Apprentice Supply Chain Warehouse Operator

DLT Podiatry Supplies

West Yorkshire, HD1 4TW

Closes in 27 days (Friday 1 November at 11:59pm)

Posted on 3 October 2024

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Summary

We’re looking for a warehouse operator with a great attitude to join a small team in a busy warehouse. The role comes with potential to gain experience in other areas of the business including customer service and order processing.

Annual wage
£13,312 to £23,795.20 a year

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Training course
Supply chain warehouse operative (level 2)
Hours
Monday – Friday 8.30am – 5pm

40 hours a week

Possible start date

Friday 8 November

Duration

1 Year 6 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

  • Picking and Packing customer orders with care and accuracy
  • Produce shipment paperwork and labelling ready for despatch
  • Re-stocking and rotating stock according to established procedures
  • Reporting any damaged or missing goods to Warehouse
  • Managers or Supervisors
  • Keeping the warehouse environment clean and tidy and maintaining equipment
  • Following workplace health and safety rules when handling goods
  • Ensuring efficient operations by adhering to operational procedures, rules and schedules
  • Assisting with warehouse inventory controls & stock checks
  • Treating merchandise with care at all times

Where you’ll work

Riverside Court Stoney Battery Road

Longroyd Bridge

Huddersfieid

West Yorkshire

HD1 4TW

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

KIRKLEES COLLEGE

Your training course

Supply chain warehouse operative (level 2)

Equal to GCSE

Course contents
  • Conduct risk assessments within the working environment.
  • Apply safe working practices in line with associated health and safety legislation and company policy.
  • Receive products in line with organisational procedures.
  • Store and pick products in line with organisational procedures.
  • Dispatch products in line with organisational procedures.
  • Decant, pack products in line with organisational procedures.
  • Communicate with others verbally, for example internal and external customers, colleagues, and managers.
  • Communicate in writing with others, for example internal and external customers, colleagues and managers.
  • Load and unload products, considering the product that is to be moved and its current and planned destination.
  • Use tools and equipment to aid in product handling.
  • Use information technology and digital systems. Comply with GDPR and cyber security.
  • Locate and use operational information, electronic or paper based, required to fulfil contractual requirements.
  • Select, prepare, and use packaging materials that reduce waste and mitigate environmental impacts.
  • support under instruction scheduled and unscheduled stock taking activities relevant to the organisation and product.
  • Identify and escalate problems beyond own responsibility.
  • Follow procedures in line with environmental and sustainability regulations, standards, and guidance. Segregate resources for reuse, recycling and disposal.
  • Follow equity, diversity and inclusion rules.
  • Carry out and record learning and development activities.
  • Conducts handover activities.

    • Your training plan

    You will be working towards a Level 2 qualification in Supply Chain Warehouse Operations.

    Your attendance will be in college one day a month over the full period of the apprenticeship. 

    The final year will involve completion of a portfolio and preparation for End Point Assessment (EPA). This measures the skills, knowledge and behaviours outlined in the standard and is carried out by ESFA approved organisations independent from the college.

    Apprentices without Level 2 English and Maths will need to achieve this prior to taking the End Point Assessment.

    Requirements

    Desirable qualifications

    GCSE or equivalent in:

    • English and maths (grade 3 or 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

    • IT skills
    • Organisation skills
    • Administrative skills
    • Team working
    • Initiative
    • Physical fitness
    • Honest and trustworthy

    About this company

    DLT is one of the UK’s leading specialists in the manufacture and distribution of foot health products. The company distributes several thousand product lines to the NHS, chiropodists/podiatrists, and end consumers. It has two ecommerce websites, dltpodiatry.co.uk which supplies healthcare professionals and feetlife.co.uk for members of the public.

    After this apprenticeship

    Although it cannot be guaranteed, there is a strong possibility that you will gain a full time position after successfully completing the apprenticeship.

    Ask a question

    The contact for this apprenticeship is:

    KIRKLEES COLLEGE

    Tamara

    apprenticeships@kirkleescollege.ac.uk

    The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000280419.

    Apply now

    Closes in 27 days (Friday 1 November at 11:59pm)

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