Light Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Apprenticeship

Company Name: T.J Atkinson (Ingatestone) Ltd
Type: Apprenticeship
Sector: Automotive
Application Deadline Date: 13/08/2020
Positions Available: 1

Location: Ingatestone, CM4 9QL
Salary:
Ref: VAC-05049
Start Date: 06/08/2020
Working Week: Mon - Fri 08:00 - 17:00

Brief Description

Atkinsons Garage are a family business who have over 40 years of experience specializing in the repair and maintenance of light vehicles.Remit are recruiting on their behalf as they are looking for a enthusiastic Light Vehicle Apprentice to join their team

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

You should already have, or be predicted to gain, good GCSE grades (or equivalent) in both English & maths but this is not essential.

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

At the successful completion of training the intention is for the apprentice to be offered full-time employment as a skilled Light Vehicle Maintenance Technician.

Other Information

Vehicles are highly complex, and whilst no formal qualifications are required, you must be literate and numerate, with a desire to learn. You must possess a genuine interest in motor vehicle technology and have practical ability to become a first-rate technician.

This is a physically demanding role so the candidate will need to be physically able to carry out demands of the role. You will also be active for most of the time.