Warehouse Apprentice

WILDANET LIMITED

Liskeard (PL14 5RE)

Closes on Monday 2 June 2025

Posted on 28 April 2025


Summary

As a Warehouse Apprentice, you will support the Warehouse Coordinator with the day-to-day running of the warehouse, while working towards successfully completing your apprenticeship. It is a fantastic opportunity to grow with a business that values local knowledge, technical expertise, and putting the customer at the heart of everything we do.

Wage

£14,918.80 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

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Training course
Supply chain warehouse operative (level 2)
Hours
Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm

37 hours 30 minutes a week

Start date

Monday 23 June 2025

Duration

1 year

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

  • Taking deliveries of goods or raw materials
  • Checking for damage or missing items
  • Loading and unloading deliveries from trucks and moving stock using lifting equipment (such as fork trucks or pallet trucks) – once relevant tickets have been obtained
  • Placing goods into the correct storage locations
  • Packing and wrapping goods ready for dispatch
  • Picking orders from various locations within the warehouse
  • Stock management including re-ordering and stock taking
  • Processing returned goods

What You’ll Need:

  • Willingness to complete funded machinery operation tickets such as Forklift with counterbalance

What We're Looking For:

  • Someone with the ability to take instruction and follow guidance
  • A proactive, enthusiastic individual who uses their initiative
  • Logical and methodical in problem-solving
  • Organised and able to prioritise workload
  • Adaptable, with good interpersonal and communication skills
  • Physically fit and comfortable with manual tasks
  • Interest in logistics, warehousing, and the supply chain

Where you’ll work

Pensilva Industrial Estate, St. Ive Road
Pensilva
Liskeard
PL14 5RE

Training

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

College or training organisation

CORNWALL MARINE NETWORK 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

  • Supply Chain Warehouse Operative Apprenticeship Standard (Level 2)
  • Work based training at Industrial Estate, Pensilva, Liskeard PL14 5RE

Requirements

Desirable qualifications

GCSE in:

  • Maths and English (grade 4 or 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
  • Problem solving skills
  • Logical
  • Team working
  • Initiative
  • Physical fitness

About this company

Wildanet is an independent Cornish-based internet service provider, bringing high-speed broadband to homes, businesses and communities throughout Cornwall & Devon.

http://www.wildanet.com (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

  • Potential to work within a warehousing role

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

CORNWALL MARINE NETWORK LIMITED

Carol Churcher

carol.churcher@cornwallmarine.net

07375924249

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000317329.

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Closes on Monday 2 June 2025

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