Light Vehicle Apprentice Technician

  • Company Name: Impact Repair Centre Birmingham
  • Type: Apprenticeship
  • Sector: Automotive
  • Application Deadline Date: 26/11/2021
  • Positions Available: 1
  • Location: Birmingham, B30 3DY
  • Salary: £180.00 per week
  • Ref: VAC-07855
  • Start Date: 01/12/2021
  • Working Week: Mon-Fri 8am-4:30pm

Brief Description

Remit are delighted to be recruiting on behalf of Impact Repair Centre Ltd. IRC is a professionally approved vehicle accident repair specialist working on all vehicle marques and have 4 branches and service across west Midlands
We are looking for passionate people ready to kickstart their career in automotive to join our Apprenticeship Programme.

Vacancy Detail

Impact Repair Centre holds a number of vehicle manufacturer approvals automotive body repair including Citroen, Ford, Jaguar, Land Rover, Peugeot, Mazda, Kia and Vauxhall.
As an Apprentice at Impact Repair Centre 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.

If you want to go home from work every day knowing that you have played an important role in keeping some of the nation's most essential fleets on the road, then this is the Apprenticeship Programme for you.

Qualifications Required

If you have started or achieved a level 3 in Light Vehicle maintenance or a similar field, you may not be eligible for the apprenticeship
Applicants are required to have, or be predicted to obtain, GCSE's at grades A*-C/9-4 (or equivalent) in English and Maths.

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.

Skills Required

Key personal skills to demonstrate include:

A keen interest and enthusiasm for automotive vehicles and the industry.
Honest and trustworthy with a willingness to adapt and learn
Strong communication and teamwork skills.
Ability to follow instructions and work individually where required.

Future Prospects

By the end of your 3-year training you will be to:

Undertake maintenance , service and repair activities on light vehicles to the highest standards as a qualified Motor vehicle service and maintenance technician

Other Information

Closing Dates:
Please submit your application along with your CV as soon as possible to avoid disappointment; we reserve the right to close vacancies prior to the published closing date if we receive a sufficient number of applications.

Travel: Due to the location, please check you are able to travel to the Rivus site easily each day.

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