Apprentice Construction Planner/Scheduler
GLASSWELL AND LAST LTD
SUFFOLK (IP32 7AB)
Closes in 15 days (Friday 11 July 2025)
Posted on 24 June 2025
Contents
Summary
While the course covers a broad list of subjects the vacancy is for a Planner / Scheduler working in one of our offices in Bury St Edmunds alongside one of our delivery teams. The focus of the apprenticeship will be to give you the knowledge and experience to allow you to successfully produce and control a project program.
- Wage
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£17,500 a year
- Training course
- Construction support technician (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday, 8.00am to 5.00pm.
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 4 August 2025
- Duration
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1 year 11 months
- Positions available
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1
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
Every project large or small requires a program be it simple or complex. A project program is used to highlight issues, delays, opportunities, project acceleration and a whole host of other things most of which will be touched on under this course.
- As an apprentice you will start with easy tasks, attending meetings and taking notes to learn how construction project programs are built up and what’s included.
- As experience and training progresses you will have more responsibly, expected to input more and be able to work on your own initiative.
- On top of the Apprenticeship course you will also be expected to attend software courses and attend site meetings.
Where you'll work
UNIT 28
EASTERN WAY
BURY ST EDMUNDS
SUFFOLK
IP32 7AB
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
LEARNING SKILLS PARTNERSHIP LTD
Your training course
Construction support technician (level 3)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Apply and integrate appropriate mathematical and technical knowledge in the completion of built environment site and/or office processes to contribute to the coordination of construction projects.
- Comply with health and safety regulations and procedures. Identify and document risks and hazards. Apply statutory and company environmental and safe working practices. Produce construction project risk assessment and method statements.
- Communicate verbally to internal and external stakeholders using a range of techniques in line with company policies.
- Interpret and abstract contract documentation to develop site solutions.
- Apply digital construction processes to produce resource lists from tender and contract documentation.
- The use of project tendering, measurement and costing systems to assist with the planning of schedules of work and to provide early warning of problems for all contract phases on site.
- Plan, carry out and manage own work in line with management requirements, assessing tasks, scheduling work, achieving deadlines, reviewing performance and keeping records of work undertaken.
- Apply sustainable principles and low carbon processes in order to implement site environmental solutions.
- Use information technology. For example, for document creation, communication, and information management. Comply with GDPR and cyber security.
- Plan and undertake continued professional development (CPD) to maintain and enhance competence in their own area of practice.
- Communicate in written form to internal and external stakeholders using a range of techniques and reporting mechanisms in line with company policies, using construction and built environment terminology.
- Apply and integrate appropriate mathematical and technical knowledge in the completion of built environment site and/or office processes to contribute to the coordination of construction projects.
- Comply with health and safety regulations and procedures. Identify and document risks and hazards. Apply statutory and company environmental and safe working practices. Produce construction project risk assessment and method statements.
- Communicate verbally to internal and external stakeholders using a range of techniques in line with company policies.
- Interpret and abstract contract documentation to develop site solutions.
- Apply digital construction processes to produce resource lists from tender and contract documentation.
- The use of project tendering, measurement and costing systems to assist with the planning of schedules of work and to provide early warning of problems for all contract phases on site.
- Plan, carry out and manage own work in line with management requirements, assessing tasks, scheduling work, achieving deadlines, reviewing performance and keeping records of work undertaken.
- Apply sustainable principles and low carbon processes in order to implement site environmental solutions.
- Use information technology. For example, for document creation, communication, and information management. Comply with GDPR and cyber security.
- Plan and undertake continued professional development (CPD) to maintain and enhance competence in their own area of practice.
- Communicate in written form to internal and external stakeholders using a range of techniques and reporting mechanisms in line with company policies, using construction and built environment terminology.
Your training plan
Construction support technician level 3 Apprenticeship standard.
This apprenticeship is delivered through work based learning, this means that all training is done at the workplace eliminating the need to attend college. The successful candidate will be allocated a tutor who will provide a mixture of interactive online group teaching and 1-1 training monthly.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4/C and above)
- Math's (grade 4/C and above)
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
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Problem solving skills
- Administrative skills
- Analytical skills
- Team working
- Initiative
About this company
We are a Small to Medium Mechanical and Electrical Contracting Business providing Fabrication, Mechanical and Electrical Design and Installations to our clients who are predominately within the UK utilities sectors including Gas Distributions, Power and Water.
After this apprenticeship
Upon completion of apprenticeship you will be a Construction Planner/Scheduler.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
LEARNING SKILLS PARTNERSHIP LTD
Holly Parkinson
Holly.Parkinson@lsprecruit.com
01482338844
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000327905.
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Closes in 15 days (Friday 11 July 2025)
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