Summary
Are you looking to set up your career in construction? Do you enjoy working outdoors in a manual and practical role? Join our team as a Groundworker Apprentice and build the foundations for a successful career in the industry!
- Wage
£26,436.80 a year
Living away allowance of travel allowance is paid where appropriate
- Training course
- Groundworker (level 2)
- Hours
- Monday to Friday - Varying shift patterns between 7am and 6pm.
40 hours a week
- Start date
Tuesday 1 September 2026
- Duration
1 year 6 months
- Positions available
4
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 Groundworker Apprentice, you’ll learn essential skills to support construction projects, including:
- Preparing and levelling construction sites
- Laying foundations, drainage systems, and concrete
- Operating and maintaining tools and equipment
- Following health and safety protocols on-site
- Working as part of a team to complete a variety of groundwork tasks
Where you'll work
Brighouse FAS
Finkil Street
Brighouse
HD6 2NY
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
LEEDS COLLEGE OF BUILDING
Training course
Groundworker (level 2)
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
- Groundworker Level 2 Apprenticeship Standard
- Functional Skills in English and maths if required
- Training will take place both in the workplace and at The Skills Centre
More training information
This will be delivered on a block release basis
Requirements
Desirable 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
- Analytical skills
- Team working
- Initiative
- Patience
- Physical fitness
Other requirements
In this role you will be working outside in all seasons and weather conditions. Hours vary depending on seasons and daylight hours but expect early starts
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