QUALITY PRACTITIONER APPRENTICE at Baker Furniture

Baker Furniture Ltd

Middlesbrough, TS2 1XA

Closes in 28 days (Thursday 17 October at 11:59pm)

Posted on 18 September 2024

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Summary

The purpose of the role is to support the activities of the Quality and Compliance functions to ensure all requirements are being fulfilled. Quality practitioner level 4 apprenticeship delivered by Runshaw College.

Annual wage
£15,600 a year

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Training course
Quality practitioner (level 4)
Hours
MON-FRI 8.00AM-4.30PM

37 hours a week

Possible start date

Sunday 27 October

Duration

1 Year 8 Months

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

  • To unpack and inspect incoming goods to AGL standard,
  • Conduct inspection of special orders prior to dispatch.
  • Take good quality images of inspections and ensure records are maintained.
  • Develop and follow quality control plans for products.
  • Solving quality problems and overcoming challenges to implementations of standards.
  • Contribute to the management of customer satisfaction and supplier performance.
  • Support senior quality practitioner to formulate quality strategy. 

Where you’ll work

Britannia Business Park

Romaldkirk Road

Middlesbrough

TS2 1XA

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

RUNSHAW COLLEGE

Your training course

Quality practitioner (level 4)

Equal to higher national certificate (HNC)

Course contents
  • Identify, interpret and apply relevant legal, governmental or industry regulations affecting the organisation.
  • Communicate using appropriate methods (verbal, written, visual) to influence internal and external stakeholders, using appropriate questioning techniques such as open questions, leading questions.
  • Identify, collect and analyse relevant quality data using appropriate tools and techniques such as Pareto analysis, statistical methods and trending analysis.
  • Apply methods and tools to improve the quality performance of processes, products and services such as production control plans, standardised work, use of failure modes and effects.
  • Identify, analyse and prioritise quality specific risks and opportunities. Support the development, implementation and effectiveness of resulting actions.
  • Plan and conduct system, product or process audits.
  • Assess the effectiveness of the measurement systems using tool such as Measurement Systems Analysis.
  • Identify requirements from technical documents, commercial input or stakeholder statements and converting to definitions that can drive the organisations processes
  • Identify gaps in process performance and develop improvement plans to close gaps.
  • Apply structured problem solving including identification, definition, measurement, analysis, improvement and control methods and tools.
  • Communicate organisational quality strategy to all levels of the organisation.
  • Identify who the internal and external stakeholders are and their current and optimal positions (such as hostile, help it work, opposed, uncooperative, indifferent, hesitant, enthusiastic support) required to support quality related activities.

    • Your training plan

    The training will be delivered in the workplace every 4 weeks with your trainer. 

    More training information

    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.

    Requirements

    Essential qualifications

    GCSE in:

    • Any 3 subjects (grade 9-4 (C or above))
    • English (grade 9-4 (C or above))
    • Maths (grade 9-4 (C or above))
    • any subject (grade C of above)

    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
    • IT skills
    • Organisation skills
    • Team working

    Other requirements

    In order to progress your application, we will require you to complete additional paperwork and complete a BKSB assessment. The information will be sent via email if you meet the entry requirements set by the employer and linked training provider for the vacancy. Please check your junk mail whilst the vacancy is open. Until we receive the above, we are unable to progress your application so please monitor your emails.

    About this company

    Furniture Wholesaler port and Export Furniture Around UK/IRE/FRA

    After this apprenticeship

    Progression within the business

    Ask a question

    The contact for this apprenticeship is:

    RUNSHAW COLLEGE

    Charlotte Ward

    ward.c@runshaw.ac.uk

    01772643007

    The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000277401.

    Apply now

    Closes in 28 days (Thursday 17 October at 11:59pm)

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