Level 2 Groundworks Apprenticeship
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Company: McDermotts Building and Civil Engineering
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Location: B6 5RS
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Type: Apprenticeship
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Salary: £20,800.00 per year
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Sector: Construction and the built environment
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Ref: NAS-2000029497
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Application Deadline Date: 07/08/2026
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Start Date: 21/09/2026
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Positions Available: 2
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Working Week: You will be working on a construction site, Monday to Friday, 7:30am to 4:30pm.
Brief Description
We are offering an exciting opportunity for sensible, hardworking individuals to join our site in Derby as a Groundwork Apprentice. We are looking for applicants who are aged 18 or over, and are able to drive. For successful candidates, there is strong potential for a long-term position on our Derby site.
Training to be Provided
You will be trained on site by our staff and also attend up to 12 block weeks of training at Salutem in Aston, B6 5RS to gain a Level 2 Groundworker Apprenticeship standard.
Future Prospects
After successful completion of the apprenticeship, we would hope to employ you within our business permanently on our Derby site as a groundworker with the potential to progress to team leader, site supervisor and beyond.
Vacancy Detail
Groundworkers are the first contractors to begin work on a construction site. They work closely with all construction trades, such as bricklayers, and plant operatives, to prepare the site ready for building works to begin.
You will receive a site safety briefing and a schedule of work for the day and be expected to work as part of a team to complete tasks set for that project.
You will undertake a variety of tasks such as:
- Foundations, hard landscaping and earth works
- Concreting
- Traditional drainage and pipe laying
- Benching, channelling manholes and gullies
- Road works, laying kerbs, paving
- Surfacing and tarmac laying
- Utility ducting and laying
- Use of plant/machinery
- Steel fixing and piling
In order to work on site you will be required to sit a Health and Safety Operative test to gain your CSCS card. This will be organised by McDermotts.
Other Information
- Over 18
- Must be able to drive
- Preferably has maths and English
- The apprenticeship will be based outdoors and will require you to be physically fit.
- You must be able to get to site for 7:30am every morning.
- We are looking for individuals with an excellent work ethic, motivated and willing to learn, flexibility and resilience with a positive attitude.