Closes in 24 days (Saturday 2 August 2025 at 11:59pm)
Northern Skills are recruiting on behalf of Meldrum Group for a Groundwork apprentice. This will allow you to gain on the job experience while studying towards a Level 2 property maintenance apprenticeship standard.
Hours Monday - Thursday, 7.30am - 4.00pm.Friday, 7.30am - 3.00pm.
39 hours a week
Sunday 10 August 2025
Duration
2 years
3
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 an Apprentice Groundworker, you will support in a variety of tasks across the business, including laying pipes, manhole covers and mixing concrete for pouring and ensuring tools and equipment are cleaned and maintained.
Where you'll work
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
* 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
This training plan has not been finalised. Check with this employer if you’ll need to travel to acollege ortraininglocation for this apprenticeship.
Requirements
GCSE in:
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
Maths & English (grade 3 or above)
Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They canadjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.
Skills
* Organisation skills
* Customer care skills
* Problem solving skills
* Logical
* Team working
* Physical fitness
* Full UK drivers license
Other requirements
For this role you are required to have a full UK drivers license.
About this company
Meldrum Group is an Employee Owned Trust (EOT) meaning all of our people have a vested interest in the business. By ensuring that our people are at the heart of our business means we continue to foster a rewarding, solutions, and innovative-driven collaborative environment to deliver the best results for our clients.Through our group of companies, we are able to offer our clients a fully integrated service; from planning and designing to the civil engineering and construction of your project. Our Facilities Management company can take care of your finished building with a planned and reactive maintenance support service, giving our clients complete peace of mind throughout the lifecycle of their assets and building.
* Depending on the circumstances of the business upon completion of the apprenticeship programme there could be a potential position of employment available.
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
MIDDLESBROUGH COLLEGE
The reference code for this apprenticeship isVAC1000329556.
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Closes in 24 days (Saturday 2 August 2025 at 11:59pm)
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