Apprentice Operative - Contracting (Road Surfacing)tarmac/TP/119/6361
TARMAC TRADING LIMITED
Salford, M6 6JQ
Closes on Friday 28 February
Posted on 10 January 2025
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Summary
Join us as a Apprentice Operative – Road Surfacing and take the first steps towards an exciting career in road surfacing and construction. As part of a professional road surfacing gang, you will gain hands-on experience working on projects ranging from major highways and motorways to airfields, car parks, and residential streets.
- Annual wage
- £20,160 a year
- Training course
- Road surfacing operative (level 2)
- Hours
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45 hours. Days and times to be confirmed.
37 hours 30 minutes a week
- Possible start date
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Monday 1 September
- Duration
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1 year
- Positions available
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2
Work
As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.
What you’ll do at work
- Gain a comprehensive understanding of road surfacing, construction materials, and processes.
- Develop skills in operating mobile plant equipment.
- Participate actively in safety briefings and risk assessments, suggesting ways to reduce safety risks.
- Display a proactive attitude towards health and safety, reporting near misses and unsafe behaviours.
- Liaise effectively with customers and the general public to maintain a high level of safety on site.
- Work outdoors in varied conditions, ensuring safety remains your top priority. Full protective clothing and equipment will always be provided.
Where you’ll work
Unit 3
Park House Bridge Estate, Langley Road
Salford
M6 6JQ
Training
An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.
College or training organisation
TARMAC TRADING LIMITED
Your training course
Road surfacing operative (level 2)
Equal to GCSE
Course contents
- Lay and compact road surfaces using all forms of asphalt and ancillary productssuch as bond coat and bituminous jointing compounds, in accordance with relevant specifications and industry best practise.
- Prepare and operate large specialist resurfacing plant and machinery such as planers to remove the existing surface, floating screed pavers laying asphalt, rollers, chippers, loading shovels and large hydraulic breakers.
- Prepare and operate powered units and tools such as disc cutters, breakers, floor-saws and compactor plates.
- Carry out the excavation (planing) and reinstatement of the highway, install street ironworks.
- Identify, locate and excavate around underground services to avoid strikes and loss of service.
- Apply appropriate health, safety, environmental and ecological procedures when working on the roads, including the movement, storage, lifting and handling of resources.
- Plan, undertake and inspect work safely, efficiently and productively.
- Read, interpret and work to drawings, specifications and highways information.
- Work safely within temporary traffic management (utilising sterile safety zones, traffic lights, signage, cones and barriers) as required by legislation and industry standards to protect all parties whilst works are undertaken.
- Communicate effectively using oral and written communication methods.
- Work effectively within a team environment, cooperating and supporting team members when required.
- Use own time effectively in order to consistently complete work on time to agreed programmes.
Your training plan
- Block release
- Apprentice must be able to travel to The Park (Nottinghamshire)
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English and Maths (grade 9-4)
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
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
About this company
As the UK’s leading sustainable construction materials, road contracting and building products business, we’re a unique place to work in that we influence the future of the UK. It's something we’re extremely proud of and enjoy sharing that passion with colleagues who decide to join us, whatever your background. Our hugely diverse areas of work require a broad range of skillsets, learning styles and approaches to work. We really do have a role for anyone, whether you’re practically minded and suited to hands-on roles, or better placed leading on business strategy with a keen eye for data and trends. We’re looking for good people who share our values and want to make a difference, welcoming diversity of thought, experience and skillsets.
After this apprenticeship
Progresstion to a Highway Services Operative.
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The contact for this apprenticeship is:
TARMAC TRADING LIMITED
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000295811.
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Closes on Friday 28 February
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