Apprentice Construction Operative

FITZGERALD CONTRACTORS LIMITED

Telford (TF1 2NP)

Closes on Tuesday 25 August 2026

Posted on 8 July 2026

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Summary

We are looking for an apprentice to join the team and support daily operations. 

Wage

£15,392 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices

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Training course
Groundworker (level 2)
Hours
Monday - Friday: 7:30am - 4:30pm.

37 hours a week

Start date

Tuesday 1 September 2026

Duration

1 year 6 months

Positions available

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

  • Preparing the ground for construction work.
  • Helping to set out areas to be dug for foundations and drains.
  • Preparing materials such as cement and plaster.
  • Digging shallow trenches manually, and trimming and squaring up trenches dug by machine.
  • Erecting and dismantling timbering used to support trenches.
  • Laying drains and backfill trenches.
  • Erecting and taking down formwork.
  • Fixing steel.
  • Pouring concrete for foundations, walls, beams and floors.

Where you'll work

Haybridge Road
Wellington
Telford
TF1 2NP

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

Training provider

TELFORD 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

  • Block relaese learning.
  • Workplace mentor.
  • College assessor.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade C / 4)
  • Maths (grade C / 4)

Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.

Skills

  • Communication skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Organisation skills
  • Analytical skills
  • Logical
  • Team working

About this employer

We are a leading employee-owned civil engineering contractor based in Birmingham specialising in the delivery of infrastructure, highways and public realm schemes across the UK.

We work collaboratively with clients in order to add value to the schemes we undertake, especially through early contractor involvement where, at the earliest stages of a project, we can add value by developing better methodologies, identifying, managing and mitigating risk and therefore ensuring greater cost certainty.

Fitzgerald are a multi-award winning company and in 2020 our Centenary Square public realm scheme won both the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) West Midlands ‘Large Project Award’ and Construction News Project of the Year (under £20m) accolades.

After this apprenticeship

Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).

Upon completion of apprenticeship, there will be room to progress in the company. 

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

TELFORD COLLEGE

Chris Field

chris.field@telfordcollege.ac.uk

01952642326

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000041464.

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Closes on Tuesday 25 August 2026