Groundworker Apprentice

Summary

Are you looking to kick-start your career in construction? Do you enjoy working outdoors and being hands-on? Join our team as a Groundworker Apprentice and build the foundations for a successful career in the industry!

Wage

£27,492 a year

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Living away allowance of travel allowance is paid where appropriate

Training course

Groundworker (level 2)

Hours

Monday to Friday- Varying shift patterns between 7am and 6pm Shifts to be confirmed

40 hours a week

Start date

Monday 15 September 2025

Duration

1 year 6 months

Positions available

4

Work

Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.

What you’ll do at work

As a Groundworker Apprentice, you’ll learn essential skills to support construction projects, including:

Preparing and levelling construction sites
Laying foundations, drainage systems, and concrete
Operating and maintaining tools and equipment
Following health and safety protocols on-site
Working as part of a team to complete a variety of groundwork tasks

Where you’ll work

HD 1
Fitzwilliam Street
Huddersfield
HD15BB

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

College or training organisation

LEEDS COLLEGE OF BUILDING

Your training course

Groundworker (level 2)

Equal to GCSE

Course contents

Work safely and securely in compliance with given information, organisational policies and procedures, and current health, safety and welfare legislation including following the procedures for working in contaminated ground
Conform with productive working practices and completing the work in accordance with the programme of work
Interpret and follow verbal and written work instructions from supervisors and site managers
Access, interpret and use drawings and specifications
Select the required resources including tools and fixtures
Move, handle and store resources complying with relevant legislation & guidance
Use and maintain power tools and equipment (including;. compactor plates, boning rods, portable power tools, levels, straight edges, lines, pins and laser equipment)
Gauge and mix mortars and concrete by hand and by mixer
Select and use basic setting out equipment including tape measures, levels, straight edges, lines and pins, boning rods and laser equipment under guidance of the supervisor
Install, maintain and remove temporary protection and safety arrangements for the work area relating to barriers and temporary structures, including protection, safety notices and safety lighting
Install and test basic drainage and ducting
Measure, mark, cut and install geo-membranes to stabilise soil for re-instatement and excavations
Transport and place, then compact and finish concrete to slabs/bases, footing oversights, paths, form slab edgings including positioning reinforcement and kerbs
Set out and lay flags, paviours and edging to paths, driveways and other areas
Install ironworks relating to access covers and frames, and gully grates and frames including preparatory brickwork
Locate and excavate to expose buried utility services using electronic location instruments
Provide and remove temporary works including shallow excavation support (up to 1.2 metres)
Form and reinstate excavations and surfaces to sub-grades, sub-bases and road bases
Prepare to, then direct and guide the movement of vehicles, plant or machinery

Your training plan

Training will take place both in the workplace and at Leeds College of Building

More training information

This will be delivered on a block release basis

Requirements

Desirable qualifications

GCSE in:

English (grade 5)
Maths (grade 5)

Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.

Skills

Communication skills
Attention to detail
Organisation skills
Problem solving skills
Analytical skills
Team working
Initiative
Patience
Physical fitness

Other requirements

In this role you will be working outside in all seasons and weather conditions. Hours vary depending on seasons and daylight hours but expect early starts

About this company

At BAM we imagine, create, and enrich buildings and infrastructure across the UK & Ireland. For over 150 years, we have dedicated ourselves to enhancing lives by creating sustainable environments and communities where people can live, work, and thrive. Our vision is to build a sustainable tomorrow and that is why we think beyond the build and focus on the bigger impact. It is how we make the iconic buildings and infrastructure that shape our society working collaboratively with our partners. We have 6500 employees and work in Construction, Civil Engineering, Ground Engineering, Energy, Property Development, Facilities Management and Site Solutions. When you work at BAM, safety is unconditional. It comes before profit. We take responsibility for ourselves and each other, and towards society at large. Onsite, on the road, at home and at the office. Don’t just take our word for it, we’re an award-winning company too, for a third year in a row we are positioned in the Rate My Apprenticeship Top 100! Employers to work for.

https://www.bam.co.uk/ (opens in new tab)

Disability Confident

A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.

You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.

After this apprenticeship

Upon completion of the apprenticeship, you will be given the opportunity for further training if desired

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

BAM NUTTALL LIMITED

Holly Rowe

holly.rowe@bam.com

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000316646.

Apply now

Closes in 29 days (Friday 30 May 2025)

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Company’s application instructions

Successful applications will be contacted by email to arrange a telephone screening call. Next steps will then be discussed.

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