Apprenticeship

Highway Maintenance Apprenticeship Course

This two-year course explores how to build, maintain and repair public highways and footpaths. It’s ideal for anyone who wants a civil engineering career, specialising in highways.

Highway Maintenance Apprenticeship Course

nest_clock_farsight_analog 18 weeks training over 24 months plus on-the-job experience
pin_drop Bircham (Norfolk)
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Course content

This course includes:

  • Establishing work area protection

  • Segregation of highway works

  • Locating and protecting utilities in the highway

  • Excavations

  • Reinstatement of highways.

You’ll also study personal skills. These include:

  • Maths

  • English

  • Communication

  • Employment responsibilities and rights

  • Health and safety

  • Drug and alcohol awareness

  • Safe use of ladders

  • Manual handling

  • Safe use of small plant

  • Teaching and assessment.

Download the Curriculum Road Map for this course (610KB)

Knowledge, skills and behaviours

  • Interpreting information

  • Estimating resources

  • Basic building methods

  • Building elements.

Teaching and assessment

18 weeks of training at NCC covering classroom-based theory and simulated site activities

The remaining time is spent with your employer, gaining experience on site

Assessment:

  • Written and practical assessments (mapped to Diploma and NVQ Diploma competence levels)

  • A site visit by an assessor

  • A practical challenge showing all your learning

  • Online multiple-choice assessment test.

What you get

  • Level 2 Construction Diploma in Highway Maintenance

  • NVQ Level 2 Diploma in Construction

  • Level 1 Functional Skills.

Entry requirements

Academic requirements:

While the need to study maths and English qualifications isn’t required for learners aged 19 and over, we believe these skills are important for success. That’s why we include industry-relevant maths and English lessons as part of our courses.

To make sure learners have the right skills to help them successfully achieve their apprenticeship programme, we ask for the below:

Level 2 Apprenticeship:

Maths and English GCSE grades 3-9 (the same as old grades D-A), or equivalent

If you don't have these grades, contact our team. We can help you explore your options.

General requirements:

  1. Good level of physical fitness. Contact us if you’re unsure you meet these requirements.

  2. Able to problem solve.

  3. Able to work in teams.

  4. Valid form of ID. See accepted forms of ID.

By booking a course, you agree to follow our Terms and Conditions.

Grants and funding

Apprenticeship grants are available for eligible employers. For further information please visit our grant pages.

Skills England (DfE) applicants are only guaranteed full funding if this is their first training scheme and they are aged between 16 and 18.

Why choose NCC?

NCC offer industry leading training with expert instructors, personal development, enhanced welfare support and grants/funding solutions for all your apprenticeship needs.

For more information, email ncc.accountmanager@citb.co.uk or call 0344 994 4433