Summary
If you like outdoors and practical work, see details. As part of a small team, carry out routine repairs and maintenance to the highway network: roads, footways, drains, signs, walls, fences, barriers, street furniture, grass verges etc. To assist with response to emergencies, incidents on the network, flooding, storms and other weather events.
Wage
£15,704 to £25,396.80 a year
We pay National Minimum Wage for 40 hours per week. If you are 18-20 year old your hourly rate is £10.00 If you are 21 or over your hourly rate is £12.21
Training course
Highways maintenance skilled operative (level 2)
Hours
Monday to Friday, between start time: 8:00am, finish time 6:00pm (times may vary).
40 hours a week
Possible start date
Friday 1 August
Duration
1 year 6 months
Positions available
2
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
* Highways Maintenance (e.g. pothole repairs, grass cutting, winter gritting services)
* Providing traffic management for a diversity of projects
* Regenerating busy high streets
* Installing new bridges
* Working as part of our multi-disciplined teams to deliver innovative solutions to highways maintenance
Where you’ll work
Commercial Centre
Old Bracknell Lane West
Bracknell
RG12 7QT
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
SOUTH FARNHAM EDUCATIONAL TRUST
Your training course
Highways maintenance skilled operative (level 2)
Equal to GCSE
Course contents
* Apply appropriate health, safety and environment procedures when working on the road
* Plan and undertake work practice productively when carrying out repairs to potholes, pavements and kerbs, and laying new surfaces on rural and urban roads
* Read, interpret and work to drawings, specifications and highways information Highways information will include details on the use of safety barriers, cones, traffic flow and safety zones to work within, whilst employed on the highway
* Use underground cable locators to identify buried water, gas, sewer lines or other utility services, and once identified excavate by hand around the line to stop any damage and disruption to services
* Apply safe working practise for moving, storing, lifting and handling of resources
* Excavation and reinstatement of the highway by carrying out maintenance and repairs, including removal of material within the road or road side using hand or power tools and reinstatement of the area using concrete, screeds, sub-base, aggregates or bituminous materials
* Install Street Ironworks (drain access covers and frames and gully gates situated on the road) to given work instructions
* Prepare and operate powered tools or pedestrian plant, machinery or equipment for use on roads. This will include machinery for generator™s, pumps, pedestrian operated plant (e.g. pushed roller), mixers, compressors and self“powered tools (pneumatic drill)
* Prepare, set up and work within temporary traffic management (using cones and barriers to section off elements of the road from vehicles and pedestrians) on urban and rural roads, whilst excavating and re-instating the highway
* Work with other sub-contractors on larger schemes (e.g. traffic management)
Your training plan
* At the end of your apprenticeship, you will be awarded a Level 2 Highways Maintenance Apprenticeship
* Level 1 maths and English and if not obtained yet
* You will be required to travel to Farnham College on block release with other apprentices
* Accommodation will be organised for you during your stay at college
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
Other in:
* Working towards Level 1 Maths and English (grade working towards Level 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
* Customer care skills
* Problem solving skills
* Team working
Other requirements
You will learn all of the skills necessary for this Highways Maintenance apprenticeship, through a combination of formal training and practical experience. You will work in a team alongside our highly experienced colleagues, and you will benefit from their knowledge and their support on a daily basis. You will be given your PPE.