Level 3 Light Motor Vehicle Service & Maintenance Technician
Motor Vehicle Service and Maintenance Technician (Light Vehicle) services and repairs light vehicles must be able to work independently but also operate as an effective team member and have good customer handling skills. They will understand how their workshop and the dealership/garage function from a commercial perspective and identify ways in which they can work more efficiently.
A motor vehicle service and maintenance technician services and repairs light vehicles such as cars or vans and works either in dealerships that focus on a particular manufacturer, or in an independent garage that deals with many different makes of vehicles. The technician must be able to work independently but also operate as an effective team member and have good customer-handling skills.
They will understand how their workshop and the dealership/garage function from a commercial perspective and identify ways in which they can work more efficiently. Technicians working in large dealerships work with other departments, for example, carrying out work for the sales department and ordering parts from the parts department, whereas apprentices in smaller independent garages may be called upon to carry out some of the functions of the other departments themselves, for example managing their own delivery of parts.
The technician will work on all the systems found within the vehicle. The day-to-day work ranges from replacing simple parts to solving complex faults with the use of diagnostic methods and equipment. The tasks faced are constantly changing, driven by the introduction of ever more complex technologies and diagnostic techniques.
The minimum duration for this apprenticeship standard is 36 months. However, this will be reduced if the apprentice is progressing from a recently achieved L2 apprenticeship, which will be determined through initial assessment.
The completion of this Apprenticeship Standard will require a mixture of onsite assessment and block release training to meet the requirements of the Standard’s knowledge, skills and ,behaviours.
This Apprenticeship has been designed to be recognised by relevant professional engineering institutions and successful apprentices can apply for the appropriate level of professional registration (EngTech). On completion and achievement of the apprenticeship, candidates will have the opportunity to progress to Master Technician, management, or to develop in their current role
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