Light Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Apprenticeship
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Company Name: Stores Road Service Station
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Type: Apprenticeship
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Sector: Automotive
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Application Deadline Date: 14/10/2019
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Positions Available: 1
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Location: Derby, DE21 4BD
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Salary:
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Ref: VAC-04027
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Start Date: 28/10/2019
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Working Week: Monday to Friday (40 hours)
Brief Description
Would you like to start your career in the automotive industry? Remit Group are recruiting on behalf of Stores Road Service Station. This is an excellent opportunity to kick start your career as a Light Vehicle Technician!
Vacancy Detail
As an Apprentice you will work alongside a team of experienced Technicians, where you will learn to maintain and repair customer?s vehicles to a very high standard.
The role of a Light 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
INDAUTO
Qualifications Required
? A basic level of English, Maths and ICT would be desirable
? A relevant automotive qualification would be desirable.
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
? A basic level of experience in the automotive industry (6 months+)
Future Prospects
On completion of the apprenticeship programme, you will be fully qualified as a Light Vehicle Mechanic in which you could receive an average salary between ?15,000 and ?35,000 a year.