Groundworker Apprentice

DENNIS EDWARDS LTD

Dudleston Heath (SY129LD)

Closes in 20 days (Monday 7 September 2026 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 17 August 2026

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Summary

We're a family housebuilder and we've been putting up homes across Shropshire since 1990. This is a hands-on job on live housing sites, working alongside our groundworks gangs from the first dig through to the finished plot.

Wage

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

National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices

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Pay will be reviewed through the apprenticeship. 

Training course
Groundworker (level 2)
Hours
Monday - Friday 8.00am - 4.00pm.

37 hours a week

Start date

Saturday 17 October 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

  • Setting out to drawings, working from profiles, levels and setting-out marks
  • Excavating and backfilling foundations, trenches and service runs
  • Laying drainage, including manholes, inspection chambers and soakaways
  • Concreting foundations, footings, oversite slabs and paths
  • Laying kerbs, edgings, block paving and hard standings
  • Blockwork and brickwork up to damp proof course
  • Installing ducting and service entries for water, electric and telecoms
  • Operating small plant, dumpers and rollers, working towards your plant tickets
  • Topsoiling, seeding and finishing off the plot
  • Working safely: risk assessments, method statements, PPE and daily site checks
  • Keeping the site tidy and looking after materials and waste

Where you'll work

The Mulberries
Dudleston Heath
Dudleston Heath
SY129LD

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 release learning at the college
  • College assessor
  • Workplace mentor 

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
  • Team working
  • Creative

Other requirements

Having a full drivers licence and your own transport. 

About this employer

We build beautiful, practical and sustainable new homes in Shropshire. We build carefully, using traditional methods to produce houses that will last a lifetime and beyond.

Over 35 years’ of experience and we’re still hands-on developers; we don’t outsource construction, every aspect of the build, fit out and finish is completed by us, ensuring the best possible quality for your new home.

Our team, most of whom have been with us for many years, take great pride in producing homes of exceptional quality. Their experience and professionalism is built into every Dennis Edwards home. So much so that we’ve achieved the top rating with LABC.

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 the apprenticeship progression into a full time role. 

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

TELFORD COLLEGE

Keely Hill-Harding

keely.hill-harding@telfordcollege.ac.uk

01952642255

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000048525.

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Closes in 20 days (Monday 7 September 2026 at 11:59pm)