Civil Engineering Technician Apprentice
Worcestershire County Council
Bromsgrove (B61 0QN)
Closes in 15 days (Sunday 7 September 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 20 August 2025
Contents
Summary
A Level 3 Civil Engineering Technician Apprenticeship offering hands-on experience in planning, design, and delivery of infrastructure projects. Gain industry-recognised qualifications, develop technical skills, and progress towards professional recognition with leading engineering institutions.
- Wage
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£13,741 to £22,222.20, depending on your age
National Minimum Wage
- Training course
- Civil engineering technician (level 3)
- Hours
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Mondays - Fridays from 9.00am - 5.00pm. Occasional weekend working may be required.
35 hours a week
- Start date
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Sunday 7 December 2025
- 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
As a Level 3 Civil Engineering Technician Apprentice in our Highways team, no two days will be the same. You will play an important role in supporting the delivery of projects that keep our roads, footways, and public spaces safe and accessible for the communities we serve. Working under the guidance of experienced Highway Maintenance Engineers, you will gain hands-on experience across a variety of areas, from the early planning stages of schemes through to on-site inspections and delivery.
In a typical week, you could be:
- Assisting in the design, planning and supervision of footway and carriageway resurfacing, patching and drainage schemes
- Supporting highway safety inspections, carrying out surveys, and learning how to identify and record defects
- Helping to manage programmes of work by updating spreadsheets, databases and permitting systems under the Traffic Management Act
- Preparing and providing information for meetings, site visits or briefings, ensuring colleagues have the right data at the right time
- Using IT systems to input and analyse information, including financial and technical data, which supports decision making across the service
- Contributing to the preparation of engineering drawings, documents and reports, using digital tools such as CAD or other specialist software
You will also have opportunities to attend site visits, where you will see first-hand how highway projects are delivered, interact with contractors and partners, and apply what you are learning in a real-world environment. Alongside technical tasks, you will provide essential business support, developing organisational and communication skills that are just as important in a professional engineering setting.
Throughout the apprenticeship, you will be supported by your line manager and a dedicated mentor, ensuring you develop the knowledge, skills and behaviours needed to succeed. We will also encourage you to maintain your professional development, with opportunities to progress towards professional recognition with institutions such as the ICE, CIHT, IHE, or IStructE.
This apprenticeship offers a fantastic opportunity to gain practical experience, earn a recognised qualification, and begin a rewarding career in civil engineering and highways.
Where you'll work
Lydiate Ash Depot
Sandy Lane, Lydiate Ash
Bromsgrove
B61 0QN
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
SOUTH & CITY COLLEGE BIRMINGHAM
Training course
Civil engineering technician (level 3)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Apply appropriate civil engineering principles, techniques, and methods, including mathematical, scientific, and technical know-how, to civil engineering and the construction process
- Apply key principles, techniques and methods of data and technical information collection, analysis, and evaluation to support the delivery of civil engineering models, designs, and technical solutions
- Operate appropriate software packages for data gathering and analysis, such as Computer Aided Design (CAD) or Building Information Modelling (BIM), to create technical drawings, models and designs using relevant conventions and engineering terminology
- Apply statutory health, safety and welfare policies, procedures, and regulations in the civil engineering environment, using risk management processes, procedures, and documentation
- Support and contribute to the production or modification of civil engineering technical solutions in accordance with relevant industry standards, regulations, and procedures and codes of practice
- Apply environmental policies and sustainable principles in civil engineering projects, recognising the need to reduce carbon use, lower emissions and plan for wider sustainability
- Plan, carry out and manage own work in line with quality assurance, recognising the wider implications to customer needs, and within cost and resource limitations
- Consider equality, diversity and inclusion in the delivery of civil engineering projects
- Apply document control processes and procedures using the approved processes, maintaining quality compliance when creating or amending engineering documentation
- Communicate using appropriate methods for the audience, and incorporate relevant and appropriate terms, standards, and data
- Apply ethical principles to civil engineering projects, including the secure use of data and information
- Plan, undertake and review their own professional competence, regularly updating and reviewing their CPD to improve performance
- Apply appropriate civil engineering principles, techniques, and methods, including mathematical, scientific, and technical know-how, to civil engineering and the construction process
- Apply key principles, techniques and methods of data and technical information collection, analysis, and evaluation to support the delivery of civil engineering models, designs, and technical solutions
- Operate appropriate software packages for data gathering and analysis, such as Computer Aided Design (CAD) or Building Information Modelling (BIM), to create technical drawings, models and designs using relevant conventions and engineering terminology
- Apply statutory health, safety and welfare policies, procedures, and regulations in the civil engineering environment, using risk management processes, procedures, and documentation
- Support and contribute to the production or modification of civil engineering technical solutions in accordance with relevant industry standards, regulations, and procedures and codes of practice
- Apply environmental policies and sustainable principles in civil engineering projects, recognising the need to reduce carbon use, lower emissions and plan for wider sustainability
- Plan, carry out and manage own work in line with quality assurance, recognising the wider implications to customer needs, and within cost and resource limitations
- Consider equality, diversity and inclusion in the delivery of civil engineering projects
- Apply document control processes and procedures using the approved processes, maintaining quality compliance when creating or amending engineering documentation
- Communicate using appropriate methods for the audience, and incorporate relevant and appropriate terms, standards, and data
- Apply ethical principles to civil engineering projects, including the secure use of data and information
- Plan, undertake and review their own professional competence, regularly updating and reviewing their CPD to improve performance
Training schedule
Civil Engineering Technician Level 3 Apprenticeship Standard:
- Training will be delivered through a combination of on-the-job learning, classroom-based study, and self-directed development
- Classroom study will typically involve attending college on a day-release basis or through block release
More training information
If you do not already hold Level 2 qualifications in English and/or Maths, you will be supported to achieve these as part of your apprenticeship. This ensures you have the core skills required for your role and future career progression
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
GCSE in:
- English Language (grade 4 - 9 (C - A*))
- Mathematics (grade 4 - 9 (C - A*))
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
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
- Patience
Other requirements
If you're a care leaver and you meet the minimum essential criteria, you will be guaranteed an interview. Please ensure this is mentioned on your application. This also applies if you have a declared disability as part of the disability confidence scheme, or if you or a family member is part of the armed forces community as part of the armed forces covenant. Please note if you already have a level 3 or higher qualification in a related area to this apprenticeship or have significant experience, you will be automatically rejected as this is considered overqualified.
About this employer
Worcestershire County Council delivers an array of services which support our residents and businesses. These include providing social care of some of the most vulnerable in society, helping the next generation get the best start in life through education, investing in our transport network, disposing of household waste sustainably, provision of Library services, country parks and supporting health & wellbeing within our communities.
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Company benefits
- 26 days paid holiday, plus bank holidays, going up to 31 days after 5 years service. - Local Government Pension Scheme - Professional Learning & Development opportunities - Mylifestyle benefits portal for numerous discounts.
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
- You will receive a level 3 apprenticeship qualification in Civil Engineering tech
- With the completion of this apprenticeship, there may be the opportunity to continue with the organisation on a permanent basis
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
Worcestershire County Council
Kirk Waldron
KWaldron@worcestershire.gov.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000338188.
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Closes in 15 days (Sunday 7 September 2025 at 11:59pm)
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