Property Maintenance Apprenticeship

Life Education Trust; Romford; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 20,000; Full time

Job summary

A growing educational trust in the UK is seeking a multi-skilled apprentice to join their maintenance team. This role offers an excellent opportunity to learn and gain valuable experience across various areas, including plumbing, carpentry, and general maintenance. Applicants should have GCSEs in English and Maths, strong communication skills, and a proactive approach. The ideal candidate will work alongside skilled tradespeople, ensuring adherence to health and safety regulations while completing a range of tasks.

Qualifications

• GCSE English and Maths at grade 4/C or above are essential.
• Strong communication and IT skills are necessary.
• Must be able to work well in a team and show initiative.

Responsibilities

• Identify and mitigate risks while adhering to health & safety protocols.
• Complete various maintenance tasks according to job specifications.
• Safely operate hand and power tools for different tasks.
• Execute minor repairs in carpentry, plumbing, and other trades.

Skills

Communication skills

IT skills

Attention to detail

Organisation skills

Problem solving skills

Logical thinking

Team working

Initiative

Physical fitness

Can do attitude

Driving ability

Education

GCSE English grade 4/C or above

GCSE Maths grade 4/C or above

Job description

You will work alongside other maintenance staff and skilled tradespeople to complete the jobs. The apprenticeship will provide you with a great opportunity to learn and will give you valuable experience across a number of areas:

Responsibilities

• Identify risks and hazards and work to health & safety regulations.
• Complete maintenance and repairs using job sheets or job specifications.
• Use correct hand or power tools for the task.
• Clear away and dispose of waste safely.
• Use carpentry and joinery skills to perform minor repairs such as window and door frames.
• Painting and decorating a range of surfaces.
• Minor plastering repairs.
• Plumbing and drainage repairs, identify faults.
• Use a variety of materials for wall and floor tiling, plan the sequence of work required to carry out routine property maintenance operations.
• Select and use work tools and equipment for property maintenance tasks, applying all safeguards, and ensuring the correct functioning of equipment.
• Safely isolate and secure electrical or electronic supplies prior to performing property maintenance operations.
• Apply and implement routine emergency system checks, testing and routine maintenance, identifying and reporting faults as required.
• Perform maintenance and repairs to plumbing systems, including fault identification, safe isolation of supply, replacing components and clearing blockages.
• Perform maintenance and repairs to external drainage systems, including clearing blockages and replacing components.
• Perform maintenance and repairs to environmental and energy management systems, including fault identification, safe isolation of supply, replacing components.
• Use carpentry and joinery skills to perform repairs to windows, doors and glazing units, and their associated fittings.
• Perform repairs to plastered surfaces, including surface preparation, fixing and mixing materials and compounds.
• Use painting and decorating skills to prepare surfaces for decoration, apply paint using brushes and rollers, and complete sealing activities using gun appliances.
• Perform tiling repairs, including setting out, surface preparation and cutting around obstacles.
• Perform flooring repairs, including setting out, surface preparation and cutting around obstacles.
• Perform planned, responsive or temporary repairs to buildings or their immediate surroundings, attending to minor defects within either masonry, roofing, fencing or railing, groundwork or landscaping.
• Select and use technical literature and other sources of information and data to address property maintenance problems.
• Record and report information, using digital and written techniques.
• Inspect own work, ensuring it is delivered to the given specifications.
• Comply with environmental regulations and procedures, segregate resources for reuse, recycling and disposal.
• Use and adapt communication methods for different situations and when working with colleagues and stakeholders, using industry terminology as appropriate.
• Provide customer feedback whilst maintaining customer service.
• Escalate issues beyond their level of competence and authority.

Qualifications

• GCSE English grade 4/C or above
• GCSE Maths grade 4/C or above
• Communication skills
• IT skills
• Attention to detail
• Organisation skills
• Problem solving skills
• Logical
• Team working
• Initiative
• Physical fitness
• Can do attitude
• Able to drive

Established in 2016 the LIFE Trust has 13 schools with 487 employees and approximately 2966 pupils. We are looking for a multi‑skilled apprentice to join our valued maintenance team.