Apprentice Construction Support Technician

Summary

This apprenticeship will provide you with the necessary knowledge, skills and behaviours for successful apprentices to become a CIOB Technical Member.

Annual wage: £23,795.20 a year
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Training course: Construction support technician (level 3)
Hours: Monday to Friday, 40 hours per week. Shifts TBC.
40 hours a week
Possible start date: Thursday 1 May
Duration: 2 years
Positions available: 1

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

Attend any relevant meetings prior to casting of a new asset.
Ensure that mould / benches are ready and adequate setting out is in prior to casting. Ensure that the agreed pre-start requirements are being met with required client standards.
Liaising with production regarding the status of any setting out activities.
Check the package of working drawings for errors in cut-off levels, beam lengths and numbers and overall constructional soundness.
Prepare and manage the setting out of the pile positions using a total station, either personally or by a subcontract engineer. Establish independent site control to reference the given setting out points.
Attend pre-start meeting with subcontractor to finalise the programme of works.
Checking accuracy of works and constructional quality control of finished product.
Comply with all QA and Health and Safety obligations.
Maintain the professional progressive image of the company.
Any other reasonable duties required by the business, punch lists, cover checks, raising NCR’s, working with Dalux Process Sheets, creation of red line drawings and dimensional reports including camber sheets etc.
Efficient managing of time to ensure all activities are completed in a timely manner. Liaising with production supervision on a regular basis to confirm the setting out requirements for up-and-coming works.
Monitor Beam Production and ensure that reports are up to date a shared with relevant personnel.
Assist in reviewing and updating of risk assessments and method statements.
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.

Where you’ll work

Asfordby Business Park

Welby Road, Welby

Melton Mowbray

LE14 3JL

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

LEARNING SKILLS PARTNERSHIP LTD

Your training course

Construction support technician (level 3)

Equal to A level

Course contents

Apply and integrate appropriate mathematical and technical knowledge in the completion of built environment site and/or office processes to contribute to the coordination of construction projects.
Comply with health and safety regulations and procedures. Identify and document risks and hazards. Apply statutory and company environmental and safe working practices. Produce construction project risk assessment and method statements.
Communicate verbally to internal and external stakeholders using a range of techniques in line with company policies.
Interpret and abstract contract documentation to develop site solutions.
Apply digital construction processes to produce resource lists from tender and contract documentation.
The use of project tendering, measurement and costing systems to assist with the planning of schedules of work and to provide early warning of problems for all contract phases on site.
Plan, carry out and manage own work in line with management requirements, assessing tasks, scheduling work, achieving deadlines, reviewing performance and keeping records of work undertaken.
Apply sustainable principles and low carbon processes in order to implement site environmental solutions.
Use information technology. For example, for document creation, communication, and information management. Comply with GDPR and cyber security.
Plan and undertake continued professional development (CPD) to maintain and enhance competence in their own area of practice.
Communicate in written form to internal and external stakeholders using a range of techniques and reporting mechanisms in line with company policies, using construction and built environment terminology.
Apply and integrate appropriate mathematical and technical knowledge in the completion of built environment site and/or office processes to contribute to the coordination of construction projects.
Comply with health and safety regulations and procedures. Identify and document risks and hazards. Apply statutory and company environmental and safe working practices. Produce construction project risk assessment and method statements.
Communicate verbally to internal and external stakeholders using a range of techniques in line with company policies.
Interpret and abstract contract documentation to develop site solutions.
Apply digital construction processes to produce resource lists from tender and contract documentation.
The use of project tendering, measurement and costing systems to assist with the planning of schedules of work and to provide early warning of problems for all contract phases on site.
Plan, carry out and manage own work in line with management requirements, assessing tasks, scheduling work, achieving deadlines, reviewing performance and keeping records of work undertaken.
Apply sustainable principles and low carbon processes in order to implement site environmental solutions.
Use information technology. For example, for document creation, communication, and information management. Comply with GDPR and cyber security.
Plan and undertake continued professional development (CPD) to maintain and enhance competence in their own area of practice.
Communicate in written form to internal and external stakeholders using a range of techniques and reporting mechanisms in line with company policies, using construction and built environment terminology.

Your training plan

Online with weekly tutor led sessions.
Blended learning approach:
• Group Activities
• Individual Tasks
• Research
• Tutorials - 1:1 support / feedback on assignment
• Referrals
• Standards - Evidence gathering
Over the duration of the Apprenticeship there is one mandatory and one optional block release (2 ½ days each) at LSP’s offices.
There is an End-Point-Assessment for this apprenticeship. This is when the learner will demonstrate they have learnt the required knowledge, skills and behaviours.

More training information

L3 Construction support technician Apprenticeship Standard

Requirements

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
IT skills
Attention to detail
Problem solving skills
Administrative skills
Team working
Initiative

About this company

Roger Bullivant Limited is part of a joint venture project to manufacture large precast bridge beams to the new rail infrastructure.

http://www.roger-bullivant.co.uk (opens in new tab)

Company benefits

• Company pension • Cycle to work scheme • Enhanced maternity leave • Enhanced paternity leave • Health & wellbeing programme • Life insurance • Private dental insurance

Disability Confident

A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.

You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.

After this apprenticeship

Career opportunities:

Setting Out Engineer
Surveying Technician
Quality Engineer

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

ROGER BULLIVANT LIMITED

Adelle Gibbs

recruitment@roger-bullivant.co.uk

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000296657.

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