Estates & Facilities Apprentice
Cheshire College - South & West
Macclesfield (SK11 8LF)
Closes in 20 days (Tuesday 25 August 2026 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 5 August 2026
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Summary
This role is to gain a Level 2 Property Maintenance Operative Apprenticeship Qualification. You will support the Estates and Facilities Team in ensuring College buildings, facilities and grounds are safe, compliant, efficient and well maintained.
- Wage
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£15,392 to £24,454.04, depending on your age
National Minimum Wage
- Training course
- Property maintenance operative (level 2)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday. Shifts to be confirmed.
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
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Reflect the vision, mission, aims and values of the College.
- Assist with the planning and administration of the College Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) programme.
- Support the monitoring and scheduling of statutory inspections and compliance activities.
- Maintain Estates and Facilities records, databases and asset registers.
- Assist with reactive maintenance requests and monitor progress through to completion.
- Support the administration of Estates and facilities management systems.
- Assist in monitoring service delivery standards and contractor performance.
- Support energy, sustainability and environmental initiatives across the College.
- Verify that contractor documentation, insurance and certification records remain current.
- Observe contractor activities and raise concerns where standards are not met.
- Support the collection of contractor quotations and procurement information
- Assist in maintaining statutory compliance documentation including fire safety, legionella, gas, electrical and lifting equipment records.
- Assist with monitoring and tracking actions arising from audits, inspections and risk assessments.
- Support fire safety management arrangements including testing and record keeping.
- Assist with accident, incident and near miss investigations where appropriate.
- Promote a positive health and safety culture throughout the College.
- Support compliance reporting and key performance indicator monitoring.
- Assist with the processing of purchase orders and invoices.
- Attend all apprenticeship training, workshops and reviews.
- Complete assignments and evidence requirements within agreed timescales.
- Actively develop knowledge of Facilities Management, Compliance and Health & Safety legislation and best practice.
Where you'll work
Park Lane
Macclesfield
SK11 8LF
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
CHESHIRE COLLEGE SOUTH AND WEST
Training course
Property maintenance operative (level 2)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Plan the sequence of work required to carry out routine property maintenance operations.
- Identify and select the appropriate materials and components for property maintenance tasks, ensuring these are compliant with relevant regulatory requirements and manufacturer's specifications.
- Comply with statutory health and safety regulations and requirements.
- Comply with risk assessments, and organise the workplace, to safeguard themselves and the property.
- Comply with key regulatory and legislative requirements, including building regulations.
- Uses safe working practices when carrying out property maintenance tasks including the use of PPE, signage, barriers, access equipment and ensuring work area is prepared and reinstated.
- Select, and use work tools and equipment for property maintenance tasks, applying all safeguards, and ensuring the correct functioning of equipment.
- Safely isolate and secure electrical or electronic supplies prior to performing property maintenance operations.
- Apply and implement routine emergency system checks, testing and routine maintenance, identifying and reporting faults as required.
- Perform maintenance and repairs to plumbing systems, including fault identification, safe isolation of supply, replacing components and clearing blockages.
- Perform maintenance and repairs to external drainage systems, including clearing blockages and replacing components.
- Perform maintenance and repairs to environmental and energy management systems, including fault identification, safe isolation of supply, replacing components.
- Use carpentry and joinery skills to perform repairs to windows, doors and glazing units, and their associated fittings.
- Perform repairs to plastered surfaces, including surface preparation, fixing and mixing materials and compounds.
- Use painting and decorating skills to prepare surfaces for decoration, apply paint using brushes and rollers, and complete sealing activities using gun appliances.
- Perform tiling repairs, including setting out, surface preparation and cutting around obstacles.
- Perform flooring repairs, including setting out, surface preparation and cutting around obstacles.
- Perform planned, responsive or temporary repairs to buildings or their immediate surroundings, attending to minor defects within either masonry, roofing, fencing or railing, groundwork or landscaping.
- Select and use technical literature and other sources of information and data to address property maintenance problems.
- Record and report information, using digital and written techniques.
- Inspect own work, ensuring it is delivered to the given specifications.
- Comply with environmental regulations and procedures. Segregate resources for reuse, recycling and disposal.
- Use and adapt communication methods for different situations and when, working with colleagues and stakeholders, using industry terminology as appropriate.
- Provide customer feedback whilst maintaining customer service.
- Escalates issues beyond their level of competence and authority.
- Plan the sequence of work required to carry out routine property maintenance operations.
- Identify and select the appropriate materials and components for property maintenance tasks, ensuring these are compliant with relevant regulatory requirements and manufacturer's specifications.
- Comply with statutory health and safety regulations and requirements.
- Comply with risk assessments, and organise the workplace, to safeguard themselves and the property.
- Comply with key regulatory and legislative requirements, including building regulations.
- Uses safe working practices when carrying out property maintenance tasks including the use of PPE, signage, barriers, access equipment and ensuring work area is prepared and reinstated.
- Select, and use work tools and equipment for property maintenance tasks, applying all safeguards, and ensuring the correct functioning of equipment.
- Safely isolate and secure electrical or electronic supplies prior to performing property maintenance operations.
- Apply and implement routine emergency system checks, testing and routine maintenance, identifying and reporting faults as required.
- Perform maintenance and repairs to plumbing systems, including fault identification, safe isolation of supply, replacing components and clearing blockages.
- Perform maintenance and repairs to external drainage systems, including clearing blockages and replacing components.
- Perform maintenance and repairs to environmental and energy management systems, including fault identification, safe isolation of supply, replacing components.
- Use carpentry and joinery skills to perform repairs to windows, doors and glazing units, and their associated fittings.
- Perform repairs to plastered surfaces, including surface preparation, fixing and mixing materials and compounds.
- Use painting and decorating skills to prepare surfaces for decoration, apply paint using brushes and rollers, and complete sealing activities using gun appliances.
- Perform tiling repairs, including setting out, surface preparation and cutting around obstacles.
- Perform flooring repairs, including setting out, surface preparation and cutting around obstacles.
- Perform planned, responsive or temporary repairs to buildings or their immediate surroundings, attending to minor defects within either masonry, roofing, fencing or railing, groundwork or landscaping.
- Select and use technical literature and other sources of information and data to address property maintenance problems.
- Record and report information, using digital and written techniques.
- Inspect own work, ensuring it is delivered to the given specifications.
- Comply with environmental regulations and procedures. Segregate resources for reuse, recycling and disposal.
- Use and adapt communication methods for different situations and when, working with colleagues and stakeholders, using industry terminology as appropriate.
- Provide customer feedback whilst maintaining customer service.
- Escalates issues beyond their level of competence and authority.
Training schedule
This apprenticeship is black release to Macclesfield College (5 weeks with employer and 1 week in college).
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4+)
- Maths (grade 4+)
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
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
- Patience
- Physical fitness
Other requirements
- Passing a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check
About this employer
Cheshire College – South & West is the largest provider of post-16 education in the region, offering exciting opportunities to over 11,000 learners and 1,000 Apprentices, who all have access to world-class facilities as a result of a £120m investment in the latest technology and real working environments, at modern Campuses in Crewe, Ellesmere Port, Chester and now Macclesfield.
Cheshire College is a dynamic, high quality and financially robust College, which provides learners with the skills, experience and qualifications that will prepare them for their future career or higher-level study, encouraging them to become confident individuals who will make valuable contributions to businesses and the local economy.
There is a fantastic atmosphere at our four Campuses in Crewe, Ellesmere Port, Chester and now Macclesfield, providing an environment to get involved in exciting activities and an opportunity for learners to make new friends.
https://www.ccsw.ac.uk/ (opens in new tab)
Company benefits
- Competitive salary
- Pension scheme with generous employer contributions (28.68% for TPS and 20% for LGPS)
- Up to 51 days of annual leave, including bank holidays, Christmas closure, and a dedicated Wellbeing Day
- Onsite fitness and childcare facilities
- Employee benefit platform
- Onsite Costa, café, shop, restaurants and hair and beauty salon
- Free onsite parking
- Employee Referral Scheme
- Staff awards
After this apprenticeship
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).
There may be a full time position available upon the successful competition of this apprenticeship.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
CHESHIRE COLLEGE SOUTH AND WEST
Maxim Business Training
apprenticeshiprecruitment@macclesfield.ac.uk
01625410022
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000046602.
Apply now
Closes in 20 days (Tuesday 25 August 2026 at 11:59pm)