Description
ENROLLING THROUGHOUT 2026
Duration
This course covers 24 months, depending on prior experience, and candidates will attend day-release off-the-job training at the college/training centre once a week, or remotely via apps such as Zoom or Teams. The remainder of the time is spent with the employer on-site, gaining the experience necessary for the end-point assessment that is taken at the end of the apprentices’ learning.
At the end of the 24 months, the apprentice passes a ‘gateway’ and then is independently assessed by an End Point Assessment Organisation (EPAO).
Student Profile
Apprentices should be aged 16+ years old and be mainly office-based. Mature students are welcome to apply. Students should have a grade of C or above in English and Maths to complete this award. Employers are encouraged to support the apprentice with the necessary time and resources to complete the award.
How Does it Work?
Apprentices attend college once every 3/4 terms as the apprenticeship is delivered via distance learning. Apprentices spend a day a week on assignments, tutorials, etc., and work with their employer the other 4 days on ‘on-the-job training’. Apprentices must have access to a PC to complete the coursework.
Style of Learning
You will achieve the qualification through a mixture of blended learning, which includes master classes, presentations, assignments, webinars, research, and one-to-one reviews with your assessor. You will complete the apprenticeship from your place of work.
Occupation Summary
This occupation is found in and throughout the construction and built environment sector, including construction contracting and associated supply chain subcontractors. Construction Contracting Operations Technicians operate in a range of settings, including estimating, planning, buying, site, quantity surveying and design and build roles. Site and office environments include industrial, commercial, residential, refurbishment, heritage, retail and public sector projects. They may be employed by large contracting organisations such as major national housebuilding contractors and civil engineering contractors, as well as a significant number of small and medium-sized contractors and subcontractors, such as building services companies, insulation contractors, groundworkers, roofing companies, plasterers and decorators, together with a host of other specialised construction areas.
The broad purpose of the occupation is working in an exciting and dynamic environment, which could be in an office at the heart of the contracting organisations, including versatile activities using digital processes and systems to secure future projects and to enable progress and completion of actual construction sites. Technicians within this specific career area are engaged in interpreting, analysing, contributing and directly assisting construction contracting professionals working with a wide range of project resources and documentation, regularly interacting with internal and external customers.
Duties
- Duty 1: Support the coordination of construction site-based projects alongside supervisory and technical teams on an individual site, a range of sites or in an office environment.
- Duty 2: Identify the suitability of health and safety documentation, including risk assessments and method statements, to assist in ensuring sufficient planning has been carried out for tasks to be completed safely.
- Duty 3: Liaises with internal and external stakeholders to ensure the requirements of a project are met and that the communications records are kept in line with company processes.
- Duty 4: Ensure accurate contractual records are kept concerning the planning of construction projects.
- Duty 5: Support the production of resource lists, based on estimates, using technical drawings to identify the requirements of the project.
- Duty 6: Assist with the development of tenders relevant to the construction project, ensuring records of tenders are kept and processed within the required timescales.
- Duty 7: Support the procurement of project materials, plant and subcontractors.
- Duty 8: Support the progress of construction projects, recommending and proposing revisions of programmes and assisting with the planning of schedules of work.
- Duty 9: Support the implementation of appropriate contract quantities and cost monitoring systems to provide early warning of problems for all contract phases on site.
- Duty 10: Use surveying information to contribute to the measurement, evaluation and review of project performance.
End Point Assessment (EPA)
Employer Contributions & Funding Options:
Please see the guidance for employing an apprentice. Employing an apprentice: Get funding for apprenticeship training – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Every employer has to open an Apprenticeship Service Account in order to obtain funding for their apprentices. Sign in to your apprenticeship service account – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk), this is required before the apprentice’s enrolment date.
Once your account is set up, you can set permissions to allow us as the Training Provider to take actions on your behalf, minimising the administration, for example, by reserving funds and adding apprentices’ details.
For new starts from 1 April 2024, where the employer does not pay the apprenticeship levy, the government will fund all of the apprenticeship training costs, up to the funding band maximum, for apprentices who are aged between 16 and 21 years old when they start their apprenticeship training.
Does this funding cover the cost of my apprentice’s salary?
No, paying the apprentice’s salary is an additional cost on top of their training and is the responsibility of the employer.
Employing an apprentice: Pay and conditions for apprentices – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
If you require support with setting up your Digital Apprenticeships account and understanding apprenticeship funding, please contact Kate Rupp on 01473 744412.
