Supply chain Warehouse Operative Apprentice
HISTORIC ROYAL PALACES
Croydon, CR0 4TU
Closes on Wednesday 14 May 2025
Posted on 21 February 2025
Contents
Summary
Historic Royal Palaces is a team of people who love and look after six of the most wonderful palaces in the world and their magnificent historical gardens. We are recruiting for a Supply chain Warehouse Operative Apprentice, giving you a fantastic opportunity to grow and develop your skills.
- Wage
- £22,464 a year
- Training course
- Supply chain warehouse operative (level 2)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday, Shifts to be confirmed.
36 hours a week
- Possible start date
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Monday 1 September
- Duration
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2 years
- 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
The Warehouse Apprentice will provide administrative and supply support to the Commercial and retail functions of Historic Royal Palaces, ensuring our members and visitors are served in a timely and correct fashion.
To learn all areas of how a Warehouse operates in a busy environment- including using computer systems and receiving in and processing retail goods.
Whilst studying towards your apprenticeship you will also be:
- Unload and accept deliveries from external suppliers, advising the Warehouse Deputy Team Leader and or Mentor of any discrepancies
- To understand and comply with Health safety and compliance
- Check delivery quantities with packing notes and buyers’ orders
- Book stock into our retail WMS system
- Locate the items received in the storage area
- Be involvement and understanding of basic stock management
- Picking Retail shop deliveries via handheld terminal and paper picks
- Supporting and gaining an understanding in the planning when loading our Retail delivery vehicles
- Working alongside our Ecommerce team to fulfil our online customer orders
- Gain an understanding in our stocktaking processes
- Housekeeping qualities
- To understand the charity and site sustainability goals.
- Understand our part to play in the Central Warehouse Audit responsibilities
- Use basic Microsoft Outlook, Word
- Full exposure to our Three Pillars, Reach Further, Mean More Act for the Future
- Carry out willingly any other instructions given by the Warehouse Deputy Team Leader and or Manager
Where you’ll work
Retail distribution centre
Stafford Cross Business Park, Stafford Road
Croydon
CR0 4TU
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
LOCOMOTIVATION LTD.
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 Level 2 Apprenticeship Standard
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
- Customer care skills
- Administrative skills
- Team working
- Creative
- Physical fitness
About this company
Historic Royal Palaces (HRP) is a team of people who love and look after six of the most wonderful palaces in the world. We create space for spirits to stir and be stirred.
After this apprenticeship
- Career in warehousing and supply chain
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
LOCOMOTIVATION LTD.
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000305469.
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Closes on Wednesday 14 May 2025
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