Parts administration Apprentice

Level: 2


Employer: WARRINGTON TRUCK & VAN LTD


Location: 542 EUROPA BOULEVARD

As an Apprentice Parts assistant, you will be part of our service and parts operations. This dual role splits time between supporting the workshop team and handling the logistics of vehicle components. You will gain hands-on experience in stock management, customer service, and parts and service administration.

Duration: 1 Year 3 Months

Expected start date: 09/11/2026

Hours per week: 40 hours

Wage: (Annually)

Job role includes

Key Responsibilities

Parts & service dept general administration duties

  • Manage stock control: Assist with receiving, checking, and logging incoming parts deliveries into the workshop DMS system
  • Order components: Research and place orders for vehicle parts required by workshop technicians or retail clients
  • Pre-pick workshop jobs: Gather and set aside necessary parts before scheduled repair work begins to maximise mechanic efficiency
  • Organise the storeroom: Maintain a clean, accurately labelled, and safe parts storage environment

Service & Workshop Support

  • Process job cards: Open, update, and close workshop repair orders with accurate labour times and part descriptions
  • Handle billing: Assist with raising customer invoices, taking payments, and processing internal parts transactions
  • Coordinate documentation:  filing and invoice processing

Customer Experience & Communication

  • First point of contact: Answer phone calls, respond to emails
  • Provide basic quotes: Guide customers on simple parts enquiries and service pricing under senior supervision.

About employer

  • Car, LGV, HGV and trailer service repair and maintenance

  • weighting: Desired
  • qualificationType: GCSE
  • subject: Maths and English
  • grade: A-C or 4-9 or equivalent

  • This is a remote apprenticeship delivered in the workplace, 6 hours per week will be given to complete off the job training
  • Functional skills Maths and English delivered within a college environment (if appropriate)

    • Progression to Parts advisor and / or Service administrator
  • Communication skills
  • IT skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Organisation skills
  • Customer care skills
  • Administrative skills
  • Team working
  • Initiative

Vacancy title

Vacancy description

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Duration: 18 months

Expected start date: 28/3/2022

Hours per week: 37.5 hours

Wage: 146.25 (weekly)

Job role includes

  • Explore what an apprenticeship is and how they work.
  • Understand what it means to be an apprentice.
  • Discover different apprenticeship types, get application hints and tips, and apply for vacancies.

About employer

Employer description

  • Ability to work as part of a team
  • Excellent interpersonal skills
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Ability to prioritise tasks
  • Excellent organisational skills
  • Good problem-solving skills
  • Ability to work as part of a team
  • Excellent interpersonal skills
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Ability to prioritise tasks
  • Excellent organisational skills
  • Good problem-solving skills
  • Ability to work as part of a team
  • Excellent interpersonal skills
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Ability to prioritise tasks
  • Excellent organisational skills
  • Good problem-solving skills
  • Ability to work as part of a team
  • Excellent interpersonal skills
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Ability to prioritise tasks
  • Excellent organisational skills
  • Good problem-solving skills