Property Maintenance Apprentice – Avocet Hardware Ltd

Avocet Hardware are looking for candidates who are motivated to achieve. Candidates who can (with training and time) excel. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a long-established business and friendly site maintenance team.

Reference number: VAC001832710

Wage – £4.81

Duration – 15 Months

Start date – 01 August 2022

Posted – 21/03/2022

Working Week:

8:00am to 4:30pm, 8 working hours a day with half an hour unpaid break, 4 days a week Total hours per week: 32.00

Apprenticeship level

Positions

This role will involve:

Cleaning designated facility areas
Performing and documenting routine inspection and maintenance activities
Preparing areas and surfaces for painting
Applying paints and other finishes to various surfaces
Floor refurbishment and decoration as the project requires
Handling planning and prep work in an efficient manner
Moving furniture and equipment as necessary to reach or tidy the project
Removing fixtures such as door knobs and light switch covers; Cleaning up supplies and replacing fixtures
Carrying out gardening duties and grass cutting, requiring a minimum amount of supervision and use of own initiative
The use of a wide range of hand tools, powered hand tools, such as strimmers, hedge cutters etc. Guidance & training for the use of tools will be provided
Ensuring that all tools, garden equipment and machinery are correctly maintained and serviced and that they are kept in good and safe working order
Any work as asked by line manager pertaining to site maintenance

Requirements and prospects

Desired skills and personal qualities

Desired skills
Good communication and interpersonal abilities
Good organizational skills
Ability to use own initiative
Motivated to hard work and learn
Motivated to be punctual for work and have regular work attendance
Previous experience as a handyman, joiner, painter & decorator etc welcomed

Qualifications

Grade 3 or above in Math’s and English

About the employer

Avocet Ltd

Brookfoot Mills, Elland Road, Brighouse, HD6 2RW

For decades, Avocet have been supplying the trade and public alike with the highest quality door and window hardware. As the years have rolled by, Avocet have diversified their product range into also delivering the renowned ABS Anti Snap cylinder range encompassing 3* and 1* security and unrivalled quality. In 2020, Avocet acquired a third generation agricultural and gardening tool business, thus expanding the products available to our customers even more. We’re fiercely proud of the Avocet name and with brands such as ABS, Affinity, Pioneer to name a few, at our disposal, our customers be that trade, large home improvement brands or public, can be assured of the very best quality backed by the very best service. And now because of our continued growth and expansion we are offering various apprenticeship opportunities within our successful team.