Summary
EN:Able Futures, an award-winning Apprenticeship Employer, are partnering with Wates Property Services, who are offering a fantastic opportunity for a Property Maintenance Apprentice to support the team with responsive repairs to social housing properties and gain the skills and knowledge required to succeed.
Wage
£15,407 a year
Training course
Property maintenance operative (level 2)
Hours
Monday to Friday 08:00 - 16:00 (15:30 on a Friday).
37 hours a week
Start date
Monday 25 August 2025
Duration
1 year 6 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
As a Property Maintenance apprentice you will learn a variety of skills and knowledge in relation to:
* Carpentry & Joinery
* Painting & Decorating
* Tiling
* Plastering
* Basic Plumbing
* Brickwork & Stone masonry
You will also acquire knowledge and a good understanding of:
* Health and Safety in the workplace
* Carrying out repairs to the fabric of a building, for example, repairs to walls, doors, doorframes, skirting boards or plaster damage to internal walls
* Understanding and maintaining plumbing and drainage systems, for example, repairs to WC systems, leaking taps or water testing and unblocking drains
* Maintaining high levels of water hygiene within a building
* Understanding and maintaining electrical distribution, safe repair of electrical installation to legal requirements, for example, replacing damaged sockets, plugs, lighting and fuses
* Understanding and maintaining plant, safety systems and equipment
* Understanding and maintaining grounds and external fabrication of a building, such as drainage and guttering
* Understanding and demonstrating the safe use of hand tools, for example, screwdrivers, power drills, pliers, paper strippers and a variety of other tools used in plumbing and carpentry
* Demonstrating and understanding the importance of the control of resources and stock
* Understanding and demonstrating the principles of Planned Preventative Maintenance
* Understanding how to prepare for refurbishment or deep cleaning of equipment and surfaces
* Carrying out repairs and reactive maintenance
* Understanding the importance of customer service
* Recording and reporting information accurately either internally or externally
Where you'll work
Unit 1
Peacock Trading Estate
Livesey Street
Sheffield
S6 2BL
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
SHEFFIELD COLLEGE, THE
Training course
Property maintenance operative (level 2)
What you'll learn
Course contents
* Plan the sequence of work required to carry out routine property maintenance operations.
* Identify and select the appropriate materials and components for property maintenance tasks, ensuring these are compliant with relevant regulatory requirements and manufacturer's specifications.
* Comply with statutory health and safety regulations and requirements.
* Comply with risk assessments, and organise the workplace, to safeguard themselves and the property.
* Comply with key regulatory and legislative requirements, including building regulations.
* Uses safe working practices when carrying out property maintenance tasks including the use of PPE, signage, barriers, access equipment and ensuring work area is prepared and reinstated.
* 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.
* Escalates issues beyond their level of competence and authority.
* Plan the sequence of work required to carry out routine property maintenance operations.
* Identify and select the appropriate materials and components for property maintenance tasks, ensuring these are compliant with relevant regulatory requirements and manufacturer's specifications.
* Comply with statutory health and safety regulations and requirements.
* Comply with risk assessments, and organise the workplace, to safeguard themselves and the property.
* Comply with key regulatory and legislative requirements, including building regulations.
* Uses safe working practices when carrying out property maintenance tasks including the use of PPE, signage, barriers, access equipment and ensuring work area is prepared and reinstated.
* 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.
* Escalates issues beyond their level of competence and authority.
Training schedule
The successful candidate will work towards a Level 2 Property Maintenance Operative Qualification which will take 18 months (plus End Point Assessment) and will be delivered by Sheffield College on a Day Release Basis.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
* English (grade 3)
* Maths (grade 3)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
* Communication skills
* Team working
* Initiative