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With an apprenticeship you will gain a valuable vocational or academic qualification while employed and earning a salary.

If you’re leaving school or thinking about a change of career, an apprenticeship could be the perfect next step. Start your career in construction with a civil engineering and groundworks apprenticeship. Or join as a trainee to take a degree or higher apprenticeship path.

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This apprenticeship is exclusively available at the Civil Engineering Training Centre campus, Fareham.

Civil engineering groundworks apprenticeships

You will develop the skills to work on site while being paid a wage and gaining a recognised qualification. Designed to ensure you’ll be site ready after a 20-week preparation programme, every successful apprentice is offered a full time, permanent position at the end of their two year apprenticeship. You will be paid from day one of your training.

Solent Civil Engineering Employers’ Group

Knights Brown is a founding member of the Solent Civil Engineering Employers’ Group, who established this designed by industry, for industry apprenticeship with Fareham College. The employers in this group nurture and take on the apprentices.

Apprentice
opportunities
in Wales

We advertise our opportunities for civil engineering apprenticeships in Wales on the Welsh Government Apprenticeship Portal.

Apprenticeship portal

Visit the Welsh Government Apprenticeship Portal to see what’s available in Wales now.

Degree and higher apprenticeships

You will study at college or university one day a week to gain your qualification and spend the rest of the week in the workplace learning on the job. You will earn a salary and we will pay for your course.

Trainee roles include:

  • Civil engineer
  • Quantity surveyor

Let us know you’re interested

Send us your CV and tell us about your passion for our industry, it will make you stand out.

Let us know you’re interested

We’re keen to help people with aptitude to gain qualifications that support their career development.

Advanced
intermediate
apprenticeships

Opportunities to join our support departments in non-operational roles are advertised as they arise. Examples of apprentice roles include:

  • IT support
  • Business administrator
  • Marketing
  • Finance and accounts
  • Plant fitter

Hear what some of our apprentices say

Ioan Clift

JOINED AS:

Apprentice Groundworker

CURRENT ROLE:

Groundworker

Morgan Tierney

JOINED AS:

Apprentice Groundworker

PROGRESSED TO:

Groundworker

Adam Blackmore

JOINED AS:

Trainee Engineer

CURRENT ROLE:

Site Engineer