Level 4 Apprentice Civil Engineering Technician (Little Marlow, Bucks)
CoTrain
Marlow (SL7 1HA)
Closes in 17 days (Sunday 14 June 2026 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 28 May 2026
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Summary
CoTrain have an opportunity to train as an apprentice as a Civil Engineering Technician, supporting the setting out Engineers to build a new housing including the foundations, service ducts, road layouts. If you have an interest in construction, problem solving and using mathematics and engineering solutions this is the career for you.
- Wage
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£16,224 to £25,775.88, depending on your age
National Minimum Wage
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CoTrain provide a travel bursary of £25 maximium per week for travel to and from work via our expense system. Travel to and from college will also be expensed.
- Training course
- Civil engineering senior technician (level 4)
- Hours
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The working week is based on 39 hours and site start and finish times will vary but are typically 07:30am to 5:00pm with an hour for breaks during the day. College will be 9am till 5pm.
Evening and weekends if required will be agreed beforehand.
39 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 20 July 2026
- Duration
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3 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
- Assist with setting out using tapes, levels, and surveying equipment
- Help establish and maintain site control points
- Read and understand basic construction drawings
- Mark out positions for groundworks, drainage, and foundations
- Support checks on line, level, and measurements
- Keep records of setting out activities where required
- Assist with maintaining and caring for surveying equipment
- Assist with QA records where required
- Follow all site health and safety procedures at all times
Where you'll work
1 Glade View
Little Marlow Road
Marlow
SL7 1HA
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
SKILLS4STEM LTD.
Training course
Civil engineering senior technician (level 4)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Apply engineering principles, using relevant scientific, theoretical and technical know-how to solve well-defined civil engineering problems
- Apply civil engineering techniques, procedures and methods, and review the results, when measuring and testing, designing, installing, commissioning, maintaining or operating civil engineering systems
- Employ a range of advanced mathematical, statistical and data interpretation tools, using analytical and computational methods to interpret and solve civil engineering problems
- Interpret and compare performance information to choose compliant materials, components or parts
- Select and use technical literature and other sources of information and data to address well-defined civil engineering problems
- Produce and interpret civil engineering technical drawings, designs, and models, using analytical and computer-based software packages, recognising the limitations of the software used
- Produce civil engineering technical solutions in accordance with relevant industry standards, procedures, codes of practice, regulations, and legislation
- Comply with, and encourage others to demonstrate, statutory health, safety and welfare policies, procedures and regulation
- Complete risk assessments to identify, evaluate and mitigate risks
- Apply principles of sustainable development, and assess the impact of these in their work
- Employ project management techniques, measuring and recording progress against civil engineering project plans
- Assess and report on quality using appropriate management and assurance systems and continuous improvement processes
- Identify and use resources, equipment and technology to meet project requirements, including specifications, budget and timescales
- Monitor and manage individual performance, and supervise others, recognising the need to comply with appropriate codes of practice and equality, diversity & inclusion (EDI) requirements
- Communicate using appropriate methods for the audience, using appropriate engineering terminology and conventions
- Apply ethical principles to civil engineering projects, including the secure use of data and information
- Plan, undertake and review their own professional competence, updating and reviewing their CPD to improve performance
- Apply engineering principles, using relevant scientific, theoretical and technical know-how to solve well-defined civil engineering problems
- Apply civil engineering techniques, procedures and methods, and review the results, when measuring and testing, designing, installing, commissioning, maintaining or operating civil engineering systems
- Employ a range of advanced mathematical, statistical and data interpretation tools, using analytical and computational methods to interpret and solve civil engineering problems
- Interpret and compare performance information to choose compliant materials, components or parts
- Select and use technical literature and other sources of information and data to address well-defined civil engineering problems
- Produce and interpret civil engineering technical drawings, designs, and models, using analytical and computer-based software packages, recognising the limitations of the software used
- Produce civil engineering technical solutions in accordance with relevant industry standards, procedures, codes of practice, regulations, and legislation
- Comply with, and encourage others to demonstrate, statutory health, safety and welfare policies, procedures and regulation
- Complete risk assessments to identify, evaluate and mitigate risks
- Apply principles of sustainable development, and assess the impact of these in their work
- Employ project management techniques, measuring and recording progress against civil engineering project plans
- Assess and report on quality using appropriate management and assurance systems and continuous improvement processes
- Identify and use resources, equipment and technology to meet project requirements, including specifications, budget and timescales
- Monitor and manage individual performance, and supervise others, recognising the need to comply with appropriate codes of practice and equality, diversity & inclusion (EDI) requirements
- Communicate using appropriate methods for the audience, using appropriate engineering terminology and conventions
- Apply ethical principles to civil engineering projects, including the secure use of data and information
- Plan, undertake and review their own professional competence, updating and reviewing their CPD to improve performance
Training schedule
Training to gain a Level 4 Apprenticeship qualification equivalent to an HNC will be done on a day-release program.
At present this will be online but we will consider your learning style and a suitable training college or university will be found to suit your location on a day-release basis if required.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE 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
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Presentation skills
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
- Physical fitness
- Willingness to learn
Other requirements
The position will require you to work mainly on site in all weathers but time will be spent in and out of doors to monitor the progression of the project. Punctuality and reliability will always be of high value as you will have daily responsibilities as you become more competent.
About this employer
CoTrain is a program under SECBE . As a shared apprenticeship scheme and a Flexible Job Apprenticeship Agency partly funded by CITB to provide a route into industry for anyone wishing to complete an apprenticeship. We employ and mentor the apprentice and place them with our construction partners and colleges to gain the correct experience & skills to complete their qualifications.
After this apprenticeship
Upon completion you may continue to study in the same or other construction diciplines at Level 5 or 6 or remain working on site as a Civil Engineer to gain real life experience. Or join a graduate program to learn and earn at the sametime.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
CoTrain
Mark Pope
mark.pope@secbe.org.uk
07483172916
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000034025.
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Closes in 17 days (Sunday 14 June 2026 at 11:59pm)