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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.
Daily Routine
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
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.
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
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.
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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
- Customer care skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Team working
- Initiative
- Physical fitness
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Other Requirements
- Must hold a driving licence
- Must hold a Level 2
- Some previous experience working in a garage
- Punctuality required due to location
About the Employer
Car Servicing & Repairs at Autobarn Motorworks in Checkley, near Nantwich
Autobarn Motorworks is a team of dedicated German vehicle specialists in Cheshire, providing expert care for Audi, VW, SEAT, Skoda, and selected VW campervans.
Based in Checkley, near Nantwich, just off the A51, we deliver manufacturer-level servicing and repairs without the cost or impersonal experience of a main dealership workshop. With advanced diagnostics, a modern workshop, and a strong focus on clear communication, we offer a trusted, specialist service to drivers across Nantwich, Crewe, Stoke-on-Trent, and the surrounding areas.
Career Progression
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Finding out about potential future pay.
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.
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