South Lanarkshire Council delivers a wide range of services that touch all communities and households in South Lanarkshire. \nRoads, Transportation and Fleet is one of five services within Community and Enterprise Resources, they are responsible for a wide range of services throughout South Lanarkshire, and they are looking for Road Operative Modern Apprentices to join their team.\nBecoming a Modern Apprentice will give you the opportunity to develop a career within Community and Enterprise Resources and be trained to the appropriate National Standard through on and off the job training and experience.\n\nWe are looking for people who can demonstrate a commitment to their own learning, as the successful candidates will be given the opportunity to become a qualified Road Operative. \n\nWe are offering Road Operative Modern Apprenticeship vacancies in the following Depots:-\nLesmahagow, Carnwath, Hawbank Road in East Kilbride, and Canderside in Larkhall \nThese opportunities are for trainees and therefore do not require you to have any experience in your chosen field, or qualifications. \n\nWe need you to check that you meet the essential criteria as detailed on the Job Profile. The essential criteria will be checked and any candidate found not meeting the criteria will be withdrawn from the process. \n\nIf you meet the essential criteria, please complete the application form providing all the information as requested.\n\nPlease provide answers to the following questions. (These should be answered on a separate document and uploaded to your application).\n\nQ1. Please explain why you wish to apply for a Modern Apprenticeship with South Lanarkshire? Your answer should focus on what South Lanarkshire Council can offer you as an employer, as opposed to other employers.\n\nQ2. Please explain why you are interested in a career in Road Building and Maintenance. Your answer should focus on what your interest is in this job.\n\nQ3. Please explain why you consider yourself to be a suitable candidate for this role? Your answer should focus on what skills/attributes you have that would make you a suitable candidate.\n\nQ4. Please explain why good communication skills would be so important for this position?\n\nQ5. Please explain why good customer care skills are so important for an employee of South Lanarkshire Council to have?\n\nPlease note:-\nWe do not accept CVs as answers to these questions. The questions need to be answered on a separate document and uploaded to your application form. If it is not uploaded to your application, as required, or if you upload a CV to your application, we will have no alternative but to withdraw your application from the process. \n\nAdditional Information\n\nAll interviews will be held between Wednesday 21st January 2026 and Friday 23rd January 2026. Please make sure you are available during this period and that you also check your email inbox for important messages as re-scheduling will not be possible.\n\nAll correspondence in relation to your application will be sent to the e-mail address that you used when submitting your application, therefore it is important that you check your inbox regularly so that you do not miss any important emails from us. \n\nThe closing date for applications is Wednesday 7th January 2026 (Please note this post automatically expires at midnight on this date and applications will not be accepted after this time).\n\nAt South Lanarkshire Council we are ambitious about diversity and inclusion and want our organisation to reflect the people of South Lanarkshire. We welcome applications from everyone who meets the essential criteria on the job profile. However, as we do not have many disabled, care experienced, ethnic minority or new Scots employees, we would particularly welcome applications from these groups. \n\nIn Summary\nâ¢\tYou must meet the essential criteria, as detailed on the attached Job Profile. Any candidate found not meeting the essential criteria will have their application form withdrawn from the process.\nâ¢\tYou must answer the questions detailed above, on a separate document, and upload this document to your application. We do not accept CVs as answers to these questions. If a separate document with the answers is not uploaded to your application, as required, or if you upload a CV to your application, we will have no alternative but to withdraw your application from the process. \nâ¢\tThese posts are available on a Fixed Term Contract for a 2-year Apprenticeship.\nâ¢\tWe are looking to place one apprentice at each of our Roads Depots â Lesmahagow, Carnwath, Hawbank Road in East Kilbride, and Canderside in Larkhall.\n You will learn all the skills required to become a competent and confident road operative, by completing a mixture of on and off the job training. \nDuring your training you will also develop your core and meta skills, naturally through the work you carry out. We dont ask form qualifications. However we do require applicants to meet the essential criteria detailed on the job profile.\nWe are looking for people who can demonstrate a willingness to learn.