Apprenticeship training course
Motor vehicle service and maintenance technician - light vehicle (level 3)
Servicing and repairing light vehicles.
- Qualification level
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3
Equivalent to A level. - Typical duration
- 36 months
- Apprenticeship category
- Engineering and manufacturing
- Maximum funding
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£16,000
Maximum amount government will fund
for apprenticeship training. - Also known as
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- Automotive engineer
- Automotive technician
- Car maintenance technician
- Car mechanic
- Ev motor vehicle service and maintenance technician
- Hybrid motor vehicle service and maintenance technician
- Motor vehicle maintenance technician
- Motor vehicle service technician
- Skills
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Skills an apprentice will learn
- Contribute to the maintenance of a safe and efficient workshop. Segregate waste for disposal or recycling. Comply with industry environmental legislation.
- Demonstrate due regard for own safety and that of others in the workshop and minimise risk of injury and vehicle damage.
- Carry out fundamental tasks associated with removal and replacement procedures on a vehicle.
- Obtain diagnostic and repair information.
- Interpret diagnostic information and use electrical wiring diagrams to determine system serviceability.
- Use a range of diagnostic equipment.
- Follow recognised diagnostic procedures, logical diagnostic sequence and apply advanced diagnostic principles and problem-solving techniques to establish faults.
- Report faults using company procedures and recommend suitable further actions.
- Follow recognised repair procedures to complete a wide range of repairs including those which involve complex procedures, or in depth knowledge.
- Test the function of repaired and fitted components.
- Adhere to business processes and complete documentation following workplace procedures.
- Use ICT to create emails, word-process documents and carry out web based searches.
- Complete a range of services and inspect and prepare a vehicle to the required quality standard for handover to the customer.
Full information on Motor vehicle service and maintenance technician - light vehicle (level 3) is available from the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education.
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Apprenticeship location
Solihull, West Midlands Remove location