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A Level 3 Light Vehicle Apprenticeship
A Level 3 Light Vehicle apprenticeship combines full-time, paid employment with formal training. Typically lasting 36 months, it trains you to service, diagnose, and repair cars and vans. You will master advanced mechanical, electrical, and electronic systems, and learn how to use specialist diagnostic equipment to solve complex faults.
Wage
£15,600 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
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Training Course
Motor vehicle service and maintenance technician - light vehicle (level 3)
Hours
Monday to Friday 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
Lunch break 1:00pm - 1:45pm
37 hours 30 minutes a week
Start Date
Monday 3 August 2026
Duration
3 years
Positions Available
1
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What You'll Do at Work
As an apprentice mechanic's daily routine mixes hands-on vehicle maintenance with workshop upkeep and shadowing senior technicians.
Tasks scale from basic servicing and cleaning in the early months to assisting with advanced electrical diagnostics and MOT preparations as skills develop over the training period.
Where You'll Work
70 GREENHOLM ROAD
BIRMINGHAM
B44 8HL
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training Provider
STAFF SELECT LTD
Training Course
Motor vehicle service and maintenance technician - light vehicle (level 3)
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What You'll Learn
Course Contents
- 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.
- 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.
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Essential Qualifications
- GCSE in:
- English (grade 4)
- Maths (grade 4)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Team working
- Initiative
- Patience
- Physical fitness
Wellsburys Garage
Wellsburys Garage started life 35 years ago as a petrol station established by the Wellsbury family.
Adrian & Lisa Evans took over 15 years ago and have built up a reputation across a large area north of Birmingham for honesty and reliability. The garage offers a wide range of services, including MOTs, servicing and general repairs and maintenance for all makes and models, including hybrids. MOT and basic service carried out at the same time.
https://wellsburysgarage.co.uk/ (opens in new tab)
Company Benefits
- PPE provided.
- Further learning qualifications available on completion of the apprenticeship.
- Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).
- Completing a Level 3 Motor Vehicle Apprenticeship qualifies you as a fully-fledged Vehicle Technician. Expected career progression moves from Core Technician roles into Diagnostics, Specialist Vehicles, or Workshop Management.
Contact for This Apprenticeship
STAFF SELECT LTD
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000040939.
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