After-sales service technician
Design and Technology, Design and Technology and Business Studies at A level, then a Level 3 apprenticeship straight after school.
the nearest apprenticeship standard, the same level as A levels · 8 standards and 10 school subjects share ideas with this job · Skills England, ESCO, DfE subject content
Level 3 — England’s qualification levels run 1–8: GCSE is 2, A level is 3, a bachelor’s degree is 6.
Which subjects build towards it?
Bar — strength of the overlap relative to the strongest subject (1.00); not a grade or an entry requirement.
DfE subject content · matched to the apprenticeship standards below by sch.today
Design and Technology leads because the job and the course share the same ideas: specialist tool, production scale, casting, prototype.
All subjects and shared ideas10
| Subject | Match | Shared ideas |
|---|---|---|
| A level Design and Technology | 1.00 | specialist tool, production scale, casting, prototype, moulding |
| GCSE Design and Technology | 0.49 | model, specialist tool, prototype, design brief, material property |
| A level Business Studies | 0.48 | market, quality, productivity, added value, business environment |
| GCSE Art and Design | 0.41 | textile design, colour, prototyping, material |
| GCSE Physics | 0.30 | energy transfer, electric motors, unit conversion |
| GCSE Mathematics | 0.28 | proportion, distribution, sampling |
| A level Biology | 0.26 | energy transfer, data logging, resource management |
| A level Art and Design | 0.21 | textile design, material |
| A level Geography | 0.20 | evidence-based conclusion, big data, measurement |
| GCSE Chemistry | 0.18 | unit conversion, material property, material selection |
Which apprenticeships lead here?
Apprenticeship standard — the official list of what an apprentice in one job must know and be able to do; the level says how advanced it is. Level 3 can start straight after GCSEs.
Skills England, contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0
Where are these subjects taken most?
Secondary schools with at least 30 pupils in Year 11, ranked by the share taking Design and Technology, Design and Technology and Business Studies, weighted by how strongly each subject leads here.
Ranking — shows what pupils study, not how well a school prepares them for the job.
DfE subject entries
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What the job is
After-sales service technicians provide after-sales service support to customers, such as the installation, maintenance and repair of the sold products. They take corrective actions to ensure customers’ satisfaction, resolve technical product-related issues and write customer summary reports.
Occupations and their descriptions: ESCO classification of the European Commission, © European Union.
This is a model of overlapping content, not careers advice or entry requirements, which employers and training providers set. Occupations and their descriptions: ESCO classification of the European Commission, © European Union. Apprenticeship standards: Skills England, contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. School subjects and entries: Department for Education. Links between them are made by sch.today. Methodology.