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Types of Apprenticeships

• Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Care
• Arts, Media and Publishing
• Business, Administration and Law
• Construction, Planning and the Built Environment
• Education and Training
• Engineering and Manufacturing Technologies
  • Building Products Occupations
  • Bus and Coach Engineering and Maintenance
  • Advanced Engineering Construction
  • Building Services Engineering Technology
  • Ceramics Manufacturing
  • Combined Manufacturing Processes
  • Domestic Heating
  • Driving Goods Vehicles
  • Engineering Construction
  • Engineering Manufacture (Craft and Technician)
  • Engineering Manufacture (Operator & Semi Skilled)
  • Engineering Manufacture (Senior Technician)
  • Extractives and Mineral Processing Occupations
  • Food and Drink
  • Furniture, Furnishing and Interiors
  • Glass Industry
  • Heating and Ventilation
  • Improving Operational Performance
  • Jewellery Silversmithing and Allied Trades
  • Laboratory and Science Technicians
  • Marine Industry
  • Metal Processing
  • Nuclear Decommissioning
  • Nuclear Working
  • Passenger Carrying Vehicle Driving (Bus and Coach)
  • Polymer Processing Operations
  • Print and Printed Packaging
  • Production of Coatings
  • Process Manufacturing
  • Rail Engineering (Track)
  • Rail Infrastructure Engineering
  • Rail Services
  • Rail Traction and Rolling Stock Engineering
  • Refrigeration and Air Conditioning
  • Sea Fishing
  • Signmaking
  • Sustainable Resource Management
  • The Gas Industry
  • The Power Industry
  • Traffic Office
  • Vehicle Body and Paint
  • Vehicle Fitting
  • Vehicle Maintenance and Repair
  • Vehicle Parts
  • Water Industry
• Health, Public Services and Care
• Information and Communication Technology
• Leisure, Travel and Tourism
• Retail and Commercial Enterprise

Bus and Coach Engineering and Maintenance

This Apprenticeship deals with the maintenance and repair of buses and coaches, or passenger carrying vehicles (PCVs). Public transport is becoming more and more important as we try to reduce carbon emissions and cut the volume of traffic on the roads, and we need skilled personnel to keep things moving.

PCVs that regularly carry large numbers of people get put under a tremendous amount of strain. Modern PCVs are strong and well designed, but they need to be properly maintained and then repaired when they break down.

This is where Bus and Coach Engineering and Maintenance (BACEM) staff come in. BACEM staff can do anything from routine maintenance on buses to more technically advanced jobs, like working out where a particular electrical fault has occurred on a bus and repairing it.

Apprentices will have the choice of focusing on bodywork, mechanics, electrics or mechelec (a combination of mechanics and electrics) – the four pathways involve some different training and require different skills, but whatever you end up doing it will be a vital role that will help to keep the transport network up and running.

Job Roles

Intermediate Level Apprenticeship

• Bus/Coach Mechanical Service Technician
• Bus/Coach Electrical Service Technician
• Bus/Coach Body Repairer

Advanced Level Apprenticeship

• Bus/Coach Mechanical Maintenance and Repair Technician
• Bus/Coach Electrical Maintenance and Repair Technician
• Bus/Coach Body Builder and Repairer
• Bus/Coach Diagnostic Technician

Last Updated: 12/04/2012