Groundworker Apprenticeship

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Duration: 18 Months + End Point Assessment
Start Date: Variable
Level: Level 2

How will I be assessed?

  • 60-minute computer-based knowledge test of 40 questions
  • 12-hour practical test split over 2 days
  • 35-minute interview based on your portfolio of evidence

What will I study:

This apprenticeship will give you the knowledge skills and behaviours required to work as a Groundworker and will include the following:

  • The principles of health, safety, welfare and environmentally responsible work practices and how they must be applied in relation to the work, self and to others including understanding the principles of risk assessments
  • Basic awareness of environmental and health hazards e.g. Japanese knotweed, asbestos. How to identify contaminated ground conditions and the procedures for working safely on it.
  • 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
  • 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

Method of Delivery:

Groundworks apprentices attend Skills Village three consecutive days a month and work for their employer for the rest of the time.

  • Being a ground worker, you get to do something new every day, no day is the same, get the opportunity to get plant tickets. I have learnt load about concrete from how to lay it right up to how to finish it, I’ve also had the opportunity to gain 3 plant tickets.

    Owen Hunt
    Groundworks Apprentice

  • It’s good because i get to be outside all year round and do a variety of different jobs and I’ve learned all sorts from drainage to pin curbs to concreting. All sorts!

    Brody Hunter
    Groundworks Apprentice

Apprenticeship FAQs

  • Do I have to be 16 to start an apprenticeship?

    Absolutely not! Apprenticeships are available for anyone over the age of 16 and are suitable for school leavers, graduates, career changers later in life and returners to work. In fact, in the 2023/24 academic year, Under-19s account for just 32.7% of apprenticeship starts (42,740).

  • Can I start my apprenticeship at Skills Village without an employer?

    No. For an apprenticeship to start, an employer needs to be secured. You will not be able to do any learning towards the qualification or start with us until you are with an employer.

  • Can Skills Village help me find an employer?

    We can support with helping you look for an employer by undertaking you through our applicant process which will include a 30 minute interview however we cannot guarantee a placement to anyone due to the sheer number of candidates we are working with.

  • I’m an employer who has never had an apprentice, is it hard to set up?

    We pride ourselves on guiding employers through the apprenticeship set up process to help them and make it as easy as possible and assisting with as much as we can.

  • When can I start an apprenticeship?

    We start apprenticeships each month rather than the traditional September only intake.

  • What GCSE’s do I need to start an apprenticeship?

    If you are wanting to start an Electrical apprenticeship, we require you have a minimum of a grade 5/B in Mathematics and a grade 4/C in English. If you are applying for any of the other apprenticeships (at Level 2) and you do not have a minimum of grade 4/C in English and Mathematics then you will then study this in the form of Functional Skills. All apprenticeships are subject to initial assessments undertaken at Learner Vetting.

Our Base

Construction Skills Village,
Musham Bank Road, Eastfield,
Scarborough, North Yorkshire, YO11 3XU

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Scaffolding Centre,
The Bailey, Cumberland Road,
North Shields, Tyne & Wear, NE29 8RD

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Contact us on 01723 585 009 or email info@skills-village.co.uk

Our Policies

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Our Base

Scarborough Construction Skills Village,
Musham Bank Road, Eastfield, Scarborough,
North Yorkshire, YO11 3XU

Skills Village and CSV Training are part of Northern Regeneration CIC