Advanced Civil Engineering Technician Apprenticeship

About the Role

Supporting our Engineering and Transport team by producing drawings and sketches using AutoCAD to communicate our designs. You will learn about Civil Engineering, including layout and level design, drainage and construction detailing.

Assist the design team with technical notes and letters, and managing incoming and outgoing data.

What You'll Do at Work

• Support the Engineering and Transport team with the production of drawings and sketches using AutoCAD.
• Assist with Civil Engineering design, including layout and level design, drainage and construction detailing.
• Assist with preparing technical notes and letters.
• Collate and submit design packages to third parties.
• Manage incoming and outgoing data in line with the company’s Quality Assurance procedures.

Where You'll Work

Park Point
17 High Street
Longbridge
Birmingham
B31 2UQ

Apprenticeship Details

Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

Course Contents

• Apply appropriate civil engineering principles, techniques, and methods, including mathematical, scientific, and technical know-how, to civil engineering and the construction process.
• Apply key principles, techniques and methods of data and technical information collection, analysis, and evaluation to support the delivery of civil engineering models, designs, and technical solutions.
• Operate appropriate software packages for data gathering and analysis, such as Computer Aided Design (CAD) or Building Information Modelling (BIM), to create technical drawings, models and designs using relevant conventions and engineering terminology.
• Apply statutory health, safety and welfare policies, procedures, and regulations in the civil engineering environment, using risk management processes, procedures, and documentation.
• Support and contribute to the production or modification of civil engineering technical solutions in accordance with relevant industry standards, regulations, and procedures and codes of practice.
• Apply environmental policies and sustainable principles in civil engineering projects, recognising the need to reduce carbon use, lower emissions and plan for wider sustainability.
• Plan, carry out and manage own work in line with quality assurance, recognising the wider implications to customer needs, and within cost and resource limitations.
• Consider equality, diversity and inclusion in the delivery of civil engineering projects.
• Apply document control processes and procedures using the approved processes, maintaining quality compliance when creating or amending engineering documentation.
• Communicate using appropriate methods for the audience, and incorporate relevant and appropriate terms, standards, and data.
• Apply ethical principles to civil engineering projects, including the secure use of data and information.
• Plan, undertake and review their own professional competence, regularly updating and reviewing their CPD to improve performance.