Agricultural Mechanical Engineering Apprentice
BRACKLEY FARMS LIMITED
Wing (LU7 0LD)
Closes in 14 days (Wednesday 11 November 2026 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 27 October 2026
Contents
Summary
Keep the wheels of farming turning. Learn how to diagnose faults, maintain equipment and engineer solutions on machinery used every day in the agricultural industry. If you're eager to learn, enjoy working with your hands and want a career in engineering, we'd love to hear from you. Apply today!
- Wage
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£26,520 a year
- Training course
- Mechatronics maintenance technician (level 3)
- Hours
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0800 – 1600 Mon to Fri (but may need to be flexible to hours).
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 4 January 2027
- Duration
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4 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
What you’ll do at work
This role is based near Leighton Buzzard where you'll learn from experienced engineers while working on agricultural machinery and biomass heating systems.
Applicants must have a full UK driving licence.
As an apprentice, you'll spend your time both in the workshop and out on farms, learning real engineering skills from day one.
- Service, maintain and repair agricultural and biomass equipment
- Assist engineers with installations and breakdowns
- Learn how to diagnose faults and solve technical problems
- Use professional tools, machinery and diagnostic equipment
- Carry out safety inspections and routine maintenance
- Read engineering manuals and technical drawings
- Complete service records and engineering documentation
Develop valuable mechanical, electrical and problem-solving skills
No two days are the same!
We're looking for someone who is:
- Curious about engineering and how machines work
- Hands-on and eager to learn
- Reliable with good timekeeping
- A strong team player
- Confident communicating with customers and colleagues
- Enthusiastic and motivated to build a career
Where you'll work
Aston Wing Stewkley Poultry Farm
Stewkley Road
Wing
LU7 0LD
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
MILTON KEYNES COLLEGE
Training course
Mechatronics maintenance technician (level 3)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Use information technology, for example to create documentation, communication and information management.
- Obtain, read and interpret task related documentation, such as work instructions, quality control documents, drawings, operation manuals, specifications and service manuals.
- Record information for example job sheets, risk assessments, equipment service records, test results, handover documents and manufacturers' documentation, asset management records, work sheets, checklists, waste environmental records and any legal reporting requirements.
- Conduct initial assessment of equipment that requires maintenance.
- Formulate plans setting out the methodology of the maintenance activity including timescales and resources.
- Select, prepare and use material, consumables, tools and equipment.
- Comply with health and safety regulations and organisational requirements applicable in the workplace. For example, COSHH, PUWER, LOLER, PPE and applying safe systems of work.
- Apply dynamic risk assessment, hazard identification and risk mitigation principles and techniques.
- Apply isolation principles and techniques to equipment undergoing maintenance, including dissipation of stored energies as required.
- Manufacture, repair and refurbish components using hand and machine tools.
- Restore the workplace on completion of the maintenance activity. Handover resources, consumables and equipment to process owner.
- Apply the techniques and processes used in reactive maintenance and repair activities on complex engineered systems such as electrical, electronic, mechanical, fluid power and control systems.
- Produce, maintain, update, record and store documentation including electronic items such as PLC and robot programmes.
- Apply techniques and processes used in planned and preventative maintenance activities on engineered systems such as electrical, electronic, mechanical, fluid power and control systems.
- Apply functional testing and checking techniques and processes after maintenance interventions, and handover to the operational team.
- Apply techniques and processes used in condition monitoring, non-destructive or sensory testing. Record findings and take necessary actions.
- Apply calculation techniques such as, feeds, speeds, tolerances, electrical calculations using Ohms law, power calculations and cable sizing calculations.
- Select, use and confirm calibration of electrical and mechanical testing and measuring equipment.
- Produce sketches or drawings to support maintenance activities.
- Communicate in writing. Prepare communications, documents and reports on technical matters.
- Segregate, separate and dispose of waste streams and by-products.
- Apply 4S or 5S principles of housekeeping to the work environment.
- Identify opportunities and make recommendations to improve operational performance.
- Apply continuous improvement techniques.
- Communicate with others verbally. Negotiate with colleagues or stakeholders. For example, to access equipment or arrange access to equipment.
- Follow equity, diversity and inclusion procedures.
- Carry out and record planned and unplanned learning and development activities.
- Apply fault finding techniques used in reactive maintenance on complex integrated systems including half split, input output, six point technique, function or performance testing, unit or component substitution and equipment diagnostics.
- Use information technology, for example to create documentation, communication and information management.
- Obtain, read and interpret task related documentation, such as work instructions, quality control documents, drawings, operation manuals, specifications and service manuals.
- Record information for example job sheets, risk assessments, equipment service records, test results, handover documents and manufacturers' documentation, asset management records, work sheets, checklists, waste environmental records and any legal reporting requirements.
- Conduct initial assessment of equipment that requires maintenance.
- Formulate plans setting out the methodology of the maintenance activity including timescales and resources.
- Select, prepare and use material, consumables, tools and equipment.
- Comply with health and safety regulations and organisational requirements applicable in the workplace. For example, COSHH, PUWER, LOLER, PPE and applying safe systems of work.
- Apply dynamic risk assessment, hazard identification and risk mitigation principles and techniques.
- Apply isolation principles and techniques to equipment undergoing maintenance, including dissipation of stored energies as required.
- Manufacture, repair and refurbish components using hand and machine tools.
- Restore the workplace on completion of the maintenance activity. Handover resources, consumables and equipment to process owner.
- Apply the techniques and processes used in reactive maintenance and repair activities on complex engineered systems such as electrical, electronic, mechanical, fluid power and control systems.
- Produce, maintain, update, record and store documentation including electronic items such as PLC and robot programmes.
- Apply techniques and processes used in planned and preventative maintenance activities on engineered systems such as electrical, electronic, mechanical, fluid power and control systems.
- Apply functional testing and checking techniques and processes after maintenance interventions, and handover to the operational team.
- Apply techniques and processes used in condition monitoring, non-destructive or sensory testing. Record findings and take necessary actions.
- Apply calculation techniques such as, feeds, speeds, tolerances, electrical calculations using Ohms law, power calculations and cable sizing calculations.
- Select, use and confirm calibration of electrical and mechanical testing and measuring equipment.
- Produce sketches or drawings to support maintenance activities.
- Communicate in writing. Prepare communications, documents and reports on technical matters.
- Segregate, separate and dispose of waste streams and by-products.
- Apply 4S or 5S principles of housekeeping to the work environment.
- Identify opportunities and make recommendations to improve operational performance.
- Apply continuous improvement techniques.
- Communicate with others verbally. Negotiate with colleagues or stakeholders. For example, to access equipment or arrange access to equipment.
- Follow equity, diversity and inclusion procedures.
- Carry out and record planned and unplanned learning and development activities.
- Apply fault finding techniques used in reactive maintenance on complex integrated systems including half split, input output, six point technique, function or performance testing, unit or component substitution and equipment diagnostics.
Training schedule
You will work towards the:
Mechatronics Maintenance Technician Apprenticeship
This apprenticeship combines workplace learning with technical training, helping you become a skilled engineering professional. You'll attend Milton Keynes College one day a week.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4)
- Maths (grade 5)
- Science (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
- Problem solving skills
- Team working
Other requirements
- The role involves a mixture of workshop-based work and visits to farms, so you'll enjoy working both indoors and outdoors
- Applicants must have a full UK driving licence
- Workplace Location: Aston, Wing & Stewkley Poultry Farm, Stewkley Road, Wing, near Leighton Buzzard, Buckinghamshire, LU7 0LD
About this employer
E C Drummond (Brackley Farms Ltd) is a Herefordshire-based agricultural business specialising in soft fruit, top fruit, poultry, and arable farming. Proudly growing, producing, and supplying quality produce from the heart of the countryside.
After this apprenticeship
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).
This isn't just an apprenticeship. It's the start of a career.
- Opportunity for a full-time position within the maintenance team
- Ongoing training and development
- Work with modern agricultural and biomass engineering technology
- Develop skills that are highly valued across the engineering sector
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
MILTON KEYNES COLLEGE
Apprenticeships@mkcollege.ac.uk
01908 637056
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000061019.
Apply now
Closes in 14 days (Wednesday 11 November 2026 at 11:59pm)