Light Vehicle Technician Apprenticeship

  • Company Name: The Garage (Sheffield)
  • Type: Apprenticeship
  • Sector: Automotive
  • Application Deadline Date: 26/02/2024
  • Positions Available: 2
  • Location: Sheffield, S2 4BS
  • Salary: £17,680.00 per year
  • Ref: VAC-14510
  • Start Date: 11/03/2024
  • Working Week: Mon to Fri 8.30am to 5pm

Brief Description

Remit is recruiting on behalf of The Garage Car Sales (Sheffield) for two Light Vehicle Technician Apprentices. This is a fantastic opportunity for you to start your career within the automotive industry. If you are interested, apply now!

Vacancy Detail

As an Apprentice, you will work alongside a team of experienced Technicians, where you will learn to maintain and repair customers’ 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

Rate of Pay - £8.50 per hour

Qualifications Required

Minimum requirements are a 4/C grade or equivalent in English Language and Maths. (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

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

Future Prospects

On successful completion of your Level 3 apprenticeship along with functional skills in Maths and English, you will be a fully qualified Light Vehicle Technician with the skills to continue your career in the industry.

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 enough applications

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