Groundworker Apprentice
THERMA-MECH LTD
Sites across Exeter Area., EX9 7BY
Closes in 13 days (Monday 16 December at 11:59pm)
Posted on 28 November 2024
Contents
Summary
ThermaMech 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.
- Annual wage
- £13,312 a year
- Training course
- Groundworker (level 2)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday, 7:30am to 5pm.
40 hours a week
- Possible start date
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Monday 6 January
- Duration
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1 year 6 months
- Positions available
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2
Work
As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.
What you’ll do at work
- Working within a civils team of operatives on a large site environment
- Carrying out excavations, with an involvement installing temporary works support measures
- Learning how to work safely on site whilst adhering to site rules and regulations
- Setting up site and work areas, ensuring they are adequately maintained
- Backfilling the DHN pipework and trenches in line with relevant specifications
- Reinstatement works to highways which will include preparation of subbase, laying tarmac and paving
- Attending daily workforce briefings
- Learning from supervisors or mentors about advance techniques
- Problem solving identifying and resolving minor issues during construction
- Attending relevant site training courses
- Handling basic tools such as shovels, breakers and other small items of plant
Where you’ll work
Sites across Exeter Area.
EX9 7BY
Training
An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.
College or training organisation
CORNWALL COLLEGE
Your training course
Groundworker (level 2)
Equal to GCSE
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
Your training plan
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 Bicton College for block weeks as part of the apprenticeship training.
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade Level 1)
- Maths (grade Level 1)
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
- Attention to detail
- Number skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
Other requirements
Applicants must hold driving license and have own transport to work.
About this company
ThermaMech specialise in designing and delivering energy networks, because we believe that an unrivalled level of focus, expertise and service is the best way to get the job done. Working proactively to transform the UK’s heating and cooling networks the efficient way.
After this apprenticeship
Become a qualified groundworker, working supervisor, site manager and site foreman are both career path opportunities.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
CORNWALL COLLEGE
Holly
01209616452
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000288800.
Apply now
Closes in 13 days (Monday 16 December at 11:59pm)
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