Warehouse Apprentice

ERF ELECTRICAL WHOLESALERS LTD

Andover (SP10 3ZL)

Closes today at 11:59pm

Posted on 4 March 2025


Summary

We will be offering a unique opportunity to learn within the electrical wholesale industry - which is a specialised industry supplying electricians, industry, NHS, and the homeowners alike. You will be managing stock in and out (to external clients) and picking and packing.

Training course
Supply chain warehouse operative (level 2)
Hours
Monday - Friday, 8.00am - 5.00pm.

40 hours a week

Start date

Tuesday 1 April 2025

Duration

1 year 3 months

Positions available

1

Work

Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.

What you’ll do at work

  • Managing stock in and out (to external clients)
  • Picking and packing
  • Store transfers and stock control
  • Completing the paperwork within the office
  • Raising quotations
  • Trade counter
  • Sales calls/processing orders

Where you’ll work

Unit 1, Andover Trade Park
Joule Road
Andover
SP10 3ZL

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

College or training organisation

INTEC BUSINESS COLLEGES LIMITED

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.
  • 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

  • Level 2 Supply Chain Warehouse Operative Apprenticeship Standard
  • End-Point Assessment
  • Work-based training
  • Functional Skills 

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
  • IT skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Organisation skills
  • Logical
  • Team working
  • Initiative
  • Patience
  • Physical fitness

Other requirements

We have many long term staff, progression is reachable through watching, learning and delivering your knowledge to the customer as and when required. Extra product knowledge training is readily available and often offered by the manufacturers – certificated. Physical Fitness is a required skill due to the candidate having to be on their feet all day walking around the warehouse, lifting items, carrying items and re-locating stock all day.

About this company

ERF Electrical Wholesalers have 47 years of experience in servicing customers across the UK. Their customer base is diverse with clients ranging from industrial, commercial, and domestic electrical contractors, builders, retailers, maintenance and facilities management, offices, universities, hospitals and large government and PFI contracts.

http://www.erfelectrical.co.uk (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

  • Opportunity for progression from Warehouse to Internal Accounts Manager, through to Service/Business Manager.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

INTEC BUSINESS COLLEGES LIMITED

Linsay Marie Narborough

Linsay.Narborough@intecbusinesscolleges.co.uk

01788514276

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000307328.

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