Heavy Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Apprenticeship

  • Company Name: Snows Commercials Ltd
  • Type: Apprenticeship
  • Sector: Automotive
  • Application Deadline Date: 04/11/2019
  • Positions Available: 1
  • Location: Bristol, BS35 5RY
  • Salary:
  • Ref: VAC-04023
  • Start Date: 08/11/2019
  • Working Week: Mon - Fri (Hours to be confirmed)

Brief Description

Do you have a passion to become an apprentice Heavy Goods Vehicle Mechanic dealing with mainly vehicles over 3.5. tonnes?If so, Remit Group are recruiting on behalf of Snows Commercials who are looking for a keen individual to start their career with them!

Vacancy Detail

As an Apprentice you will work alongside a team of experienced Technicians, where you will learn to maintain and repair vehicles that are heavier than 3.5 tonnes.

The role of a Heavy Vehicle Technician falls into three main responsibilities:
? Servicing ? working to guidelines to ensure a vehicle is running at optimum performance.
? Maintenance ? replacing parts that have wear and tear before they fail.
? Repair ? diagnosing the reason for vehicle failure and fixing the problem.
The techniques and daily responsibilities you will learn will include:
? Using diagnostic, mechanical and electrical measuring equipment to investigate vehicle faults and identify their underlying causes.
? Inspecting and preparing customers vehicles ready for mechanical work.
? Removing, repairing or replacing components to the correct specification.
? Contributing to a safe working environment, by working within Health and Safety processes.
? Admin and customer service duties that include updating job cards and providing quotations and estimations

Qualifications Required

No skills are required as we will provide all the training needed for the role, just bring your enthusiasm and a willingness to learn

Personal Qualities

We want to identify those people that are ambitious and demonstrate a willingness to learn, who are excited by the prospect of working in the automotive industry and want to become experts in their technical field.
Key personal skills to demonstrate include:
? A willingness to learn
? Mechanical interest
? Personal responsibility and resilience
? Problem Solving

Skills Required

To be thorough and pay attention to detail
? The ability to use your initiative
? Analytical thinking skills
? Persistence and determination
? The ability to work well with others
? To be able to carry out basic tasks on a computer or hand-held device

Future Prospects

If you?re looking for a motor industry apprenticeship which could lead not just to a job but a long-term career with opportunities for promotion and progression, then this could be for you

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