National Minimum Wage
- Training course
- Autocare technician (level 2)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday 8am - 5:30pm. 2x 15-minute breaks and an hour lunch.
37 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Monday 7 September 2026
- Duration
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2 years 6 months
- 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
- Assisting with vehicle servicing, repairs and inspections
- Learning how to safely use workshop tools and equipment
- Carrying out basic mechanical tasks as your skills develop
- Helping keep the workshop clean, organised and running smoothly
- Following instructions and learning best practices in vehicle repair
- Building your knowledge of vehicle systems, diagnostics and maintenance
Where you'll work
MILL LANE
PASSFIELD
LIPHOOK
GU30 7RP
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
CITY OF PORTSMOUTH COLLEGE
Training course
Autocare technician (level 2)
Understanding apprenticeship levels (opens in new tab)
What you'll learn
Course contents
- Comply with health and safety procedures in the workplace in compliance with regulations, standards, and guidance.
- Prepare the vehicle and working area before the work activity. For example, remove or mitigate slip and trip hazards.
- Maintain and restore the work area during and on completion of the activity.
- Store, maintain, including calibration checks, and return tools and equipment to storage.
- Access vehicle technical data to inform inspections and make judgements on wear and serviceability.
- Comply with environmental and sustainability procedures, regulations, standards, and guidance. Segregate resources for reuse, recycling, and disposal.
- Apply vehicle safety inspection and routine maintenance procedures using vehicle specific data on car, car derived van or light goods vehicle.
- Select and use tools and equipment, mechanical and electrical measuring tools, and diagnostic equipment.
- Remove, repair and replace vehicle tyre and balance wheel assemblies on car, car derived van or light goods vehicle. For example, ultra-low profile, directional, asymmetric, run-flat tyres.
- Inspect, remove, and replace of parts or components in cars, car derived vans, or light goods vehicles for the following: steering systems and suspension systems, braking systems, emission systems, air conditioning systems, battery and charging systems, fluid and filtration systems.
- Apply state-of-health condition monitoring tests to high voltage batteries and chargers for electrified cars, car derived vans, or light goods vehicles.
- Apply four-wheel geometry checks and adjustments to cars, car derived vans, and light goods vehicles.
- Apply safe working practices and procedures to isolate electrified vehicles for maintenance.
- Record vehicle service maintenance, parts replacement, or repair.
- Apply customer service principles and organisational customer care practices. For example, identifying customer and vehicle needs, resolve low level customer complaints, make recommendations to customers based on results of inspection, maintenance, or repair of vehicles, customer payment transactions and organisational sales processes.
- Provide quotation of cost and order automotive parts, products, and consumables applicable to the vehicle.
- Apply procedures for stock and parts storage: ordering, checking and stock rotation.
- Apply organisational sales processes. For example, show and tell, features and benefits, consultative selling, mini closing and closing.
- Apply team working principles.
- Comply with equity, diversity, and inclusion guidance.
- Communicate with others verbally, for example customers, suppliers, and colleagues.
- Communicate in writing, for example with internal and external customers, colleagues, and managers.
- Use information and digital technology systems. Comply with GDPR and cyber security.
- Complete and record learning and development activities.
- Apply procedures to check and replace fluids, and filtration parts.
- Comply with health and safety procedures in the workplace in compliance with regulations, standards, and guidance.
- Prepare the vehicle and working area before the work activity. For example, remove or mitigate slip and trip hazards.
- Maintain and restore the work area during and on completion of the activity.
- Store, maintain, including calibration checks, and return tools and equipment to storage.
- Access vehicle technical data to inform inspections and make judgements on wear and serviceability.
- Comply with environmental and sustainability procedures, regulations, standards, and guidance. Segregate resources for reuse, recycling, and disposal.
- Apply vehicle safety inspection and routine maintenance procedures using vehicle specific data on car, car derived van or light goods vehicle.
- Select and use tools and equipment, mechanical and electrical measuring tools, and diagnostic equipment.
- Remove, repair and replace vehicle tyre and balance wheel assemblies on car, car derived van or light goods vehicle. For example, ultra-low profile, directional, asymmetric, run-flat tyres.
- Inspect, remove, and replace of parts or components in cars, car derived vans, or light goods vehicles for the following: steering systems and suspension systems, braking systems, emission systems, air conditioning systems, battery and charging systems, fluid and filtration systems.
- Apply state-of-health condition monitoring tests to high voltage batteries and chargers for electrified cars, car derived vans, or light goods vehicles.
- Apply four-wheel geometry checks and adjustments to cars, car derived vans, and light goods vehicles.
- Apply safe working practices and procedures to isolate electrified vehicles for maintenance.
- Record vehicle service maintenance, parts replacement, or repair.
- Apply customer service principles and organisational customer care practices. For example, identifying customer and vehicle needs, resolve low level customer complaints, make recommendations to customers based on results of inspection, maintenance, or repair of vehicles, customer payment transactions and organisational sales processes.
- Provide quotation of cost and order automotive parts, products, and consumables applicable to the vehicle.
- Apply procedures for stock and parts storage: ordering, checking and stock rotation.
- Apply organisational sales processes. For example, show and tell, features and benefits, consultative selling, mini closing and closing.
- Apply team working principles.
- Comply with equity, diversity, and inclusion guidance.
- Communicate with others verbally, for example customers, suppliers, and colleagues.
- Communicate in writing, for example with internal and external customers, colleagues, and managers.
- Use information and digital technology systems. Comply with GDPR and cyber security.
- Complete and record learning and development activities.
- Apply procedures to check and replace fluids, and filtration parts.
Training schedule
Autocare Technician Level 2.
Attendance at College will be required on weekly on a weekday. Time spent training will come under the working hours per week. Your Apprenticeship Liaison Officer will liaise with you to set up mutually convenient times for consultation and assessment visits at your place of work.
It is a government requirement for you to spend 6 hours a week working towards your “Off the Job Learning” - off the job learning can consist of college attendance, coursework, project related work, employer training, mentoring and coaching.
More training information
What does the programme include?
This apprenticeship will focus on light vehicle diagnostic processes, fault finding and equipment as well as industry relevant skills and training for example apprentices will practice:
- Inspecting Light Vehicles using prescribed methods
- Maintaining a healthy and safe workplace, including the maintenance of key equipment and carrying out general housekeeping
- Use specific company IT systems within the workplace, including Point-of-sale systems and hand-held devices.
- Communicate effectively with customers, suppliers and colleagues
- Access vehicle technical data to inform inspections and make judgements on wear and serviceability
On completion of this Standard the Autocare Technician will be eligible to apply for IMI membership as a Registered Young Professional or if they wish as an Associate Member. They would also gain entry onto the IMI Professional Register.
Learning and assessment
Apprentices build a portfolio of work, and your Apprenticeship Liaison Officer will be in regular contact to provide support, and to arrange on-site visits to observe the apprentices’ ability and skills in their daily role. It is important for the apprentice to take ownership of their own learning by seeking out opportunities to gain new skills on the job with the employer. The apprentice’s final grade will be determined by the collective assessments known as “the end point assessment” and has a Pass/Distinction grade.
The three assessments are:
- Online knowledge-based tests
- Skills test (knowledge and behaviours are observed in the workplace)
- Professional discussion (apprentice is to demonstrate that they can apply the broad range of knowledge, skills and behaviours in the Standard)
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 3/D/Functional Skills Level 1)
- Maths (grade 3/D/Functional Skills Level 1)
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
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Team working
- Initiative
About this employer
We've been around since 1973, boasting a fleet of over 250 contract hire vehicles and employing over 400 members of staff.
Working in partnership with organisations and authorities such as Hampshire and Surrey County Council, AMK has been constantly reviewing the effectiveness of these services to ensure that they best meet the demands of the local population and our individual customers.
https://www.amk.co.uk/ (opens in new tab)
Company benefits
Company uniform. Use of company tools whilst you compile your own toolbox.
After this apprenticeship
After Level 2 if you wish to progress to Level 3 Motor Vehicle Service and Maintenance Technician - Light Vehicle you will need to already have GCSE 9-4/A*-C in English and maths or Functional Skills Level 2 in both OR do maths and English to Functional Skills Level 2 during the Level 2 Autocare Technician apprenticeship.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
CITY OF PORTSMOUTH COLLEGE
Heather Murray
heather.murray@copc.ac.uk
02394 211959
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000030658.
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Closes on Sunday 2 August 2026