Groundworker Apprentice

PENWARNE LANDSCAPING LTD

FALMOUTH (TR11 5PQ)

Closes in 28 days (Friday 31 October 2025 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 3 October 2025

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Summary

Penwarne Landscaping Ltd are offering an exciting opportunity to join their dynamic team as a Groundworker apprentice! Gain the knowledge, skills and behaviours to kickstart your career as a Groundworker.

Wage

£14,722.50 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

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Potential pay increases based on performance and progress. PPE provided.

Training course
Groundworker (level 2)
Hours
Monday to Friday, between 8:00am – 4:30pm. Some flexibility required depending on site/project demands.

37 hours 30 minutes a week

Start date

Thursday 1 January 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

Responsibilities will include:

  • Assisting with the preparation and construction of landscaping projects (patios, fencing, turfing, sleeper walls, etc.)
  • Learning groundwork skills, including digging, levelling, concreting, and drainage installation
  • Supporting planting and garden construction tasks under supervision
  • Safe use and care of hand tools, power tools, and equipment
  • Working as part of a team to maintain a tidy and safe site
  • Developing communication and customer service skills when dealing with clients

Where you'll work

WOODCROFT
PENWARNE ROAD
MAWNAN SMITH
FALMOUTH
TR11 5PQ

Training

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

Training provider

CORNWALL 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

  • You will be working towards a Level 2 Groundworker Apprenticeship Standard
  • You will receive on and off-the-job training and support from an assessor and an Apprenticeship advisor
  • You will be required to attend Cornwall College Camborne on a weekly basis as part of the apprenticeship training

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade 3)
  • Maths (grade 3)

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
  • Problem solving skills
  • Number skills
  • Team working
  • Initiative
  • Patience

Other requirements

Work will take place across Cornwall – own transport or reliable travel arrangements are important. The role involves physical outdoor work in all weather conditions.

About this employer

Penwarne Landscaping Ltd is a design-led landscaping company based near Falmouth, Cornwall. We specialise in high-quality hard and soft landscaping projects, including garden design, driveways, patios, fencing, turfing, and planting schemes. What makes us stand out is our attention to detail, creative approach, and ability to deliver beautiful, long-lasting outdoor spaces tailored to each client’s needs. We are a small but ambitious company with a growing reputation for professionalism, craftsmanship, and customer care.

http://www.penwarnelandscaping.co.uk (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

Potential to move into full-time landscaper role within Penwarne Landscaping Ltd, with opportunities to specialise in hard landscaping, garden design, or site management.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

CORNWALL COLLEGE

Apprenticeship Recruitment Team

0330 123 4785

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000345100.

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Closes in 28 days (Friday 31 October 2025 at 11:59pm)

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