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Level 2 Groundwork Apprenticeship
Buxted Construction are offering a Level 2 Groundwork Apprenticeship, you will learn skills required for the infrastructure on new build development sites over the course of 18-months. Buxted actively looks to promote, and this is a genuine opportunity for career development. Several of our foreman and machine operators started as apprentices.
Wage
- £18,304 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
- National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
- Minimum wage rates (opens in new tab)
- Holiday Pay SSP
Training course
Groundworker (level 2)
Hours
- Monday to Friday - 07:45 to 16:45
- Saturday 08:00 - 13:00
- 44 hours a week
Start date
Thursday 1 October 2026
Duration
1 year 6 months
Positions available
7
What you'll do at work
- Slab laying
- Kerb laying
- Digging foundations
- Laying drainage
- General labour work to help keep the site tidy and organised
- Brickwork
- Levelling and setting out
Where you'll work
Town Hall
Fairfield Road
Braintree
CM7 3YG
What you'll learn
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
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
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Groundworker Level 2 Apprenticeship Standard.
More training information
We offer training with CITB and will have college release.
Essential qualifications
- GCSE in:
- English (grade 3-9 D-A)
- Maths (grade 3-9 D-A)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Organisation skills
- Team working
- Physical fitness
Other requirements
THE START DATE IS FLEXIBLE AND WE ARE OPEN TO APPLICANTS UP TO 31 DECEMBER 2026. WORK PLACEMENT WILL BE DEPENDANT ON HOME ADDRESS, LONDON AND HOME COUNTIES THE CLOSE DATE AND START DATE ARE SYSTEM GENERATED.
About the company
Buxted Construction is a civil engineering and groundworks contractor formed in 1994. We have around 500 employees working on approximately 30 sites in the southeast of England. Our clients are generally large volume house such as Barratt Homes, Bellway Homes, and Redrow Homes.
http://buxtedconstruction.co.uk (opens in new tab)
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Buxted offer further training i.e. Groundworker Level 3. Buxted offer career progression, several of our foreman and machine operators started as apprenticeships.
Contact
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
BUXTED CONSTRUCTION LIMITED
Sian Simpson
s.simpson@buxtedconstruction.co.uk
01959563428
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000049465.
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