Apprentice Transport Planning Technician (Level 3) - September 2025 intake
Rappor
Bristol (BS1 4UA)
Closes on Thursday 31 July 2025
Posted on 15 May 2025
Contents
Summary
Transport planning helps develop the future shape of our towns and cities, considering how transport will link people with places, including by encouraging sustainable modes of transport to replace journeys by car. You can be part of communicating these complex issues to the public, developers and politicians to help sustainable development happen.
- Wage
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£17,000 a year
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You will also receive - Industry-leading annual leave - 4% contribution towards your company pension - Life assurance - Access to the Company’s wellbeing package including a Cycle2work scheme, Employee Assistance Program and social events.
- Training course
- Transport planning technician (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday, 9.00am to 5.30pm.
37 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Monday 8 September 2025
- Duration
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2 years 6 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
With the guidance and support of colleagues you will:
- Assist in developing designs for highway layouts and Active Travel Routes, for concept and preliminary design
- Produce AutoCAD (Computer Aided Design) drawings
- Support the administration of projects, including maintaining records
- Assist with data review and analysis, such as traffic flows and collision information
- Contribute to providing solutions to problems
- Assist with site visits to collect information or observe existing situations
- Work collaboratively within your team and with others on multidisciplinary projects
- This is primarily a desk-based role, working together with a diverse team, out of high-quality office space in Bristol, with occasional site visits. Locally based early career colleagues include three 2024 intake Apprentices and two 2025 intake Graduates
Where you'll work
Colston 33
33 Colston Avenue
Bristol
BS1 4UA
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
LEEDS COLLEGE OF BUILDING
Your training course
Transport planning technician (level 3)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Apply principles and processes of transport planning including analytical, scientific and technical know-how to transport planning solutions.
- Use national, regional and local policies, transport or planning regulations when contributing to, or appraising, transport planning solutions or improving transport systems and services.
- Apply key principles, techniques and methods of data collection, analysis and evaluation to support the planning, design, implementation or assessment of transport planning solutions.
- Plan and carry out data collection, analysis, evaluation, and report the outputs through appropriate means using relevant conventions and terminology.
- Use models to forecast demand using appropriate software packages for data gathering and analysis.
- Apply techniques and processes for design, delivery and interpretation of stakeholder or community engagement or public consultation activities.
- Apply document control processes and procedures using the approved processes, maintaining quality compliance when creating or amending transport planning or design documentation.
- Support and contribute to the production of transport planning solutions with consideration for economic, security, cultural and societal, well-being, and the environment.
- Plan, carry out and manage own work, recognising the wider implications to others, such as client, customer or end-user needs, and within cost and resource limitations.
- Apply statutory health and safety policies and procedures in the transport planning environment, using risk assessment processes, procedures and documentation.
- Communicate using appropriate methods for the audience incorporating relevant and appropriate terms, standards and data.
- Apply sustainable and ethical principles to planning for transport and travel.
- Plan, undertake, record and review their own professional competence, regularly updating their CPD to improve performance.
- Apply principles and processes of transport planning including analytical, scientific and technical know-how to transport planning solutions.
- Use national, regional and local policies, transport or planning regulations when contributing to, or appraising, transport planning solutions or improving transport systems and services.
- Apply key principles, techniques and methods of data collection, analysis and evaluation to support the planning, design, implementation or assessment of transport planning solutions.
- Plan and carry out data collection, analysis, evaluation, and report the outputs through appropriate means using relevant conventions and terminology.
- Use models to forecast demand using appropriate software packages for data gathering and analysis.
- Apply techniques and processes for design, delivery and interpretation of stakeholder or community engagement or public consultation activities.
- Apply document control processes and procedures using the approved processes, maintaining quality compliance when creating or amending transport planning or design documentation.
- Support and contribute to the production of transport planning solutions with consideration for economic, security, cultural and societal, well-being, and the environment.
- Plan, carry out and manage own work, recognising the wider implications to others, such as client, customer or end-user needs, and within cost and resource limitations.
- Apply statutory health and safety policies and procedures in the transport planning environment, using risk assessment processes, procedures and documentation.
- Communicate using appropriate methods for the audience incorporating relevant and appropriate terms, standards and data.
- Apply sustainable and ethical principles to planning for transport and travel.
- Plan, undertake, record and review their own professional competence, regularly updating their CPD to improve performance.
Your training plan
This is a BTEC Level 3 Advanced Apprenticeship and on entry you will have at least 5 GCSEs at Grades 9 - 4 (A*-C) including English, Mathematics and Science or their equivalent. On successful completion of the apprenticeship and the end-point assessment, you will have satisfied the requirements for registration as an Engineering Technician (EngTech) and MCIHT. It is also mapped to the Transport Planning Society’s Professional Development requirements offering the opportunity to access a work-based route to a career as a professional transport planner. The typical duration is between 24 - 36 months and is delivered as a block release in person or blended learning programme, with a mandatory end-point assessment and European field trip.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE or equivalent in:
- English (grade 4)
- Maths (grade 4)
- Science (grade 4)
Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
- Presentation skills
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
Other requirements
There is the opportunity to start your employment earlier than the stated start date if that works for you.
About this company
Our philosophy is simple: we invest in our people and build partnerships with our stakeholders, resulting in a dynamic and successful business that benefits everyone. As a multidisciplinary environmental and engineering consultancy, our outputs contribute to the built environment we all occupy. Our four values include ‘living our best life’ and ‘celebrating our team’, and we provide oodles of opportunity to do just that.
After this apprenticeship
Building on this apprenticeship, you will be able to develop a career as a technician within transport planning. Progressing to Senior Technician, then Principal Technician and beyond, you will work on the design of bigger and more complex schemes as your technical skills build, having a tangible impact on the design of physical environments.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
LEEDS COLLEGE OF BUILDING
careers@rappor.co.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000320991.
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Closes on Thursday 31 July 2025
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