Health, Safety and Environment Advisor Apprenticeship - UCB

Cogent Ssc Limited

Slough, SL1 3WE

Closes in 12 days (Wednesday 20 November)

Posted on 7 November 2024

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Summary

This is a fantastic opportunity to develop the skills and knowledge to work within the Health, safety and environment department within a pharmaceutical environment at UCB. Part of your roll will be to ensure HS&E procedures are up to date, supporting risk and incident management.

Annual wage
£19,300 a year

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Annual salary review. Apprenticeship programme has a salary structure with annual increases subject to progress on the apprenticeship and performance in the workplace.

Training course
Safety, health and environment technician (level 3)
Hours
Monday – Friday 9:00am – 5:30 pm (including 1 hour unpaid lunch).

37 hours a week

Possible start date

Monday 16 December

Duration

2 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

  • Development and update of local HS&E procedures
  • Delivery of local workshops and training to compliment company procedures and policies
  • Coordinating/attending meetings representing HS&E systems and compliance across the UK & I remit
  • Support and undertake HS&E audits and assessments
  • Ensure regulatory licenses are maintained and kept relevant
  • Liaison to safety and environmental representatives
  • Supporting the risk management system i.e. facilitating risk assessors and/or undertaking risk assessments and reviewing control measures in place
  • Supporting the environmental management system i.e. the impacts and aspects register & targets
  • Supporting the vigilance systems such as life-safety systems etc.
  • Conduct new starter inductions and training
  • Working across a broad stakeholder portfolio
  • Incident and event investigation
  • Data management e.g. training completion, accident, near miss and observation data

Where you’ll work

216 Bath Road

Slough

SL1 3WE

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

CLEAR QUALITY 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

    This training plan has not been finalised. Check with this employer if you’ll need to travel to a college or training location for this apprenticeship.

    Requirements

    Essential qualifications

    GCSE in:

    • 5 GCSE's Including Maths and English (grade C/4 and 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
    • Attention to detail
    • Organisation skills
    • Team working
    • Initiative

    Other requirements

    Please ensure that you currently live within or can relocate to a commutable distance of the site

    About this company

    Our apprenticeship and graduate services have been supporting science industry employers to attract, retain and develop people who can contribute to business success since 2012.

    Company benefits

    Employee Assistance Programme. Annual Salary Increase. Gym Membership Discount. On site Canteen. On site Parking.

    After this apprenticeship

    Upon successful completion of the apprenticeship, you will be eligible to apply for other positions within the business. 

    The training will expose the apprentice to a wide range of skills and competencies which would make them well placed for further study or suitable for many job opportunities in the life sciences sector.

    Ask a question

    The contact for this apprenticeship is:

    Cogent Ssc Limited

    Imogen Russell

    imogen.russell@cogentskills.com

    01925 515249

    The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000286287.

    Apply now

    Closes in 12 days (Wednesday 20 November)

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