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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

Vehicle Fitting

This Apprenticeship deals with fast-fit operations in the motor vehicle industry.

Motor vehicle fitters, or fast-fit technicians, repair and replace tyres, batteries, exhausts and other vehicle parts, while the customer waits. They normally work in fast-fit centres alongside motor vehicle technicians, but some fitters specialise in tractors or other heavy vehicles. Whatever the specialisation, fitters must work fast and be able to communicate with customers.

As an apprentice, you’ll choose to specialise in one of two areas: fast-fit, which involves identifying, removing and replacing faulty components like tyres, batteries, and brakes; or specialist tyre fitting, which deals with removing and replacing tyres on anything from cars to tractors.

On the Advanced Level Apprenticeship, you’ll learn how to supervise fast-fit operations by managing stock, organising staff and advising customers.

Whether you find yourself working in a specialist fast-fit operation or in a dealership, you’ll have to be technically competent and able to work under pressure, taking account of time and cost. It’s challenging work, with job opportunities across the country.

Job Roles

Intermediate Level Apprenticeship

• Fast Fit technician/Motor Vehicle Fitter
• Tyre technician

Advanced Level Apprenticeship

• Supervisor

Last Updated: 12/04/2012