How much do groundworkers in Manchester get paid?

Groundworkers in Manchester earn

£9.81-19.93 per hour

Based on 18 employee reviews

Groundworker salaries can range between £9.81-19.93 per hour in the Manchester area. This data is based on quiz results from 18 employees who live in and around Manchester.

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How are people paid?

83%
by the hour
17%
an annual salary

Based on 18 employees

What contracts are people on?

14% report having zero hours contracts.
14% report having part time contracts. (16-35 hours)
71% report having full time contracts. (more than 35 hours)

Based on 14 employees

What do groundworkers do?

Groundworkers have the job of getting a construction site ready for building to begin. A lot of this work is manual.

Other names for groundworkers are:

  • Construction workers
  • Construction labourers

What you’ll be doing will depend on the construction project. But some of the things you can expect to do are:

  • Unloading and loading building materials
  • Preparing materials and tools
  • Cleaning up the construction site
  • Putting up scaffolding
  • Digging trenches, holes and tunnels for foundations and drains
  • Removing sewage
  • Redirecting waterways away from the construction site
  • Mixing and pouring concrete
  • Laying down kerbs and flagstones for roads

You’ll be working on a building site, in all types of weather.

Depending on what the construction project is, you also might be working at height.

Groundworkers may have to work late in the evenings and on weekends.

If you want to apply for a groundworker job, you might need the following:

Some employers may expect you to have previous construction experience.

You’ll also need to be over 18 and have a driving license to use some specialist machines, like excavators.

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