Groundworker Apprentice (NAT-0003-26)
TRAINING AND APPRENTICESHIPS IN CONSTRUCTION LIMITED
Colchester (CO3 0QR)
Closes in 7 days (Thursday 30 April 2026)
Posted on 23 April 2026
Contents
Summary
A well-established civil engineering and construction business is looking for a groundworker apprentice.
- Wage
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£18,720 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
- Training course
- Groundworker (level 2)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday, 07:30 - 17:00
45 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 11 May 2026
- Duration
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1 year 9 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
- Assist with site preparation, including clearing and setting out work areas
- Support excavation activities using hand tools and machinery (under supervision)
- Help install drainage systems, including pipes and fittings
- Assist with concreting, including mixing, pouring, and finishing
- Support the construction of foundations, pavements, and kerbing
- Load and unload materials and distribute them around site
- Maintain tools and equipment in good working condition
- Follow all health, safety, and environmental procedures at all times
- Work effectively as part of a team and communicate clearly with colleagues and supervisors
Where you'll work
Fiveways Farmhouse
Heath Road, Stanway
Colchester
CO3 0QR
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
SUFFOLK NEW COLLEGE
Training course
Groundworker (level 2)
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What you'll learn
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
Training schedule
The training will be delivered on site in person by a trainer from the college
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 3)
- Maths (grade 3)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Problem solving skills
- Team working
- Physical fitness
Other requirements
CSCS card - assistance will be giving in achieving this.
Applicants will need to be aged 18 or over due to the working hours.
About this employer
Training & Apprenticeships in Construction Ltd (TrAC) is a DfE approved Flexi Job Apprenticeship Agency who will employ you for the duration of the apprenticeship and pay your salary. You should be aware that you will be placed with a host employer but you will not be employed by them. Your placement may change during the course of your apprenticeship but TrAC will employ you throughout, as well as continuing to support you into employment or further learning at the end of your apprenticeship.
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 there is the potential for permanent employment
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
SUFFOLK NEW COLLEGE
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000028067.
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Closes in 7 days (Thursday 30 April 2026)
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