2025 Apprenticeship - Health, Safety and Wellbeing - London – Find an apprenticeship

Summary

Health, safety, and wellbeing (HSW) is firmly ingrained in Mace’s philosophy. The last 30 years has seen Mace continually strive to reduce risks, and protect our people and stakeholders, by building a culture where safety first becomes second nature whilst studying for the Health, Safety and Environment Technician L3 apprenticeship.

Annual wage: £22,200 a year
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Training course: Safety, health and environment technician (level 3)
Hours: Monday - Thursday 9.00am - 5.30pm and Friday 9.00am - 4.30pm. Due to the nature of construction you may be expected to work additional hours. Whilst working on site typical start time is at 8.00am instead of 9.00am.
36 hours a week
Possible start date: Monday 1 September
Duration: 4 Years
Positions available: 1

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

In Health, Safety and Wellbeing, you will play a key role in supporting the Health, Safety and Wellbeing (HSW) team and projects. Some of your main responsibilities will include:

Supporting the implementation of Health, Safety and Wellbeing (HSW) policies, procedures, guidance notes and standards
Collaborating with team(s) to support audits on behalf of the business for ISO 9001, 14001, 45001, and other applicable standards
Supporting the coordination of inspection and audit schedule
Analysing results from reporting, audits, corrective actions, operations reports and key performance indicators (KPIs), in collaboration with team members
Assisting with the identification of gaps for improvement
Developing working relationships with a range of internal stakeholders
Working with team members, providing operational delivery of team/regional strategy
Working collaboratively towards the common goal of net zero carbon transition, and sharing responsibility for the proactive identification and management of the associated carbon emissions and reductions during the delivery of work.

Where you’ll work

155 Moorgate

London

EC2M 6XB

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

COMPASS SKILLS TRAINING LIMITED

Your training course

Safety, health and environment technician (level 3)

Equal to A level

Course contents

Present and hold an audiences attention, for example when delivering SHE training, toolbox talks, inductions or presenting data or investigation findings to the workforce or management team. Show they can sell the SHE message, have personal impact, deal with challenge, reflect on personal performance, use appropriate language for the audience

Assist the management team in the development, management, implementation and monitoring of the Safety, Health and Environmental Management System by updating systems in line with changes in legislation or best practice, delivering training, coaching operational teams and undertaking workplace inspections

Provide advice on the practical implementation of the companys SHE policies and processes applying generic industry guidance into the context of the workplace

Identify the hazards and evaluate: workplace instructions that are relevant to the individual’s job; working practices in the individual’s job that may harm themselves or others’; aspects of the individual’s job that could harm themselves or others; which of the potentially harmful working practices and aspects of the individual’s work present the highest risks to themselves or others; how to deal with hazards in accordance with workplace instructions and legal requirements

Support the practical application of the workplace instructions and suppliers or manufacturers instructions for the safe use of equipment, materials and products

Support and assist in the implementation of SHE inspections and monitoring systems demonstrating the balance between enforcement and internal support

Undertake and/or assist with the monitoring, analysis of and reporting of SHE performance

Prepare and maintain records relating to safety, health and environmental matters that comply with legal and workplace requirements and are accessible to those who are authorised to use them. E.g. records associated with Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations, Lifting Operation and Lifting Equipment Regulations, Noise at Work Regulations, Hand Arm Vibration Regulations or Environmental Permitting Regulations

Assist the management team in establishing, managing and maintaining relationships with external stakeholders such as local authorities, Health and Safety Executive, Environment Agency, Occupational Health, Occupational Hygienists and others as required and directed

Research Safety, Health and Environmental Issues and best practices. Review updates of health and safety regulations e.g. changes to Construction, Design and Management Regulations or updates to the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health along with workplace instructions, making sure that information is from reliable sources

Assist and/or manage the investigation of accidents, incidents, dangerous occurrences, near misses and other incidents as directed

Recognise where decisions have a financial cost and assisting to develop a budget

Recognise situations where the activity will benefit from contributions and expertise of other internal departments such as HR, Finance, IT or Occupational Health

Your training plan

Our structured training programme will teach you technical and business skills to help you succeed in your career.

The Health & Safety Assistant apprenticeship will work towards the Health, Safety & Environment Technician L3 which consists of work-based experience and training.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE or equivalent in:

5 subjects including Maths and English (grade 4/C)
any subjects (grade 96 UCAS Points)

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

Problem solving skills
Team working
Initiative

About this company

At Mace, we are global experts in shaping the built environment. From development and consultancy, to construction and operations, we connect expertise across the entire property lifecycle to help our clients, people, communities and society achieve more than they believe is possible. You can see our impact everywhere: from skylines that form cities around the world to the infrastructure that communities depend on to live, work and play.

https://careers.macegroup.com/gb/en/early-careers (opens in new tab)

Disability Confident

A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.

You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.

After this apprenticeship

We’ll also support you in gaining professional membership of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH).

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

COMPASS SKILLS TRAINING LIMITED

emerging.talent@macegroup.com

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000276277.

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Closes on Thursday 1 May

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2025 Apprenticeship - Health, Safety and Wellbeing - London

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