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Apprentice Property Maintenance Operative (Multi-Skilled Technician) – Macclesfield
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Start your career in construction and property maintenance with Absolute Developments
We are a growing renovation and property maintenance specialist covering Cheshire and Lancashire, and we are looking for a reliable and enthusiastic Apprentice to join our team.
This is a great opportunity to earn while you learn, gaining practical experience across a wide range of building, repair and refurbishment works. You will develop skills in areas including kitchens, bathrooms, plastering, plumbing, electrical works, decorating and general property maintenance while working alongside experienced tradespeople.
You will be involved in real projects from day one, learning how different aspects of construction and maintenance come together to deliver high-quality results for our customers.
You will work towards your Level 2 Property Maintenance Operative Apprenticeship Qualification at Macclesfield College while building valuable skills and experience for a long-term career in the trade.
If you are hardworking, willing to learn and want to build a career in construction, we would like to hear from you.
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Our aim is to offer successful apprentices a full-time position at the end of their training.
There may also be opportunities to progress onto a Level 3 apprenticeship or another construction related qualification.
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
Absolute Developments Apprentice Recruitment info@absolutedevelopments.co.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000041904.
Closes on Wednesday 30 September 2026
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What you'll do at work
- Carpentry
- Joinery
- Building
- Plumbing
- Electrical
- Plastering
- Painting and decorating
- Tiling
- Flooring
- Bricklaying & Masonry
- General property maintenance
- Site preparation and clean up
Where you'll work
London Road Adlington Macclesfield SK10 4NA
Training schedule
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Things to consider:
- You will attend college for 1 week, work with us on site for 5 weeks, repeat through the year.
- The candidate is to arrive at the job site at 6.50am.
- The candidate can make their own way to the job site (preferred), or they can meet at the pickup point for a lift in the morning and drop off after work.
- Pickup time is between 6.10am and 6.40am, depending on the current job.
- Pickup & drop off point is either: The Windmill Pub, Holehouse Ln, Whiteley Green, Macclesfield SK10 5SJ, OR, Toby Carvery Macclesfield, London Road, Adlington, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK10 4NA, depending on where the current job is.
More training information:
How to Apply:
- Make sure you have read all this advert description before contacting us.
- Complete this quick online form so we have all the relevant details we need from you.
http://absolutedevelopments.co.uk/jobapp-gov
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Alternatively, email us: info@absolutedevelopments.co.uk
What you'll learn
Course contents
- Plan the sequence of work required to carry out routine property maintenance operations.
- Identify and select the appropriate materials and components for property maintenance tasks, ensuring these are compliant with relevant regulatory requirements and manufacturer's specifications.
- Comply with statutory health and safety regulations and requirements.
- Comply with risk assessments, and organise the workplace, to safeguard themselves and the property.
- Comply with key regulatory and legislative requirements, including building regulations.
- Uses safe working practices when carrying out property maintenance tasks including the use of PPE, signage, barriers, access equipment and ensuring work area is prepared and reinstated.
- Select, and use work tools and equipment for property maintenance tasks, applying all safeguards, and ensuring the correct functioning of equipment.
- Safely isolate and secure electrical or electronic supplies prior to performing property maintenance operations.
- Apply and implement routine emergency system checks, testing and routine maintenance, identifying and reporting faults as required.
- Perform maintenance and repairs to plumbing systems, including fault identification, safe isolation of supply, replacing components and clearing blockages.
- Perform maintenance and repairs to external drainage systems, including clearing blockages and replacing components.
- Perform maintenance and repairs to environmental and energy management systems, including fault identification, safe isolation of supply, replacing components.
- Use carpentry and joinery skills to perform repairs to windows, doors and glazing units, and their associated fittings.
- Perform repairs to plastered surfaces, including surface preparation, fixing and mixing materials and compounds.
- Use painting and decorating skills to prepare surfaces for decoration, apply paint using brushes and rollers, and complete sealing activities using gun appliances.
- Perform tiling repairs, including setting out, surface preparation and cutting around obstacles.
- Perform flooring repairs, including setting out, surface preparation and cutting around obstacles.
- Perform planned, responsive or temporary repairs to buildings or their immediate surroundings, attending to minor defects within either masonry, roofing, fencing or railing, groundwork or landscaping.
- Select and use technical literature and other sources of information and data to address property maintenance problems.
- Record and report information, using digital and written techniques.
- Inspect own work, ensuring it is delivered to the given specifications.
- Comply with environmental regulations and procedures. Segregate resources for reuse, recycling and disposal.
- Use and adapt communication methods for different situations and when, working with colleagues and stakeholders, using industry terminology as appropriate.
- Provide customer feedback whilst maintaining customer service.
- Escalates issues beyond their level of competence and authority.
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MACCLESFIELD COLLEGE
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Property maintenance operative (level 2)
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