PORT OPERATIVE APPRENTICE

GLOBAL SHIPPING SERVICES LTD

IMMINGHAM, DN40 2LZ

Closes on Friday 3 January

Posted on 12 November 2024

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Summary

The Company will offer a Safe and Healthy, inclusive environment where each Port Operative Apprentice can achieve their potential. A Port Operative Apprentice will gain front-line operational experience in loading/unloading vessels, vehicles, cargo handling, plant operations, warehousing/storage, and complex operations.

Annual wage
£20,000 a year

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The salary is Circa £20,000. Overtime available. Holidays include 20 days, 8 Bank Holidays and an additional day for Port Operative Apprentices birthday.

Training course
Port operative (level 2)
Hours
The candidate must be flexible to cater for the changing demands of the Port and Shipping sector. As a guide, a normal working day ranges from 6 am to 6 pm Monday to Friday with weekends being on a as required basis.

30 hours a week

Possible start date

Monday 6 January

Duration

2 years

Positions available

6

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

  • Loading vessels
  • Unloading vessels
  • Loading vehicles
  • Unloading vehicles
  • Cargo handling
  • Lifting operations
  • Managing and maintaining a range of plant and equipment
  • Managing and maintaining a range of lifting equipment
  • Warehousing management and storage

Where you’ll work

NO 1 QUAY

ALEXANDRA ROAD

IMMINGHAM DOCK

IMMINGHAM

DN40 2LZ

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

SPRINGFIELD TRAINING LIMITED

Your training course

Port operative (level 2)

Equal to GCSE

Course contents
  • Follow port sector procedures in line with sector regulations and legislation.
  • Follow procedures in line with health and safety regulations, standards, and guidance.
  • Identify and report hazards and risks in the workplace. Take action to mitigate hazards and risk.
  • Comply with safe systems of work and apply control measures.
  • Identify hazardous goods.
  • Follow standard operating procedures (SOPs).
  • Comply with port security measures.
  • Follow instructions provided from information, for example, text, data, job card, work instructions, risk assessments, method statements, operation manuals, or permits to work.
  • Use equipment and machinery.
  • Follow procedures to ensure safe movement of traffic, goods, or pedestrians around the port.
  • Carry out pre-operational checks.
  • Comply with environmental and sustainability regulations, standards, and guidance.
  • Follow techniques for waste management across the port.
  • Escalate issues of concern.
  • Follow equity, diversity, and inclusion principles.
  • Use information systems. General data protection regulation (GDPR). Cyber security.
  • Communicate in writing with others for example, colleagues and stakeholders.
  • Communicate with others verbally for example, colleagues and stakeholders.
  • Record or enter information - paper based or electronic.
  • Apply team working and wellbeing principles.
  • Uses cargo handling techniques.
  • Use toolbox talks.
  • Classify cargo.
  • Load, unload, or store cargo.
  • Follow a loading, lift or stow plan.
  • Identify, record and report pre-existing damage or new damage.
  • Secures the load, for example to maintain the integrity of the cargo, or to prevent damage to the vessel.
  • Use techniques to coordinate planned cargo movements for example, hand signalling or radio communication.
  • Provide equipment or assistance for passengers to embark and disembark a vessel.
  • Follow procedures for secure passenger access.
  • Carry out operational tasks related to passenger vessels, such as loading and unloading commodities and products, assisting the vessel, its occupants and vessel staff.
  • Follow procedures for damaged, lost, unclaimed, unlabelled, unaccompanied, or suspect baggage.
  • Use techniques and equipment to handle baggage and items.
  • Complete site checks.
  • Take action to mitigate the risks to passengers where there are adverse weather conditions.
  • Identify customer needs and deliver a service to meet those needs, resolving queries or problems.
  • Follow port sector procedures in line with sector regulations and legislation.
  • Follow procedures in line with health and safety regulations, standards, and guidance.
  • Identify and report hazards and risks in the workplace. Take action to mitigate hazards and risk.
  • Comply with safe systems of work and apply control measures.
  • Identify hazardous goods.
  • Follow standard operating procedures (SOPs).
  • Comply with port security measures.
  • Follow instructions provided from information, for example, text, data, job card, work instructions, risk assessments, method statements, operation manuals, or permits to work.
  • Use equipment and machinery.
  • Follow procedures to ensure safe movement of traffic, goods, or pedestrians around the port.
  • Carry out pre-operational checks.
  • Comply with environmental and sustainability regulations, standards, and guidance.
  • Follow techniques for waste management across the port.
  • Escalate issues of concern.
  • Follow equity, diversity, and inclusion principles.
  • Use information systems. General data protection regulation (GDPR). Cyber security.
  • Communicate in writing with others for example, colleagues and stakeholders.
  • Communicate with others verbally for example, colleagues and stakeholders.
  • Record or enter information - paper based or electronic.
  • Apply team working and wellbeing principles.

Your training plan

Port Operative Level 2. 

The programme will consist of training that is provided in the workplace (Immingham, Hull and Goole) as well as training provider designated training facility (Hull). 

More training information

Springfield Training

Ergo,
Bridgehead Business Park,
Meadow Road,
Hessle,
HU13 0GD

Requirements

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
  • Logical
  • Team working
  • Creative
  • Initiative

About this company

Stevedoring / Cargo Handling Company operating within the Port and Shipping sector.

https://global-shipping.co.uk/ (opens in new tab)

Company benefits

The Company offers full medical, occupational health support, and a wide range of health benefits.

After this apprenticeship

The Port Operative Apprentice programme is run for 2 years and upon successful completion, this leads to a transition into a promoted role of Multi Skilled Port Operative.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

GLOBAL SHIPPING SERVICES LTD

Christopher Thirlwell

chris@global-shipping.co.uk

07821679933

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000287149.

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Closes on Friday 3 January

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