Focus On… Cycle Maintenance Apprenticeships

July 24, 2014 Stephen Smyth - No Comments

Cycle Maintenance ApprenticeshipsCycle Maintenance Apprenticeships are ideal for anyone with a passion about cycles and cycling who have an interest in how bikes work. A Cycle Maintenance Apprenticeship offers you the opportunity to work as a cycle or bike mechanic building, repairing and servicing all kinds of bikes. Your training will include health and safety, customer service, how to correctly use tools and equipment and how to troubleshoot problems.

Typical work as a Cycle Maintenance Apprentice includes:

  • Building bikes from scratch to customer specifications
  • Completing cycle servicing
  • Advising customers on cycles and cycling
  • Identifying problems with bikes and the potential solutions
  • Completing repairs and/or replacing bike parts
  • Cleaning, degreasing and lubricating bike parts
  • Estimating repair costs for customer quotes
  • Administration of repair bookings

If you are passionate about bikes and cycling, and are interested in starting a career in cycle maintenance, take a look at the range of Cycle Maintenance Apprenticeship vacancies available here with ATG Apprenticeships to find the job role that will start you on your career path as a cycle mechanic.