Apprentice - Roadworker - Blackburn with Darwen, United Kingdom - Blackburn with Darwen Council

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Terms and Conditions: 37 hours, Full Time

Department:
Highways

Interview Date:
April 2024

Start Date:
September 2024

OUR 2024 APPRENTICESHIPS ARE NOW OPEN FOR APPLICATIONS

WORKING FOR BLACKBURN WITH DARWEN


Are you eager to learn and ready to kick-start your career? Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council are looking for the next generation of talented individuals that can deliver quality services to the residents of Blackburn and Darwen and help us grow into a prosperous borough.

We know that studying at college and university isn't for everyone.

An apprenticeship offers you a great opportunity to gain a qualification whilst earning a wage and without accumulating the debts associated with study.

Real work experience is crucial as you start to build your career and by the end of your apprenticeship you will have at least two years' of working in a nurturing environment.

We also have an excellent record of retaining our apprentices beyond their apprenticeship course, securing permanent roles for those wanting to stay in the council.

Your starting salary will be £7.49 an hour in your first year.

During your second year you will remain on this amount or the minimum wage for your age, whichever is higher.

We can also offer you 26 days annual leave plus bank holidays, an excellent pension and a number of discounts including gym membership.


Here at Blackburn with Darwen we aim to treat all of our employees equally and fairly, and to reflect this we recently launched our new values, Trust, Respect, Ambition, Collaboration, and Kindness; TRACK By incorporating these values throughout our working lives our employees, managers, and teams can work in a supportive and enjoyable workplace.


APPRENTICE - Roadworker
Highways are looking for an Apprentice to join their operations team.

This is a great opportunity to join a team undertaking repairs and improvements to all the Borough's highways and its assets.


You will be trained and mentored by skilled craftsmen and the management team and attend college a day a week to build upon skills learnt.

Our highways are the Council's most visible asset and as an apprentice you will learn the skills required to safely and efficiently undertake highway improvement works that you will be able to say you were involved in to your children


Areas of development will include; handling materials such as tarmac, concrete, flags and kerbs, carrying out road and footway defect repairs to a high standard, excavating trial holes and footings / trenches by hand, operating hand held machinery such as breakers, rollers and Stihl saws and much more.


Job details:

Job reference

  • REQ02712
Date posted

  • 13/02/2024
Application closing date

  • 17/03/2024
Location

  • Blackburn with Darwen
Salary

  • Your starting salary will be £7.49 an hour in your first year.

    During your second year you will remain on this amount or the minimum wage for your age, whichever is higher.

Package

  • 26 days annual leave plus bank holidays, an excellent pension and a number of discounts including gym membership.
Contractual hours

  • 37
Basis

  • Full time
Job category/type

  • Council
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