Approx. duration: 36 months
Start Date: September
Attendance: One day a week at the Rural Campus
Entry requirements:
- Individual employers will set their selection criteria for applicants
- Apprentices need to be employed for a minimum of 30 hours a week and have a contract of employment
- Entry onto the Apprenticeship is subject to a thorough skills scan assessment to clarify course suitability
- Entry onto the Apprenticeship is subject to 4 GCSEs including Maths and English 9-4/A-C or Functional Skills Level 2
- Apprentices aged 16-18 years are subject to the mandatory requirement to study towards and achieve English and Maths Functional Skills at Level 2 where the Apprentice only holds the level 1 qualifications (GCSE grades D-G/3-1)
- Following the updated ESFA Apprenticeship rules, from 11th February 2025. Apprentices who begin their apprenticeship training when aged 19+ will no longer be subject to this mandatory requirement. It is now the decision of the apprentice and their employer at the start of their apprenticeship to choose to study towards a Maths and English qualification
On-programme learning:
- Land-based Service Engineering Technician Standard
- English and Maths (if required) Level 2
- Safe Use of Abrasive Wheel Machines (Optional with additional cost)
End-point assessment:
Delivered by IMI (The Institute of the Motor Industry)
Progression:
Successful completion of this Apprenticeship will be accepted by the Institution of Agricultural Engineers (IAgrE) as meeting the Engineering Councils’ requirements for Engineering Technician (EngTech) registration.
Course Summary:
Land-based Service Engineering Technicians usually work on-site, using their initiative in customer-facing roles. They are often tasked with mentoring and supervising junior colleagues, as well as offering guidance to customers on machinery selection.
Typically they are involved in all aspects of the following:
- Preparation, installation and handover of complex technologically advanced machinery, plant and equipment and the verification of its performance to the manufacturers specification and customers satisfaction
- Diagnosis and repair of complex faults in machinery, plant and equipment
- Conducting complex repairs of machinery, equipment and their components
- Conducting inspections of machines and the compilation of machinery condition reports
- Compilation of repair proposals, estimates and quotations and the implementation of timely and cost effective repairs