Port Operations Apprentice

The Bristol Port Company

BRISTOL, BS11 9DQ

Closes in 2 days (Monday 30 September)

Posted on 29 August 2024

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Summary

If you’re keen to learn and ambitious to build a great future, this exciting opportunity is perfect for you. It’s your chance to launch your career at one of the UK’s most technologically advanced ports – and be trained to operate a wide range of equipment from fork-lift trucks to £multi-million computer controlled cranes.

Annual wage
£18,476 a year

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As you progress, so will your earnings. You’ll start on a basic of £18,476 per annum, which will rise to over £34,500 once you’ve successfully completed the two-year apprenticeship and one-year training programme.

Training course
Port operative (level 2)
Hours
This is a full-time position, you will be flexible about working overtime and shifts, including night shifts and weekends.

40 hours a week

Possible start date

Tuesday 1 October

Duration

2 Years

Positions available

8

Work

As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.

What you’ll do at work

As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.

You’ll gain a variety of new skills, as well as an NVQ  Level 2 qualification in Port Operations.

You will develop a solid foundation for a career that could see you quickly rise up the ranks, just as long as you’re willing to put in the hard work. In fact, many of our managers started their careers as apprentices.

You will also get the opportunity to participate in the Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award.

Your duties will include:

  • Operating modern cargo handling equipment and machinery safely, including fork-lift trucks and front-end loaders
  • Working effectively in a team, supporting colleagues to meet customer expectations, quality requirements and deadlines
  • Performing safely within the port environment
  • Complying with industry standards, relevant legislation, and environmental regulations
  • Following standard operating procedures in line with company policies
  • Demonstrating situational awareness of traffic and the movement of goods, materials and people around the port to avoid risks to themselves and others
  • Promoting sustainable practices and reduce environmental impact in port operations
  • Checking and processing relevant documentation, inventories and records of information, utilising the relevant technology
  • Full training and supervision will be provided, we will also supply all the equipment and PPE you need.

Where you’ll work

St Andrew's House, St Andrew's Road

Avonmouth

BRISTOL

BS11 9DQ

Training

An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.

College or training organisation

WESTON COLLEGE OF FURTHER AND HIGHER EDUCATION

Your training course

Port operative (level 2)

Equal to GCSE

Course contents
  • Follow port sector procedures in line with sector regulations and legislation.
  • Follow procedures in line with health and safety regulations, standards, and guidance.
  • Identify and report hazards and risks in the workplace. Take action to mitigate hazards and risk.
  • Comply with safe systems of work and apply control measures.
  • Identify hazardous goods.
  • Follow standard operating procedures (SOPs).
  • Comply with port security measures.
  • Follow instructions provided from information, for example, text, data, job card, work instructions, risk assessments, method statements, operation manuals, or permits to work.
  • Use equipment and machinery.
  • Follow procedures to ensure safe movement of traffic, goods, or pedestrians around the port.
  • Carry out pre-operational checks.
  • Comply with environmental and sustainability regulations, standards, and guidance.
  • Follow techniques for waste management across the port.
  • Escalate issues of concern.
  • Follow equity, diversity, and inclusion principles.
  • Use information systems. General data protection regulation (GDPR). Cyber security.
  • Communicate in writing with others for example, colleagues and stakeholders.
  • Communicate with others verbally for example, colleagues and stakeholders.
  • Record or enter information - paper based or electronic.
  • Apply team working and wellbeing principles.
  • Uses cargo handling techniques.
  • Use toolbox talks.
  • Classify cargo.
  • Load, unload, or store cargo.
  • Follow a loading, lift or stow plan.
  • Identify, record and report pre-existing damage or new damage.
  • Secures the load, for example to maintain the integrity of the cargo, or to prevent damage to the vessel.
  • Use techniques to coordinate planned cargo movements for example, hand signalling or radio communication.
  • Provide equipment or assistance for passengers to embark and disembark a vessel.
  • Follow procedures for secure passenger access.
  • Carry out operational tasks related to passenger vessels, such as loading and unloading commodities and products, assisting the vessel, its occupants and vessel staff.
  • Follow procedures for damaged, lost, unclaimed, unlabelled, unaccompanied, or suspect baggage.
  • Use techniques and equipment to handle baggage and items.
  • Complete site checks.
  • Take action to mitigate the risks to passengers where there are adverse weather conditions.
  • Identify customer needs and deliver a service to meet those needs, resolving queries or problems.
  • Follow port sector procedures in line with sector regulations and legislation.
  • Follow procedures in line with health and safety regulations, standards, and guidance.
  • Identify and report hazards and risks in the workplace. Take action to mitigate hazards and risk.
  • Comply with safe systems of work and apply control measures.
  • Identify hazardous goods.
  • Follow standard operating procedures (SOPs).
  • Comply with port security measures.
  • Follow instructions provided from information, for example, text, data, job card, work instructions, risk assessments, method statements, operation manuals, or permits to work.
  • Use equipment and machinery.
  • Follow procedures to ensure safe movement of traffic, goods, or pedestrians around the port.
  • Carry out pre-operational checks.
  • Comply with environmental and sustainability regulations, standards, and guidance.
  • Follow techniques for waste management across the port.
  • Escalate issues of concern.
  • Follow equity, diversity, and inclusion principles.
  • Use information systems. General data protection regulation (GDPR). Cyber security.
  • Communicate in writing with others for example, colleagues and stakeholders.
  • Communicate with others verbally for example, colleagues and stakeholders.
  • Record or enter information - paper based or electronic.
  • Apply team working and wellbeing principles.

    • Your training plan

    • An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying. This will take place with Weston College of Further and Higher Education.

    • Port operative (level 2) Equal to GCSE

    • Level 2 Port Operative Apprenticeship Standard 

    • Training delivered in the workplace

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    Requirements

    Desirable qualifications

    GCSE in:

    • English (grade 4/C)
    • Maths (grade 4/C)

    Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.

    Skills

    • Communication skills
    • Problem solving skills
    • Number skills
    • Team working
    • Physical fitness
    • Hand-eye co-ordination

    Other requirements

    With strong numeracy and literacy skills, you should be physically fit, have a good head for heights and a full driving licence. A flexible approach to work is important too, as you’ll be working shifts including regular weekends and nights. Please note this vacancy may close early if sufficient applications are received. Successful candidates will also need to meet the requirements of a pre-employment medical examination and annual medical thereafter. Applicants must also be able to operate machinery with an operator weight limit not exceeding 120kg.

    About this company

    The Bristol Port Company was formed in 1991 when entrepreneurs Terence Mordaunt and David Ord purchased the Port of Bristol from Bristol City Council. Since privatisation over £600 million has been invested to create a modern, thriving business offering the full range of shipping, distribution and logistics services.

    https://www.bristolport.co.uk/ (opens in new tab)

    After this apprenticeship

    As well as offering a great range of career opportunities and progression, our employees receive an excellent benefits and training package, including:

    • 25 days holiday, rising to 29 with service, plus an additional 8 days for Bank Holidays
    • Profit related pay bonus
    • Generous contributory pension scheme in which all employees are automatically enrolled (unless they choose to opt-out)
    • Subsidised canteens and free access to on-site gym
    • Cycle to work scheme
    • Occupational health and free GP access
    • Ongoing training and support in your role
    • Death in service pay of three times your annual salary

    Ask a question

    The contact for this apprenticeship is:

    The Bristol Port Company

    Sally Ashby

    sally.ashby@bristolport.co.uk

    01179820000

    The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000273642.

    Apply now

    Closes in 2 days (Monday 30 September)

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