Light Vehicle Maintenance & Repair
Who is the apprenticeship for?
This apprenticeship is ideal for employees looking to become Motor Vehicle Service and Maintenance Technicians capable of servicing and repairing light vehicles such as cars and vans. It is suitable for those working in either a dealership for a manufacturer or for an independent garage that deals with many different makes of vehicles.
Diploma in Light Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Level 3
36 Months
City & Guilds
What will they learn?
This apprenticeship has been designed to give your employees all the technical skills and knowledge they need to work on all the systems found within a huge range of cars and vans, ranging from replacing simple parts to complex fault diagnostics.
Your employees will learn how to:
- Develop deep technical and diagnostic competence in response to the increasing complexity of vehicle technologies
- Develop sophisticated customer service behaviours
- Motivate themselves and others to contribute to the commercial success of your company
Our apprenticeships give your employees training that is tailored to your business needs and their roles, enabling them to become experts in your products and services.
How will they learn?
Our Personal Tutors will deliver high-quality face-to-face learning and coaching and provide all the resources your employee will need to progress quickly. Our intuitive learner management system ‘Bud’ will really bring the subject to life through interactive learning tools, access to complementary online resources and relevant social communities, as well as provide real-time learner information so that you will always know what your employee is learning and how they are progressing.
This apprenticeship will develop your employees’ knowledge, skills and behaviours in the following areas:
Knowledge
- Routine servicing and inspection procedures
- Steering and suspension geometries
- electrical circuit requirements and calculations
- Construction and operation of vehicle components and systems
- Common fault types, causes and effects of different types of faults
- Procedures for the maintenance of tools and the workshop
- Vehicle emissions and legal requirements
Skills
- Maintenance of a safe and efficient workshop
- Minimise risk of injury and vehicle damage
- Carry out fundamental tasks associated with removal and replacement procedures on a vehicle
- Use a range of diagnostic equipment
- Test the function of repaired and fitted components
- Adhere to business processes and complete documentation following workplace procedures
Behaviours
- Share your knowledge and skills
- Be an effective team member
- Demonstrate a passion for engineering
- Taking responsibility for your actions
- Build effective relationships with colleagues and customers
- Demonstrate respect for customers and colleagues
- Contribute to problem solving discussions
- Constantly learn in order to improve own performance and that of the business
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Paragon Skills
Sophie Deeley
If you are thinking about doing an apprenticeship – go for it! You can learn all the skills you would in higher education but you also have the opportunity to settle into the workplace and learn skills you wouldn’t learn in college such as the confidence that comes with applying your skills hands on. Plus you are earning whilst learning.
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Level 3 apprenticeship
This apprenticeship is ideal for employees looking to become Motor Vehicle Service and Maintenance Technicians capable of servicing and repairing light vehicles such as cars and vans.
It is suitable for those working in either a dealership for a manufacturer or for an independent garage that deals with many different makes of vehicles.
Diploma in Light Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Level 3
36 Months City & Guilds -
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It is suitable for those working in either a dealership for a manufacturer or for an independent garage that deals with many different makes of vehicles.
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