Find out about changes to our services and Christmas opening times on our Festive information page. To find out when your bin will be collected over the festive period, visit Changes to County Durham bin collections at Christmas.

Due to maintenance, the following systems will be unavailable from 11.45am on Tuesday 24 December until 8.00am on Thursday 2 January: our online Council Tax, business rates and housing benefit services, and our welfare assistance form. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

Apprenticeships and work experience

Apply for our latest apprenticeship vacancies at North East Jobs: Apprenticeships.

To apply you'll need to be:

16 or over (there is no upper age limit)
living in England
not in full-time education when the apprenticeship begins

We recruit all year round for some apprenticeships but have a recruitment campaign every spring ready for a September start. This year, we will release our vacancies throughout February and March. Keep checking North East Jobs: Apprenticeships for new opportunities.

About our apprenticeship programme

Apprentice in front of electrical equipment

Why choose us for an apprenticeship

Pay for you as an apprentice

Support with your apprenticeship application

Apprenticeship stories

Work experience with us