Apprentice Vehicle Damage Assessor

ACTIVATE GROUP LIMITED; Bury St Edmunds; On-site; GBP 17,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading vehicle repair company in Bury St Edmunds is seeking an Apprentice Vehicle Damage Assessor. This role offers hands-on experience in evaluating vehicle damages and growing your career in the motor repair industry. You'll receive extensive support through mentoring and training, leading to qualifications in the field. Competitive starting salary and structured bonuses are included in this apprenticeship program.

Benefits

33 days holiday (including bank holidays)

Structured salary plan

Health Shield cash health plan

Unique bonus structure

Life assurance

Free Fruit and Cereal

Cycle to work scheme

Birthday gifts

Qualifications

• Passion for vehicles.
• Willingness to learn and develop skills.
• Ability to work as part of a team.

Responsibilities

• Provide estimates for the cost of repair for damaged vehicles.
• Work alongside designated mentor throughout the apprenticeship.
• Attend college for training on qualification elements.

Skills

Basic knowledge of vehicles

Basic knowledge of computers

Job description

Apprentice Employer of the Year 2024

Job title: Apprentice Vehicle Damage Assessor

Company: Activate Accident Repair

Department: Non-Technicians

Hours: 40 hours per week

Overview

About the role: At Activate Group we’re passionate about developing people and offer a broad range of apprenticeship programmes across a variety of skills and disciplines. We’re hiring an apprentice Vehicle Damage Assessor to support our team based in AAR Mildenhall, Bury St Edmunds, and will be working in partnership with a leading training provider to deliver a great apprenticeship programme that will be the perfect stepping stone for your future career. We’ve designed our programme to be entered at any stage of your post-16 education and will give you all the support you need to really succeed. You will learn through virtual classes and 121’s with our training provider, as well as self-directed learning and on the job training. You will spend 20% of your working hours studying towards your qualification and will be supported throughout by a designated tutor at the training provider, your People Manager and a member of our People Team.

If you’ve got a passion for vehicles, have a basic knowledge of vehicles and computers, looking to start your career within the motor repair industry, then we have a great opportunity for you!

Responsibilities

What does a Vehicle Damage Assessor do? Our body shop vehicle damage assessors are skilled in their trade, using their expertise to provide estimates for the cost of repair for damaged vehicles.

Why us?

It’s an exciting time to join the industry and we’re leading the way by doing things a little bit differently. We pride ourselves on our people and making Activate Accident Repair a great place to work! We are Activate Group’s own network of body shops and we’re rapidly growing, which means that there will be opportunities throughout your apprenticeship and beyond – it’s the perfect time to join our team.

You will be supported every step of your journey and will work with a designated mentor throughout your time on the programme.

You will regularly visit college with your cohort of fellow apprentices to receive training on each element of your qualification, which may involve overnight stays of up to 5 nights at a time. You will also be closely supported by our in-house Apprenticeship Coordinator as well as the Body Shop Manager and your mentor.

Benefits

• 33 days holiday (including bank holidays)
• Structured salary plan for each of our apprentices with a starting salary of £17,000 per annum, rising to £19,000 in the second year and £23,500 during the third year of the programme
• Health Shield cash health plan
• Unique bonus structure for our apprentices which includes bonuses of £500, £750 and £1,000 paid at different points during the programme
• Life assurance: three times basic salary
• Free Fruit and Cereal (and breakfast on a Friday)
• Cycle to work scheme
• Birthday gifts

Our industry experts are on hand to help talk you through all our routes if you’re not sure which is for you. If you have any questions or would like any more details of our apprentice opportunities, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Please be aware we will be holding a recruitment day consisting of a final stage interview and group activities for this position and the start date for the program will be in October 2025.