Health and Safety Coordinator Apprentice
Blenheim Estate
Oxfordshire, OX20 1PP
Closes in 12 days (Monday 11 November at 11:59pm)
Posted on 23 October 2024
Contents
Summary
As a H&S Apprentice you will engage with all aspects across the business to support the embedding of a positive safety culture. This will be achieved by inspiring and influencing others to see the benefit of working responsibly, understanding the legal framework and showing how proactive safety and health management can enhance everything we do.
- Annual wage
- Competitive
- Training course
- Safety, health and environment technician (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday-Friday 9am-5pm.
40 hours a week
- Possible start date
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Monday 18 November
- Duration
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2 years
- Positions available
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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
You will be working as part of a small team. On a daily basis you will assist to develop, review and check on the implementation of safe systems of work, deliver training (e.g. toolbox talks & inductions), investigate incidents, analyse incident and near-miss data, assign actions.
The role will provide hands on administrative support and will help shape and embed Blenheim’s H&S processes and practices. You will get to undertake real work-based projects that will reinforce your learning and that will have a demonstrable health and safety benefit.
The tasks and responsibilities detailed below summarise the current role of the H&S Coordinators and will form part of the skills and knowledge that will be worked towards during the course of the apprenticeship.
- Providing support to the Head of Health & Safety and the safety team.
- Assist the management team in the development, management, implementation and monitoring of the Safety Management System.
- Supporting Managers to organise and record all re-occurring schedules of maintenance for vehicles, machinery and equipment, compliance checks, servicing, etc.
- Supporting managers by assisting with reviewing and writing risk assessments.
- Assist in the investigation of accidents, incidents dangerous occurrences near misses and other incidents as required.
- Provide reports and data to key stakeholders from the Systems in place.
- Log and issue all training certificates where courses are provided by 3rd parties.
- Carry out safety audits and inspections on a routine basis across the business and agree deadlines for actions with managers.
- Attend and support the admin for both the Safety Executive Committee and the Safety Forum.
- Research Health and Safety issues and best practices from reliable sources, reviewing updates of health and safety regulations for specific working areas.
- Review job roles in relation to training required across the business to help ensure that we are legally compliant. Log and issue all training certificates where courses are provided by 3rd parties.
- Deliver Toolbox talks and Safety Induction training to staff.
- Train users on our systems and ensure they are utilising and recording correctly.
- Review policies, procedures and guidelines to ensure that they reflect current practice and that they are legally compliant.
- Review event risk assessments to ensure that ‘best practice’ and industry standards are used.
Where you’ll work
The Estate Office
Blenheim Palace
Woodstock
Oxfordshire
OX20 1PP
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
PENSHAW VIEW TRAINING LIMITED
Your training course
Safety, health and environment technician (level 3)
Equal to A level
Course contents
Your training plan
Safety, health and environment technician Level 3 (A level)
Level 2 Functional Skills in maths and English (if required)
Work-based delivery
Full company induction including health and safety
20% Off-the-job time will be given for study/assignments
Monthly contact session with your PV trainer
Internal training provided by your employer and workplace mentor
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
GCSE in:
- English & Maths (grade C/4)
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
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Presentation skills
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
About this company
world-class visitor attraction with a variety of cultural and sporting events, a wedding and banqueting venue, a unique filming location and producer of natural mineral water. Our vision is to be the lifeblood of the local economy, to enhance the lives of the people of Oxfordshire, to share this magnificent Palace and to conserve and protect it for future generations.
After this apprenticeship
Move into a role within the health and safety, working under the guidance of the H&S manager.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
PENSHAW VIEW TRAINING LIMITED
Danielle Birch
danielle.birch@penshawview.co.uk
07852254967
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000283700.
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Closes in 12 days (Monday 11 November at 11:59pm)
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