Heavy Vehicle Service and Maintenance Technician Apprenticeship

• Assist with undertaking the maintenance and repair of all fleet vehicles
• Ensuring that documentation regarding the MOT preparation, servicing and repair of vehicles conforms to ‘O’ Licence requirements and is accurately completed
• Maintaining an ongoing visual assessment of any vehicles which are serviced or repaired by external providers, to ensure that the highest standards are provided by any third party and that they are adhering to all legal requirements
• Report any workshop equipment defects
• Comply with relevant legalisation

Training

The apprenticeship programme usually consists of the following elements:

Knowledge element

• This is the technical certificate and covers the theory side of your work which is delivered when you attend college, so that you can put these newly acquired skills into practice at work

Competence element

• This is the practical side of the programme and is assessed directly within the workplace by a Harlow College Assessor to ensure that you are developing your skills within the workplace and putting all that you learn at college into practice

Functional skills

• This area covers English, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) if not already at Grade 4 GCSE standard

Transferable skills

• These are the skills that help you develop your Personal Learning and Thinking Skills (PLTS) and your rights as an employee within the workplace (ERR)
• The duration of the course is 36 months
• You will attend college for 1 day a week, and you will be in the workplace for the remaining 4 days

How and when will I study?

• IMI NVQ Level 3 in Vehicle Maintenance and Repair
• Level 2 Functional Skills - English (if required) and Level 2 IT (if required)
• ERR (Employment Rights and Responsibilities)
• PLTS (Personal Learning and Thinking Skills)

After the apprenticeship

• Fiveways are always seeking to develop our staff and there will be regular training provided both internal and external
• Further, we would foresee that on successful completion of the apprenticeship, a permanent position would be offered

Things to consider

Should the applicant not have a valid car grade driving licence and transport, Fiveways would arrange transport for the one day per week at Harlow College.