Boatyard Apprentice
BURTON WATERS MARINA LTD
LINCOLN (LN1 2WN)
Closes in 11 days (Sunday 19 July 2026 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 8 July 2026
Contents
Summary
Join Burton Waters Marina as a Boatyard Apprentice. Gain hands-on experience servicing, maintaining and repairing marine engines and vessels, alongside boat valeting and marina operations. You will work towards the Level 3 Land-Based Service Engineering Technician apprenticeship standard in a varied marine environment.
- Wage
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£15,392 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
- Training course
- Land-based service engineering technician (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday. Summer working hours are typically 8.00am - 5.00pm and winter working hours are typically 8.30am - 4.00pm.
37 hours a week
- Start date
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Tuesday 1 September 2026
- Duration
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2 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
- Assist with the servicing, maintenance and repair of petrol and diesel marine engines
- Work on a wide range of inboard and outboard engines, from small engines through to V8 and V12 applications
- Support fault finding, diagnostics and electrical repairs on marine vessels
- Assist senior engineers and technicians with complex repairs and maintenance tasks
- Carry out antifouling work, including preparing hulls and applying coatings and bottom paint
- Undertake boat polishing, detailing, valeting and preparation to customer-ready standards
- Prepare boats for handover, including inspections, maintenance checks and presentation
- Operate marina equipment, including the fuel pontoon and pump-out station, following safe working practices
- Assist with hire boat preparation and customer handovers, including explaining safe vessel operation
- Support the movement of boats around the marina and assist with hoist and boat lift operations
- Liaise professionally with boat owners, customers and visitors, providing excellent customer service
- Support boat sales activities where required
- Carry out basic administrative duties, maintain service records and use internal systems to log jobs and parts
- Assist with social media and marketing activities where required
- Help maintain a clean, safe and organised workshop, boatyard, marina and pontoon environment
- Support wider marina and business operations as required, gaining experience across all areas of the business
- Follow all health and safety procedures and contribute to a positive working environment
Where you'll work
BURTON LANE END
BURTON WATERS
LINCOLN
LN1 2WN
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
BISHOP BURTON COLLEGE
Training course
Land-based service engineering technician (level 3)
Understanding apprenticeship levels (opens in new tab)
What you'll learn
Course contents
- Interpret technical data, documentation, schematic diagrams, wiring diagrams and technical specifications.
- Work in accordance with Safe Systems of Work and apply control measures such as Health and Safety at Work Act, lone working, working at height and risk assessments adopting mitigation measures to safeguard, bystanders, the public, property and livestock.
- Use digital equipment to interrogate land-based machinery, equipment and prime mover performance and extract data and communicate to stakeholders.
- Obtain information from colleagues and stakeholders employing a range of techniques.
- Establish the information required to perform an efficient and effective diagnosis.
- Communicate technical matters to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Perform repairs of technologically advanced land-based machinery, equipment and prime movers in accordance with manufacturer's guidelines and industry standards.
- Measure and assess wear tolerances and deformation in line with manufacturer instructions or guidance.
- Identify components that require either repair or replacement, including providing alternative solutions for repair or replacement as appropriate.
- Repair or replace component parts in accordance with manufacturer guidelines.
- Establish and replicate the circumstances and conditions that give rise to reported faults.
- Determine whether reported symptoms are a characteristic or a fault.
- Diagnose faults and reported underperformance of land-based machinery, equipment and prime movers using approved diagnostic procedures and equipment and logical problem-solving techniques.
- Maintain, interrogate, calibrate and repair electronic equipment and systems, including precision technology, electronic management systems, telemetry, autonomous and automated operations used in the land-based sector.
- Differentiate between the root cause and symptom of land-based machinery, equipment and prime mover failures.
- Identify crop, soil, climatic and environmental factors that impact on the performance of land-based machinery, equipment and prime movers.
- Identify the equipment settings appropriate to the working conditions giving due consideration to crop, soil types, conditions and environments, weather and climatic conditions.
- Perform verification tests to check performance against manufacturer specification land-based machinery, equipment and prime mover performance.
- Identify stakeholder requirements and provide tailored advice that informs their selection and operation of appropriate machinery, equipment and prime movers to meet the land based environment in which it will be operated.
- Applies supervision and mentoring techniques to support junior colleagues' development.
- Plan and prepare maintenance or repair work schedules for showing task allocation, sequencing, workflow and time management.
- Compile technical reports and statements.
- Provide technical input to facilitate the compilation of repair schedules, action plans, quotations and estimates.
- Identify the parts and services required to enable the reinstatement of land-based machinery, equipment and prime movers for the purposes of estimates and quotations.
- Perform installation and handover of machinery, equipment and prime movers, explaining their safe operation, the settings required for the environmental conditions and application, the maintenance and warranty requirements.
- Establish level of customer understanding of how to operate the machinery or equipment following installation and handover.
- Use predictive and preventative maintenance effectively to minimise land-based machinery, equipment and prime mover downtime.
- Identify toxic and hazardous substances and environments and apply suitable and sustainable control measures.
- Dispose of equipment, components and substances in accordance with environmental regulations, industry standards and company policy.
- Keep up to date with advances in environment land-based working practices and the land-based engineering technologies and share best practice.
- How contextual factors (including operational techniques, application, crop, soil types and conditions, environments, weather and climatic conditions) impact on machine performance and faults.
- Repair complex electrical and electronic systems in accordance with job requirements.
- Interpret technical data, documentation, schematic diagrams, wiring diagrams and technical specifications.
- Work in accordance with Safe Systems of Work and apply control measures such as Health and Safety at Work Act, lone working, working at height and risk assessments adopting mitigation measures to safeguard, bystanders, the public, property and livestock.
- Use digital equipment to interrogate land-based machinery, equipment and prime mover performance and extract data and communicate to stakeholders.
- Obtain information from colleagues and stakeholders employing a range of techniques.
- Establish the information required to perform an efficient and effective diagnosis.
- Communicate technical matters to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Perform repairs of technologically advanced land-based machinery, equipment and prime movers in accordance with manufacturer's guidelines and industry standards.
- Measure and assess wear tolerances and deformation in line with manufacturer instructions or guidance.
- Identify components that require either repair or replacement, including providing alternative solutions for repair or replacement as appropriate.
- Repair or replace component parts in accordance with manufacturer guidelines.
- Establish and replicate the circumstances and conditions that give rise to reported faults.
- Determine whether reported symptoms are a characteristic or a fault.
- Diagnose faults and reported underperformance of land-based machinery, equipment and prime movers using approved diagnostic procedures and equipment and logical problem-solving techniques.
- Maintain, interrogate, calibrate and repair electronic equipment and systems, including precision technology, electronic management systems, telemetry, autonomous and automated operations used in the land-based sector.
- Differentiate between the root cause and symptom of land-based machinery, equipment and prime mover failures.
- Identify crop, soil, climatic and environmental factors that impact on the performance of land-based machinery, equipment and prime movers.
- Identify the equipment settings appropriate to the working conditions giving due consideration to crop, soil types, conditions and environments, weather and climatic conditions.
- Perform verification tests to check performance against manufacturer specification land-based machinery, equipment and prime mover performance.
- Identify stakeholder requirements and provide tailored advice that informs their selection and operation of appropriate machinery, equipment and prime movers to meet the land based environment in which it will be operated.
- Applies supervision and mentoring techniques to support junior colleagues' development.
- Plan and prepare maintenance or repair work schedules for showing task allocation, sequencing, workflow and time management.
- Compile technical reports and statements.
- Provide technical input to facilitate the compilation of repair schedules, action plans, quotations and estimates.
- Identify the parts and services required to enable the reinstatement of land-based machinery, equipment and prime movers for the purposes of estimates and quotations.
- Perform installation and handover of machinery, equipment and prime movers, explaining their safe operation, the settings required for the environmental conditions and application, the maintenance and warranty requirements.
- Establish level of customer understanding of how to operate the machinery or equipment following installation and handover.
- Use predictive and preventative maintenance effectively to minimise land-based machinery, equipment and prime mover downtime.
- Identify toxic and hazardous substances and environments and apply suitable and sustainable control measures.
- Dispose of equipment, components and substances in accordance with environmental regulations, industry standards and company policy.
- Keep up to date with advances in environment land-based working practices and the land-based engineering technologies and share best practice.
- How contextual factors (including operational techniques, application, crop, soil types and conditions, environments, weather and climatic conditions) impact on machine performance and faults.
- Repair complex electrical and electronic systems in accordance with job requirements.
Training schedule
- Training will be delivered through a combination of on-the-job learning and off-the-job training
- Apprentices will typically spend 4 days per week in the workplace and 1 day per week at Riseholme College, Lincolnshire, developing the knowledge, skills and behaviours required to successfully complete the apprenticeship
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4/C)
- Maths (grade 4/C)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Presentation skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
- Patience
- Physical fitness
- Practical
Other requirements
This role is varied and hands-on, with duties changing throughout the year to meet business demands. Working hours may vary seasonally, with longer days and increased workload during the busy summer months.
The role involves working both indoors and outdoors in all weather conditions, as well as occasionally working in confined spaces on board vessels. As the position is based around a marina environment, water awareness is essential and applicants must be confident around water and able to swim.
Some maintenance duties involve working with boat waste and sanitation systems, including servicing and emptying holding tanks and associated equipment. Applicants should be comfortable carrying out these tasks and working in environments where unpleasant odours may be present.
A positive attitude, flexibility and willingness to get involved in all aspects of the business are essential, as tasks can vary across engineering, maintenance, customer service and marina operations.
About this employer
Burton Waters Marina is a family-run business with a strong reputation in the marine industry. As a growing company, we are looking for committed team members who want to develop their skills and build a long-term career with us.
You will work alongside experienced engineers and boatyard professionals, gaining hands-on experience across a diverse range of marine engineering, maintenance and marina operations. This role offers a unique opportunity to be involved in the entire process, from receiving boats and diagnosing faults through to servicing, restoration, preparation and final sale.
Throughout your apprenticeship, you will benefit from dedicated mentoring, exposure to premium boat brands including Jeanneau and Prestige, and opportunities to attend manufacturer training and technical product courses. Successful candidates will have the opportunity to progress into a permanent role, with clear career development opportunities within our growing family-owned business.
If you are looking for a varied role, practical experience and the chance to build a rewarding long-term career in the marine industry, this apprenticeship provides an excellent foundation for success.
https://www.burtonwaters.co.uk/burton-waters-marina/ (opens in new tab)
Company benefits
Paid annual leave, statutory sick pay, full training and support throughout the apprenticeship, and the opportunity to develop skills within the marine industry.
After this apprenticeship
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).
- Upon successful completion of the apprenticeship, the apprentice will be offered the opportunity to progress into a permanent position within the business, subject to performance and business needs
- Salary reviews will take place throughout the apprenticeship, with pay increases considered based on skills development, commitment, performance and contribution to the company
- This is an excellent opportunity for someone looking to build a long-term career within the marine industry, where hard work, enthusiasm and a willingness to learn will be recognised and rewarded
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
BISHOP BURTON COLLEGE
Jade Bishop
apprenticeshipenquiries@bishopburton.ac.uk
01964553056
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000039279.
Apply now
Closes in 11 days (Sunday 19 July 2026 at 11:59pm)