Motor Vehicle Engineering
Construction Equipment Maintenance Mechanic Apprenticeship
Is this course for me?
This occupation is found in the construction, plant and tool hire industry as well as allied industries such as rail plant, demolition and quarrying that use construction-based equipment. The broad purpose of the occupation is to service, maintain and repair the wide range of construction-based equipment used within the construction and allied industries such as mobile cranes, excavators, disc cutters, crushers, demolition plant, road-rail equipment, water pumps, telescopic handlers etc. so that they function correctly, safely and efficiently, allowing construction and other projects to be carried out efficiently and on time.
In this apprenticeship, you will be learning the knowledge, skills and behaviours to be successful in your chosen role. The construction equipment mechanic checks, services and undertakes basic fault-finding activities and will either through their own fault-finding activities or through given instructions, remove, dismantle, repair, assemble and refit a plethora of components, and ensure that the item of plant is fully functional prior to handover to the operational side.
Students aged 16-18 do not pay exam fees.
