Highways maintenance skilled operative

Level

Intermediate · like GCSEs

Length

1.5 yr

typical

Sector

Construction and the built environment

Pay

Paid

you earn while training

In a nutshell

Working on rural and urban roads to repair damaged surfaces.

Repair potholes and surface defects in road and footway surfaces

Clean and rod highway drainage gulleys and channels

Replace damaged road signs, posts, and safety barriers

Set up and manage traffic management cones and signs

Apply road markings and replace cat's eyes and road studs

Carry out vegetation cutting and clearance along highway verges

Record defects and completed work on handhelds or job sheets

Highway drainage systems - gulley cleaning and channel maintenance

Pothole repair techniques using cold-lay and hot-mix materials

Road marking and stud installation and maintenance

Safe working on or near live traffic using traffic management

Use of hand tools, small plant, and highway maintenance vehicles

Health and safety including NRSWA operative requirements

Basic surveying of highway defects and condition recording

Ready to look for a place?

See live Highways maintenance skilled operative apprenticeship vacancies on the official government service.

A Careermash concept · apprenticeship standard from our careers engine · vacancies via gov.uk.