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Apprentice Groundworker

TAYLOR WOODROW INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED

Apprenticeship Level 2
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About the Role

Join our team in Doncaster as a Groundworker Apprentice. In this hands-on role, you’ll work alongside experienced supervisors and engineers to help prepare construction sites for upcoming projects. If you thrive outdoors, enjoy practical work, and love being part of a team, this could be the perfect start to your career.

Groundworkers are employed on construction sites that involve ground preparation such as, foundations or footing for new buildings. Your day-to-day tasks may include:

  • Ground working – marking out and digging shallow trenches for foundations and drains
  • Form working – putting up or dismantling the shuttering that holds setting concrete in place
  • Installing drainage and manholes
  • Concreting
  • Minor road working – laying kerbs, paving and re-surfacing
  • Using hand tools and small plant machinery
This is a manual role that will require a good level of physical fitness. You will be working outdoors in a variety of weather conditions.

This is a fantastic opportunity for the successful candidate to start their career with a highly reputable and well-established company.

Progression within the organisation with more responsibility is expected on successful completion of the apprenticeship. 

In time, you may wish to undertake further qualifications such as Occupational Work Supervision which can be studied at Level 3. With experience you could progress to Site Supervisor, Estimator, or Construction Manager.

About the Training

You will achieve the Level 2 Groundworker Apprenticeship Standard by attending CP Assessments Training Centre in Denaby Main, Doncaster to undertake 7 block-release training sessions (4 days), every 10 - 12 weeks. 

The successful candidate will work towards achieving Functional Skills Level 2 in both Maths and English if they have not achieved this prior or have an equivalent.

Apprentices will also get an Apprentice CSCS card which can be upgraded on completion of the apprenticeship.

About the Employer

Whether we are delivering small scale improvements or a major project, Taylor Woodrow’s success is founded on the teams that we build, the relationships we develop and the engineering solutions that we provide. We have a strong regional presence across the UK, where local people bring local solutions across a range of infrastructure and civil engineering projects as part of long-term frameworks. This is complimented by our ability to deliver major infrastructure projects requiring complex engineering solutions. Our projects support the UK’s energy transition, deliver improvements to the highways network and enhance rail infrastructure. The strategic infrastructure that we construct are the building blocks for growth and this includes a role in delivering the UK’s low carbon transport future through High Speed 2. We operate across all stages of the project lifecycle, with our Engineering Services team supporting clients through the development and design phase of infrastructure projects to foster the right solutions. Sustainability is at the heart of our approach and we are committed to respecting and protecting the environment in everything that we do. Taking the time to understand and make a positive difference to each community that we work within is an integral part of our work to ensure that our projects leave a lasting legacy. Taylor Woodrow is committed to creating a working environment that is inclusive and diverse.

Skills Required

  • Communication skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Team working
  • Physical fitness

Training Provider

CONSTRUCTION AND PLANT ASSESSMENTS LTD

Course/Training

Groundworker (level 2)

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