Warehouse Apprentice
ERF ELECTRICAL WHOLESALERS LTD
Leicester, LE4 5LR
Closes in 22 days (Monday 17 March at 11:59pm)
Posted on 11 February 2025
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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.
- Wage
- £13,312 a year
- Training course
- Supply chain warehouse operative (level 2)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday, 8.00am - 5.00pm.
40 hours a week
- Possible start date
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Tuesday 18 March
- Duration
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1 year 3 months
- Positions available
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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
- 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
173 Loughborough Road
Leicester
LE4 5LR
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
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
Desirable qualifications
GCSE or equivalent in:
- Mathematics & English (grade 9-4 (A*-C))
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.
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 Narborough
linsay.narborough@intecbusinesscolleges.co.uk
01788 514276
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000302928.
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Closes in 22 days (Monday 17 March at 11:59pm)
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