2022 Apprenticeship Opportunities
Our 2022 Apprenticeship/Trainee Recruitment Scheme has officially launched!
Apprentice Groundworks/Civils Operatives (Highways Maintenance) MA (2 year MA based at Edinburgh College)
During your MA, you'll learn about earthworks, drainage, hard landscaping, monoblocking, concrete, reinstate excavations, tools & equipment operation, road construction, service detection and all aspects of groundworks/civil engineering).
Our site apprenticeships offer a fantastic opportunity to earn while you learn; construction work isn’t an easy option but it’s hugely rewarding with many different career paths.
Our strategy is to train, develop & invest in a strong, skilled team - our former apprentices help our experienced team to train new apprentices (and help to recruit them too)!
We asked our site managers "What makes a great apprentice?" It's pretty clear that successful apprentices share many, if not all of the following characteristics:
Practical & enjoys manual work
Commitment to role & attendance
Reliable & trustworthy
Hard work ethic
Keen to learn new skills
Physically fit
Punctual
Able to plan & manage own time
Enthusiastic & self motivated
Problem solving skills
Enjoys working outdoors (sunshine & snow!)
Uses own initiative
Technical/analytical skills
Good team player
Understanding of groundworks, civil engineering & brickwork
Interpersonal skills
IT literate
Communication skills
Driving licence (or planning to work towards it)
Think that sounds like you? If so, we want to hear from you!
Head to www.purvisgroup.co.uk/careers, download an application form & return applications to recruitment@purvisgroup.co.uk with a detailed cover letter by Tuesday 2nd August 2022! (Applications received after the closing date will not be considered).
We want to know about you, your skills & why you'd make a fantastic apprentice.
Your cover letter is an opportunity to showcase your practical skills, reliability and suitability for the role (feel free to include photos of you building/making something at home/at college/school/at work, or describe key learning from a Foundation Apprenticeship or Construction Academy - show us your potential!).
Our Apprenticeships attract a large volume of applications each year, so we recommend that you take some time to make your application stand out from the crowd.
Successful applicants will proceed to the next stage for group selection exercises to test literacy, maths & spatial awareness aptitude.
If successful the next step is pre-employment training (to prepare you for safe site work) plus an onsite work placement assessment (you don't need to have site experience to apply - you just need to show us what you can do during the work placement)!
Lastly a 1:1 interview then a job offer if you're successful, then enrol at College in August/September!
If you have any queries, please email recruitment@purvisgroup.co.uk (NO enquiries via FaceBook/Twitter please).
Applications can only be considered if submitted as per the guidelines above.
Head to www.purvisgroup.co.uk/careers, download an application form & return applications to recruitment@purvisgroup.co.uk with a detailed cover letter by Tuesday 2nd August 2022! (Applications received after the closing date will not be considered).