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Mechatronics Maintenance Technician Apprenticeship
WH Scott Group
Yeovil (BA20 2YB)
Closes in 8 days (Wednesday 7 October 2026 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 28 September 2026
Summary
This apprentice will learn inspection, maintenance and repairs to overhead traveling cranes, industrial doors and automated storage machines, as well as experiencing loose lifting equipment inspections.
- Wage: £16,224 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
- National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
- Minimum wage rates (opens in new tab)
Training
- Course: Mechatronics maintenance technician (level 3)
- Hours:
- Monday to Thursday: 8:30am to 5pm
- Friday: 8:30am to 4pm
- 39 hours a week
- Start date: Monday 12 October 2026
- Duration: 3 years 7 months
- Positions available: 1
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you'll do at work
- Visual structural evaluations
- Safety device testing
- Load-bearing component checks
- Regulatory documentation
- System lubrication
- Mechanical adjustments
- Fluid and filter management
- Fastener torquing
- Electrical fault isolation
- Component replacement
- Drive system overhauls
- Post-repair verification
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
YEOVIL COLLEGE
Training course
Mechatronics maintenance technician (level 3)
What you'll learn
- Use information technology
- Obtain, read and interpret task related documentation
- Record information
- Conduct initial assessment of equipment that requires maintenance
- Formulate plans
- Select, prepare and use material, consumables, tools and equipment
- Comply with health and safety regulations and organisational requirements
- Apply dynamic risk assessment, hazard identification and risk mitigation principles and techniques
- Apply isolation principles and techniques
- Manufacture, repair and refurbish components
- Restore the workplace
- Handover resources, consumables and equipment to process owner
- Apply techniques and processes used in reactive maintenance and repair activities
- Produce, maintain, update, record and store documentation
- Apply techniques and processes used in planned and preventative maintenance activities
- Apply functional testing and checking techniques and processes after maintenance interventions
- Apply techniques and processes used in condition monitoring, non-destructive or sensory testing
- Record findings and take necessary actions
- Apply calculation techniques
- Select, use and confirm calibration of electrical and mechanical testing and measuring equipment
- Produce sketches or drawings to support maintenance activities
- Communicate in writing
- Prepare communications, documents and reports on technical matters
- Segregate, separate and dispose of waste streams and by-products
- Apply 4S or 5S principles of housekeeping to the work environment
- Identify opportunities and make recommendations to improve operational performance
- Apply continuous improvement techniques
- Communicate with others verbally
- Negotiate with colleagues or stakeholders
- Follow equity, diversity and inclusion procedures
- Carry out and record planned and unplanned learning and development activities
- Apply fault finding techniques used in reactive maintenance on complex integrated systems
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Training schedule
The apprenticeship training is delivered through a combination of workplace learning and regular college attendance.
This training will teach you the knowledge, skills and behaviours set out in the Mechatronics Maintenance Technician Level 3 Advanced Apprenticeship.
On completion, the apprentice will receive Mechatronic Maintenance Technician qualification.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
- GCSE in:
- English (grade 9 – 4 / A* - C)
- Maths (grade 9 – 4 / A* - C)
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
- Problem solving skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
- Patience
Other requirements
- You MUST be prepared to commit to your work and training for the duration of the apprenticeship.
- In some cases, you may be required to have a telephone interview with Yeovil College prior to your application being passed on.
- If a suitable candidate is found prior to the advertised closing date, it may close earlier so please apply early to avoid disappointment.
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About this employer
WH Scott Engineers was founded in Belfast in 1897 by William Hill Scott and his son, manufacturing boilers and pressure vessels. It was, from the beginning, a business built around equipment that fails dangerously if it is made or maintained badly. The modern chapter began in 2010, when a management buy-out led by, current CEO, Patrick Doyle and this kick started a deliberate, capability-led expansion through strategic acquisitions. By 2026 the WH Scott Group had grown to nine businesses, each with its own name, history and reputation. That was a sign of successful expansion, In 2026 we reviewed the entire portfolio and rationalised it into three market-facing brands. Each has a clear specialism and a clear customer. Each is backed by the scale, resources and technical support of the wider Group.
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After this apprenticeship
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).
On completion of a Level 3 Mechatronics Maintenance Technician Apprenticeship, individuals can progress into skilled engineering and maintenance roles within manufacturing, engineering, automation, and production environments.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
- YEOVIL COLLEGE
- Gabrielle Cobner
- studentrecruitment@yeovil.ac.uk
- 01935845380
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000055543.
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Closes in 8 days (Wednesday 7 October 2026 at 11:59pm)
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