Summary
We are looking for a hard-working person to join our team as an Apprentice Groundworker at Bateman Groundworks. We are looking to train and develop an apprentice who will progress through the company. As well as learning on the job you will gain practical skills at CITB College in Bircham Newton.
Wage
£15,704 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
Training course
Groundworker (level 2)
Hours
Monday - Friday, 7.30am - 4.30pm
40 hours a week
Start date
Monday 2 June 2025
Duration
1 year 8 months
Positions available
10
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
You’ll learn a host of civil engineering principles, such as concreting, excavation activities and drainage, as well as the processes involved in basic project management, health and safety, and levelling and setting out.
You’ll also learn fundamental building information modelling (BIM) and design principles, receive training in the civil engineering theory, and gain comprehensive practical experience in the featured categories of training.
Where you’ll work
We have a number of site within the East Anglia Region
NR13 5FH
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
CITB
Your training course
Groundworker (level 2)
Equal to GCSE
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
Your training plan
The course covers practical principles in:
* Drainage
* Concrete
* Levelling and setting out
* Block paving
* Kerbing
* Brickwork
* Excavation support
* Working at height
* Confined space operations
* Small tools operation
* Movement of plant
* Manual handling
18 weeks of training delivered over 15 months at CITB Bircham Newton. Blocks 1 to 7 are 2 weeks and Blocks 8 is 4 Weeks.
Qualifications you gain:
* Level 2 Construction Groundworker
* Level 1 Functional Skills, working towards L2 (test must be taken)
More training information
* You will start college January 2026 so between your employment start date and your college start date you will have the opportunity to work on site
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
GCSE or equivalent in:
* English (grade 1)
* Maths (grade 1)
Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.
Skills
* Communication skills
* Attention to detail
* Organisation skills
* Problem solving skills
* Number skills
* Logical
* Team working
* Initiative
* Physical fitness
Other requirements
Individuals without Level 1 English and maths will need to achieve this level and take the test for Level 2 English and maths prior to taking the End Point Assessment.