Civil Engineering Technician Apprentice
Infra Engineering Practice Limited
UK (GU19 5JN)
Closes in 17 days (Thursday 25 September 2025)
Posted on 5 September 2025
Contents
Summary
This apprenticeship provides practical experience in supporting the design, construction, and maintenance of infrastructure projects such as highways, drainage systems, earthworks, and residential developments. You’ll work alongside engineers and construction professionals while studying towards a nationally recognised qualification- with the flexibility to attend college either in person or online.
- Wage
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£18,000 a year
- Training course
- Civil engineering technician (level 3)
- Hours
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Days and shifts are to be confirmed.
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 6 October 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
Key Responsibilities:
- Assist in the design and detailing of highway
layouts, junctions, and access roads using CAD and BIM tools. - Support the development of drainage schemes,
including foul and surface water systems, attenuation solutions, and SuDS (Sustainable Drainage Systems). - Contribute to earthworks design, including cut
and fill analysis, slope stability, and ground modelling. - Help prepare technical drawings, specifications, and reports for infrastructure and residential development
projects. - Conduct site surveys and inspections,
collecting data for use in design and construction. - Assist in preparing quantity take-offs, cost
estimates, and schedules for civil works. - Ensure compliance with DMRB, CDM regulations,
and local authority standards. - Collaborate with engineers, planners, and
contractors to ensure smooth project delivery. - Apply principles of sustainable construction, including carbon reduction and resource efficiency.
- Maintain accurate records and contribute to quality assurance and health & safety documentation.
Where you'll work
24 Guildford Road
Bagshot
Surrey
UK
GU19 5JN
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
LEARNING SKILLS PARTNERSHIP LTD
Training course
Civil engineering technician (level 3)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Apply appropriate civil engineering principles, techniques, and methods, including mathematical, scientific, and technical know-how, to civil engineering and the construction process
- Apply key principles, techniques and methods of data and technical information collection, analysis, and evaluation to support the delivery of civil engineering models, designs, and technical solutions
- Operate appropriate software packages for data gathering and analysis, such as Computer Aided Design (CAD) or Building Information Modelling (BIM), to create technical drawings, models and designs using relevant conventions and engineering terminology
- Apply statutory health, safety and welfare policies, procedures, and regulations in the civil engineering environment, using risk management processes, procedures, and documentation
- Support and contribute to the production or modification of civil engineering technical solutions in accordance with relevant industry standards, regulations, and procedures and codes of practice
- Apply environmental policies and sustainable principles in civil engineering projects, recognising the need to reduce carbon use, lower emissions and plan for wider sustainability
- Plan, carry out and manage own work in line with quality assurance, recognising the wider implications to customer needs, and within cost and resource limitations
- Consider equality, diversity and inclusion in the delivery of civil engineering projects
- Apply document control processes and procedures using the approved processes, maintaining quality compliance when creating or amending engineering documentation
- Communicate using appropriate methods for the audience, and incorporate relevant and appropriate terms, standards, and data
- Apply ethical principles to civil engineering projects, including the secure use of data and information
- Plan, undertake and review their own professional competence, regularly updating and reviewing their CPD to improve performance
- Apply appropriate civil engineering principles, techniques, and methods, including mathematical, scientific, and technical know-how, to civil engineering and the construction process
- Apply key principles, techniques and methods of data and technical information collection, analysis, and evaluation to support the delivery of civil engineering models, designs, and technical solutions
- Operate appropriate software packages for data gathering and analysis, such as Computer Aided Design (CAD) or Building Information Modelling (BIM), to create technical drawings, models and designs using relevant conventions and engineering terminology
- Apply statutory health, safety and welfare policies, procedures, and regulations in the civil engineering environment, using risk management processes, procedures, and documentation
- Support and contribute to the production or modification of civil engineering technical solutions in accordance with relevant industry standards, regulations, and procedures and codes of practice
- Apply environmental policies and sustainable principles in civil engineering projects, recognising the need to reduce carbon use, lower emissions and plan for wider sustainability
- Plan, carry out and manage own work in line with quality assurance, recognising the wider implications to customer needs, and within cost and resource limitations
- Consider equality, diversity and inclusion in the delivery of civil engineering projects
- Apply document control processes and procedures using the approved processes, maintaining quality compliance when creating or amending engineering documentation
- Communicate using appropriate methods for the audience, and incorporate relevant and appropriate terms, standards, and data
- Apply ethical principles to civil engineering projects, including the secure use of data and information
- Plan, undertake and review their own professional competence, regularly updating and reviewing their CPD to improve performance
Training schedule
Civil Engineering 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 or equivalent in:
- English (grade 4/C)
- Maths (grade 4/C)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
- Administrative skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
About this employer
Infra Engineering Practice Limited are a small progressive civil engineering consultancy which works within a group of Companies which allows our employees to work alongside architects, landscape architects and planning consultants.
After this apprenticeship
There are excellent opportunities for progression within the company, with a strong focus on continued learning and personal development.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
LEARNING SKILLS PARTNERSHIP LTD
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000339168.
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Closes in 17 days (Thursday 25 September 2025)
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