What you will do in your working day
As an apprentice you will learn how to undertake the following day to day tasks:-
• Support the coordination of construction site-based projects alongside supervisory and technical teams on an individual site, a range of sites or in an office environment.
• Identify the suitability of health and safety documentation, including risk assessments and method statements, to assist in ensuring sufficient planning has been carried out for tasks to be completed safely.
• Liaise with internal and external stakeholders to ensure the requirements of a project are met, ensuring records of the communications are kept in line with company processes.
• Ensure accurate contractual records are kept in relation to the planning of construction projects.
• Support the production of resource lists, based on estimates, using technical drawings to identify the requirements of the project.
• Assist with the development of tenders relevant to the construction project, ensuring records of tenders are kept and processed within the required timescales.
• Support the procurement of project materials, plant, and sub-contractors.
• Support the progress of construction projects, recommending and proposing revisions of programmes and assisting with the planning of schedules of work.
• Support the implementation of appropriate contract quantities and cost monitoring systems to provide early warning of problems for all contract phases on site.
• Use surveying information to contribute to the measurement, evaluation, and review of project performance.
The training you will be getting
The successful applicant will work towards a Level 3 Construction Support Technician Qualification, which will take 24 months (plus end point assessment) and will be through T3 College.
What to expect at the end of your apprenticeship
Completing this apprenticeship standard will pave the way to employment and typical job titles include Buying and Procurement Technician, Contracting Quantity Surveying Technician, Contracting Site Technician, Estimating Technician, General Construction Technician, Contracting Operations Technician, and Planning Technician.