Construction Support Technician Apprenticeship
West Suffolk College
Bury St. Edmunds (IP33 3RL)
Closes in 20 days (Wednesday 20 August 2025)
Posted on 30 July 2025
Contents
Summary
We are offering an exciting opportunity for an apprentice to join the WSC Built Environment team as a Construction Support Technician. In this role, you’ll assist with organising materials, preparing construction sites, and ensuring a safe, hazard-free environment.
- Wage
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£14,526.20 a year
- Training course
- Construction support technician (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday, between 8:30am and 5pm
37 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 22 September 2025
- Duration
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2 years
- 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
As a Construction Support Technician apprentice, you will support health and safety compliance and contribute to the smooth operation of construction projects. Your responsibilities will include managing resources, ordering supplies, and ensuring everything is ready for use. This apprenticeship offers a strong foundation for a career in the built environment, allowing you to develop key technical skills while working with experienced professionals across different sector projects.
Main Duties and Responsibilities:
The following duties are not shown in order of priority or frequency, nor is the list comprehensive, but rather an indication of the type and level of duties expected of the post:
• Assist in ordering and preparing materials and equipment for construction site operations and maintenance tasks.
• Provide support to staff and contractors during construction activities across various sites.
• Help organise and set up equipment, tools, and materials for construction projects, meetings, and operational needs.
• Support the development and implementation of new construction procedures and tasks as directed by senior staff.
• Ensure that all tools, equipment, and physical resources used on construction sites are properly maintained, cleaned, and stored.
• Coordinate and manage resources across different areas of construction projects, ensuring accessibility and functionality at all times.
• Maintain cleanliness and order on construction sites, ensuring all equipment and materials are safely stored and organised.
• Monitor and record stock levels of consumables, tools, and equipment, reporting any shortages to the supervisor.
• Adhere to Health and Safety policies and report any potential risks or hazards to the line manager.
• Assist with the preparation and management of site visits, inspections, and other construction-related activities.
• Perform routine inspections and maintenance on tools, equipment, and construction sites, reporting any defects or issues to the line manager.
• Participate in risk assessments and follow safety guidelines, ensuring that all tasks are carried out in a safe and efficient manner.
• The above job description is not exhaustive, and the employee may be required to undertake any other reasonable duties in line with the general level of responsibility of the role.
• As we now operate as a collective Eastern Education Group you may be from time to time required to undertake any of the requirements of your role for any of our Group organisations
Where you'll work
West Suffolk College, Out Risbygate
Bury St. Edmunds
IP33 3RL
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
WEST SUFFOLK COLLEGE
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.
Training schedule
- The learner will be studying the Construction Support Technician Level 3 Apprenticeship Standard qualification
- Functional skills will be studied if equivalent qualifications are not held.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE or equivalent in:
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Organisation skills
- Attention to detail
- Problem solving skills
- Physical fitness
- Team working
- Initiative
Other requirements
You’ll gain practical experience across various construction disciplines, supporting the setup for practical sessions and broadening your understanding of the skills involved in the construction industry.
About this employer
West Suffolk College is a Further Education college in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. The college delivers a range of courses, including vocational and technical courses, apprenticeships, and an array of higher-apprenticeships and bachelor degree courses accredited by the University of East Anglia.
After this apprenticeship
The prospect of permanent employment opportunities within Eastern Education Group, within the Built Environment team with a multitude of wider development scope.
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The contact for this apprenticeship is:
WEST SUFFOLK COLLEGE
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000334646.
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Closes in 20 days (Wednesday 20 August 2025)
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