UK Apprenticeships

Bricklayer

Laying bricks, blocks and other types of building components in mortar to construct and repair walls.

Building service engineering foundation apprenticeship

Building Service Engineer (BSE) relates to low carbon heating, refrigeration air conditioning and heat pump engineering and plumbing.

Building services engineering installer

Installing large-scale environmental system components for heating and cooling industrial and commercial buildings.

Carpentry and joinery

Using timber products to create and install building components.

Commercial thermal insulation operative

Applying insulation and cladding materials.

Construction assembly and installation operative

Assembling and installing manufactured components to agreed design specification and tolerance.

Construction plant operative

Check, prepare and operate a number of construction machines (known as plant) that is used onsite in the construction sector including on railways, demolition and utility works (water/gas/electricity supply).

Demolition operative

Carrying out the process of demolishing or part-demolishing structures ranging from standard brick and concrete buildings to bridges, industrial plants and power stations.

Dual fuel smart meter installer

Safely installing, exchanging and maintaining smart meters, explaining to customers how they work and how to use energy more efficiently.

Facilities services operative

Providing facilities services support to customers and facilities management departments.

Fencing installer

Installing different types of fences, gates and barriers, across a broad cross-section of different environments.

Fenestration installer

Installing a wide range of replacement and new build fenestration products in a property or structure.

Finishing trades foundation apprenticeship

Finishing trades relates to painters and decorators, wall tilers and floor layers.

Fitted interiors installer

Preparing and installing fitted furniture including kitchens, bedrooms, bathrooms and offices.

Floorlayer - textile and resilient

Installing carpets, vinyl, linoleum and rubber.

Floorlayer wood based

Installing laminate and wood flooring

Formworker

Preparing, installing and managing all stages of the formwork and falsework processes.

Groundworker

Interpreting design specifications to prepare a construction site ready for structural building works to take place.

Highway electrical maintenance and installation operative

Installing and servicing electrical support structures, equipment and systems on roads and motorways.

Highways maintenance skilled operative

Working on rural and urban roads to repair damaged surfaces.

Hire controller (plant, tools and equipment)

Providing specialist plant, tools, machinery or equipment on short or long-term hire.

Insulation installation operative

Insulation for cavity walls -sprayed and blown and framed sections insulation to floors, cold roofs, warm roofs and partition walls

Interior systems installer

Installing, repairing and maintaining various elements of the internal structure of a building.

Lead traffic management operative

To coordinate, install, maintain and remove TTM equipment and systems.

Lifting technician

Preparing and operating different cranes to lift and place a variety of loads in the workplace.

Lightning protection operative

Install and maintain lightning protection and earthing systems.

Mastic asphalter

Lay mastic asphalt on to a wide range of surfaces and structures.

Onsite trades foundation apprenticeship

Onsite construction relates to bricklayers, carpenters, joiners and plasterers.

Painter and decorator

Working in domestic and commercial properties and undertaking the decoration and protection of buildings.

Permanent modular building assembly – Apprenticeship unit

Piling attendant

Assisting in driving, boring and forming piles in the ground in order to provide firm support for buildings and structures.

Plasterer

Preparing walls and ceilings for decoration and finishing.

Powered pedestrian door installer and service engineer

Planning, preparing and safely carrying out work activities in door automation.

Property maintenance operative

Ensuring that buildings are in a safe working condition.

Road surfacing operative

Surfacing and resurfacing vast stretches of the public and privately owned highway network.

Roofer

Installing a range of roofing materials and products.

Scaffolder

Erecting, altering and dismantling scaffolding, to allow other trades to work safely at height from secure working platforms.

Steel fixer

Assembling and installing steelworks required to strengthen reinforced concrete structures.

Steeplejack

Conduct routine inspections, maintenance tasks and minor planned and responsive repair works to buildings and structures at height.

Stonemason

Install new natural sustainable and ethically sourced stone or conserve, repair or replace existing natural stone in buildings and/or landscape projects.

Telecoms field operative

Build, provide or repair telecom services for commercial or residential customers on the UK's National Telecom Access Network.

Thatcher

Covers commercial, agricultural, domestic, new-build and historic buildings with a variety of differing roof designs and materials.

Wall and floor tiler

Tiling walls and floors.

Wireless communications rigger

Supporting the UK’s cellular network and its infrastructure.