Safety, Health and Environment (Level 3) Apprentice

Summary

An exciting step in your future. Our structured apprenticeship programs cover a variety of personal and technical training to support your development. A blend of practical exposure to enhance your discipline specific abilities whilst building your individual personal development during your early career.

Annual wage: £19,000 a year
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Training course: Safety, health and environment technician (level 3)
Hours: The apprenticeship training will be approximately 15 months + End Point Assessment of 4 months (approximately) Monday-Friday 8.00-16.00/8.30-16.30 or 09.00-17.00 (tbc)
37 hours a week
Possible start date: Monday 1 September
Duration: 1 year 3 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

Working in the construction industry is an exciting career path for Safety, Health and Environment (SHE) Apprentices, where Operations, Safety, Environment, Engineering, Design, Quality, Finance, Commercial, and Document Control Teams work together side by side towards the ultimate objective which is the successful delivery of projects
You will support the Coordination of all activities related to Safety, Health and Environmental management processes and procedures, including Positive Interventions, Safety inspections and Environmental audits.
SHE is a key function in ensuring we deliver products and services Safely, on time, to budget and to the required standards. You will have the opportunity to be actively involved within the Site Operations and Engineering teams and can expect to gain knowledge and experience of:
Safety and Environmental Standards and how they are applied to the organisation.
Effective use of Safety Systems, including site inspections, internal audits, risk assessments and assurances.
Effective use of Environmental systems, including site inspections, internal audits, risk assessments and assurances.
Input to and logging of positive interventions.
Assisting with investigations on site.
Conducting safety inductions and briefings for contractors, new staff and visitors.
Being a point of contact and advice for site teams.
Control of signage and notice boards on site and in site offices.
Liaising with sub-contractors.
Assist engineers and safety team with producing permits/applications.
Management of site monitoring equipment.
Assist with project updates and preparation of slides.
SHE communications, including social media.
Gathering evidence for the Considerate Constructors Scheme inspections.
Supporting the delivery of a range of Social Value Initiatives.

Where you’ll work

Robinson House

West Lakes Science Park

Mow Row

Cumbria

CA24 3HY

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

Online learning with the training provider

More training information

Safety, health and environment technician L3 Apprenticeship Standard

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

English (grade 4+)
Maths (grade 5)
Science (grade 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
Problem solving skills
Administrative skills
Analytical skills
Team working
Creative
Ability to set goals
Listening skills
Decision making
Time Management

About this company

We deliver some of the UK’s most complex and critical infrastructure across six core sectors of energy, water, nuclear, highways, rail and aviation for public and private customers. Working on projects and long-term frameworks, we believe in connecting people, places and communities through innovative and responsible infrastructure. Our people are our business. Through their expertise, we harness innovative ideas and approaches that enable us to safely and responsibly design and deliver resilient infrastructure upon which we all rely. Morgan Sindall Infrastructure is part of Morgan Sindall Group plc, a leading UK construction and regeneration group with revenue of over £3 billion.

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Disability Confident

A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.

You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.

After this apprenticeship

An exciting step in your future. Our structured apprenticeship programs cover a variety of personal and technical training to support your development.
A blend of practical exposure to enhance your discipline specific abilities whilst building your individual personal development during your early career.
Support along the way for you is key and is one of our main priorities, we want to support you to exceed. As part of the apprenticeship, you will be offered a professional scheme mentor to help you on your path to chartership with your specific professional institute.
We believe coming to work should be fun and enable you to be your best self.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

CLEAR QUALITY LIMITED

recruitment.infrastructure@morgansindall.com

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000289587.

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Closes on Tuesday 31 December

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