Highway Maintenance
Duration: 24 months
Funding: See below
Structure: 18 weeks of training, plus on-the-job experience
Location: Inchinnan (Glasgow) and your workplace
Start dates: Continuous start dates available
This course teaches civil engineering principles as well as the processes involved in health and safety, and levelling and setting out. EUSR Cat 1 to 3 available as an add-on.
Course content
The course includes:
- Establishing work are protection
- Segregation of highway works
- Locating and protecting utilities in the highway
- Excavation
- 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.
Knowledge, skills and behaviours
- Interpreting information
- Estimating resources
- Basic building methods
- Building elements.
Teaching and assessment
18 weeks of training over 24 months.
Week 1: Induction
Weeks 2 to 15: Theoretical and practical training at NCC Scotland in two-week blocks
Weeks 16 to 18: Final assessments
Regular assessment by:
- Written and practical assessments
- Verbal questioning and presentation
- Multiple-choice testing
- College and site-based activity journals
- Evidence of work experience completed through OneFile
What you get
SVQ Road Building and Maintenance SCQF Level 5
EUSR Cat 1 to 3 are available alongside this course at an additional cost.
- EUSR Cat 1 Locate Utility Services
- EUSR Cat 2 Safe Digging and Excavation Practices
- EUSR Cat 3 Install, Inspect and Remove Timber Support Systems
Entry requirements
Academic requirements:
You’ll need to complete a skills learning exercise to help us assess your suitability for this course. Further tests at college are also possible.
General requirements:
- Good level of physical fitness. This course includes strenuous physical activity.
- Comfortable working at heights.
- Comfortable working in confined spaces.
- Comfortable wearing PPE/RPE.
- Able to work to deadlines.
- 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.
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