Groundworker Level 2 Apprenticeship

About the role

Ready to kickstart your career and build something amazing? 🏗️ We're looking for enthusiastic Apprentices to join our Groundworks team and learn the ropes from the ground up! 🚀

As a Groundworks Apprentice, you'll be getting hands-on with a variety of essential tasks:

• Keeping our construction sites looking sharp and organized. 🧹
• Digging trenches, the foundations of future projects. 🛠️
• Setting up sites with essential barriers, safety signs, and shelters. 🚧
• Providing support for site evacuations – safety first! 🚨
• Understanding and working from drawings and specifications. 📐
• Laying pavements, kerbs, and driveways – shaping the landscape. 🚶‍♂️
• Working with drainage and pipework systems. 💧
• Operating essential plant machinery like excavators and dumper trucks. 🚜
• Preparing the ground and foundations for construction to begin. 🌱
• Diverting waterways and connecting pipes to existing systems. 🔗

This isn't just a job; it's a full-on training experience! You'll be enrolled in an 8-week pre-apprenticeship program at CETC:

• Weeks 1-4: Head to the training centre to earn your CSCS card, a Brickwork Level 1 Certificate, and get fully trained in Health & Safety to be site-ready. ✅
• Weeks 5-8: Transition to paid on-site work under sponsorship. This is your chance to prove yourself and prepare for the main event! 💪

Successful completion of the pre-apprenticeship means you'll progress onto a full 18-month apprenticeship programme at CETC, complete with a contract of employment and the opportunity to earn your Groundworks Level 2 qualification. 🏆

*Please note: We take safeguarding very seriously. Your successful appointment will be subject to relevant checks.* 👍

Key responsibilities

• Clear and tidy the construction site
• Dig trenches for foundations
• Setting up sites, including putting up barriers, safety signs and huts
• Operating plant machinery, such as excavators and dumper trucks
• Preparing the ground/foundations to allow construction to begin