Location: Hamilton Business Unit, Pollock Avenue, Hamilton, ML3 9SZ
Salary: £24,732 - £26,584 per year
Contract Type: Temporary
Position Type: Full Time
Hours: 37 hours per week
Working Pattern: Monday to Thursday 8.00am - 4.30pm, Friday 8.00am - 1.30pm
Property Services is split between three service areas:
* Building Services
* Assets and Estates
* Consultancy Services
Building Services are responsible for delivering construction/improvement projects as well as undertaking the maintenance works across the property portfolio. We are looking for a variety of Trade Modern Apprentices to join their team.
What are we looking for?
We are looking for people who can demonstrate a commitment to their own learning as the successful candidates will be given the opportunity to become qualified and time served as a Painter, through a mixture of on-the-job experience working alongside qualified/experienced tradespeople and off the job experience at college, gaining the underpinning knowledge and the recognised qualifications for your trade.
We are offering the Painter Modern Apprenticeship vacancy in Hamilton Business Unit.
These opportunities are for trainees and therefore do not require you to have any experience in your chosen field, or qualifications. What we do require is for you to meet the essential criteria as detailed on the attached Job Profile. The essential criteria will be checked and any candidate found not meeting these criteria will be withdrawn from the process.
We also require you to include information on the following areas, when you are completing the application form:
* Why you wish to apply for a Modern Apprenticeship with South Lanarkshire?
* Why are you interested in a career in your chosen trade?
* Why you consider yourself to be a suitable candidate for this role?
* Why good customer care skills are important for a South Lanarkshire Council employee to have?
* Why good communication skills are so important for an employee of South Lanarkshire Council to have?
If you do not provide the above information, as required, within your application we will withdraw your application from the process.
All applicants are required to complete an online assessment as part of the recruitment process, and this has to be passed to the required level for the trade you have applied for.
Passing this assessment to the level required for the trade you have applied for, will enable your application to progress to the shortleet stage of the recruitment process.
All correspondence in relation to your application will be sent to the e-mail address that you used when submitting your application.
The closing date for applications is Wednesday 12 th March 2025 (Please note this post automatically expires at midnight on this date and applications will not be accepted after this time).
At South Lanarkshire Council we are ambitious about diversity and inclusion and want our organisation to reflect the people of South Lanarkshire.
You can only apply for one trade; multiple applications will not be accepted.
You must meet the essential criteria, as detailed on the Job Profile.
These posts are available on a Fixed Term Contract for a 4-year Apprenticeship.
As an employee of South Lanarkshire Council you would also receive a wide range of benefits including:
* Enrolment in award winning local government pension scheme
* Up to 33 days annual leave
* Public holiday entitlement (up to 10 days)
* Family friendly policies - flexible working and leave, maternity/paternity leave enhanced leave.
* Employee Discounts – including discounts at the cinema.
* Range of benefits to support you (Cycle to Work Scheme, Physiotherapy, Employee Assistance Program which offers practical and emotional support)
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