Land-based Service Engineering Technician

On your land-based service engineering technician apprenticeship course, you’ll help provide expert technical help and guidance on a broad range of plant and equipment in sectors such as agriculture, horticulture, forestry, and outdoor power.

As a land-based service engineering technician, you will prepare, install, and hand over complex technologically sophisticated machinery, plant, and equipment and test its operation to the manufacturer’s standards and the client’s satisfaction.

You will diagnose and repair complex machinery, plant, and equipment issues, conduct inspections, and produce condition reports, repair plans, estimates, and quotations.

This job requires a broad range of skills and knowledge in power units, power trains, fabrication, mechanical, electrical, electronic, hydraulic, and pneumatic system applications.

You’ll learn about the interplay between machines, biological systems, and the workplace.

Because of the company’s nature, technical challenges will vary from fundamental mechanics to diagnosing and repairing complex mechanical, electrical, and telemetry systems.

What you’ll learn

On a land-based service engineering technician apprenticeship course, you’ll learn to:

• Safeguard bystanders, the general public, property, and animals, interpret and follow safety protocols, perform risk assessments, and take mitigation measures.
• Interact with colleagues and customers and get information using various techniques appropriate for the audience. 
• Demonstrate professional customer service skills as an individual and as a team member. 
• Install and handover machinery, plant, and equipment while explaining its safe use, maintenance, and warranty requirements, assuring peak performance, and completing handover documentation.
• Perform complex maintenance and repair on technologically advanced machinery and equipment such as power units, power trains, plant, machinery, and equipment and their components.
• Perform complex diagnostics, repairs, and re-installations and ensure compliance with the manufacturer’s requirements.
• Compile technical reports, repair suggestions, cost estimates, and incident reports.
• Reduce machine, plant, and equipment downtime by conducting diagnostic and preventative maintenance promptly and efficiently.

Entry requirements

You’ll usually need:

• Four GCSEs, including English, maths and a science subject, as well as an understanding of ICT for an advanced apprenticeship 
• Apprentices without level 2 English and maths will need to achieve this before taking the end-point assessment.

Assessment methods

The End Point Assessment comprises three sections:

• On-line knowledge test
• Practical task test
• Presentation and professional interview 

Duration, level, subjects and potential salary upon completion

Apprenticeship standard

More information about the Level 3 Land-based Service Engineering Technician Apprenticeship standard can be found here.

Apprenticeship end point assessment

For more information about the End Point Assessment Process, please read the Institute of Apprenticeships’ information page.