Light Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Principles Level 3

More about the course

This qualification covers the technical needs of today’s motor vehicle repair industry, working on all types of light vehicles. It is an ideal course for anyone looking to be a vehicle technician or MOT tester. Challenge yourself in a practical working environment.

Covering all light vehicle technologies at an advanced level, learners will be expected to carry out practical diagnostic fault-finding tasks. As a practical-based course, it provides the essential knowledge to be a service technician working on cars and vans in all types of garages, dealerships, and maintenance depots.

There are also opportunities to undertake air-conditioning manual handling certification and potential to upskill to be able to work on EV and hybrid vehicles, to further enhance your employability.

Entry requirements

Light Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Level 2 diploma

What will I achieve?

If you successfully complete this course, students will be awarded with the Level 3 Diploma in Light Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Principles Level 3

What will I learn?

Essential working practices and customer care
Vehicle systems
Vehicle electrics
Fault diagnosis
Vehicle science and maths
Engine technology and diagnostics
Ignition systems
Petrol fuelling systems
Diesel fuelling systems
Transmission systems
Steering, braking and suspension
Functional Skills or GCSE in English and Maths, depending on previous qualifications

How am I assessed?

Online Exams
Practical Assessment
Written Assignments

Where can I progress?

Successful students will be able to progress onto further training and education in automotive and engineering subjects, or a job role in the vehicle maintenance sector.

Course costs

If you are 16-18 years old, you do not have to pay course tuition fees*.

If you are 19 or over, please call 01695 52300 or email enquiries@westlancs.ac.uk to confirm the fee for this course. Course costs may be subject to change.

If you need information on any financial support that may be available to you with fees or study costs on this course, please contact Student Services who can offer advice and assistance on accessing any financial support that may be available.

*This is subject to attendance.

Phone: 01695 52300

Email: enquiries@westlancs.ac.uk

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Daily tasks:

Repairs and services air conditioning, heating and engine-cooling systems.
Installs additional electrical amenities such as radio/CD players, aerials.
Checks condition of electrical/electronic systems and carries out servicing tasks.
Diagnoses faults in electrical/electronic circuitry, removes faulty components and fits replacements.
Carries out routine maintenance checks on oil and air filters, brakes and other vehicle parts/systems.
Reassembles, tests, adjusts and tunes the appropriate parts, systems or entire engine.
Removes, dismantles, repairs and replaces defective parts and prepares new parts using appropriate tools.
Visually checks, test drives or uses test equipment to diagnose engine and mechanical faults.

Median Salary

£27,897 View more

Daily tasks:

Positions, secures and repairs external fittings including windows, doors, door handles, catches and roof attachments.
Installs and repairs interior fittings including seats, seatbelts and fascia in cars, sinks and special features in caravans and mobile shops.
Hammers out dents in bodywork, fills in small depressions or corroded areas in solder, plastic or other filler compound and replaces body panels using hand and power tools.
Repairs damage to chassis and engine mountings using hydraulic rams, jacks and jigs.
Selects, cuts, shapes and assembles materials to form parts of vehicle underframe, framework and body.
Diagnoses job requirements or ascertains work specifications from drawings or instructions.

Median Salary

£26,655 View more

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