Health and Safety Apprentice - Hertfordshire - Ringway

RINGWAY INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES LIMITED

Stevenage (SG1 4FD)

Closes in 17 days (Tuesday 22 April 2025)

Posted on 13 March 2025

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Summary

An exciting opportunity to join the Health, Safety & Environment management team. Your role as a Health, Safety & Environment apprentice will be to support the team in line with corporate, internal, legal and international industry standards.

• Wage:

  £18,800 a year

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  • 26 days holiday + 8 days bank holidays • 2 days paid volunteering. • Possibility for a permanent contract based on performance & apprenticeship achievement. • Benefits portal – everyday discounts. • Pension scheme with employer contribution.

• Training course: Safety, health and environment technician (level 3)
• Hours: Monday - Friday, between 9.00am and 5.00pm.

  37 hours 30 minutes a week

• Start date:

  Monday 1 September 2025

• Duration:

  2 years

• 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

• Adhere to, and promote, all required health, safety and environment policies that are established by the company.
• To provide support in the development, monitoring and review of appropriate key performance indicators relating to health, safety, wellbeing and environmental objectives and targets.
• Assist the development of an effective department that delivers health, safety, wellbeing and environmental performance in line with Delegations objectives
• Support working groups to deliver health, safety and environmental innovation, improvement and share best practice
• Support in maintaining the companies safety and environmental management systems which are aligned to ISO45001 and ISO14001.
• Be visible on a daily basis within the Delegation supporting the Management and teams in delivery and implementation of all Safety processes and procedures.
• Take a proactive part in department meetings, be involved in presenting key information and KIP’s to colleagues.
• Support health and wellbeing initiatives, campaigns and competition across the business.
• Administration of computer and database systems, including maintenance of records and preparation of documents for issue.  Analyse data to identify trends and major risks.
• Support and participate in Health, Safety & Environmental activities, including risk identification and management.  Put forward ideas for innovation and best practice.

Where you’ll work

Coreys Mill Depot
Hitchin Road
Stevenage
SG1 4FD

Training

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

College or training organisation

RHG CONSULT LTD

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

• Safety, Health and Environment Technician Level 3 Apprenticeship qualification.
• Location of training: Online, Workshops, On the Job assessments.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE or equivalent in:

• English (grade Grade 5 and above)
• Maths (grade grade 4 and 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
• IT skills
• Attention to detail
• Organisation skills
• Problem solving skills
• Presentation skills
• Administrative skills
• Analytical skills
• Team working
• Initiative

Other requirements

• Excellent English skills, both written and oral. • High level of MS Office and IT competence. • Level 2 in Maths and English • Appreciation and some understanding of the Construction industry • Workplace experience desirable but not essential • Driving license required as it includes site travel

About this company

Together with our associated companies, Ringway teams are responsible for looking after over 50,000 kms of the UK’s highways network – we deliver specialist highway services across the largest highways maintenance portfolio within the UK, including strategic road network, DBFO motorway and trunk roads, and the local authority network. We are private sector partners, dedicated to delivering public services. We offer best practice maintenance services through local solutions which make an impact in the communities in which we operate. We take pride in offering a dedicated, flexible approach which supports our clients, underpinned by the recruitment, development and retention of a locally based workforce and supported by a close community of trusted supply-chain partners. Self-delivery is core to our business model. Working together with our clients we deliver cyclic and reactive maintenance, incident response, severe weather operations, surfacing and specialist treatments with local accountability and people who take pride in the services they deliver. Ringway is committed to creating a working environment that is inclusive and diverse.

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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

Our  Apprenticeship Scheme has been designed kick start your journey towards becoming an industry expert. You will get hands on experience and tailored training to support you every step of the way.  

• Mentor allocation and guidance.
• Additional training be provided.
• Involvement in H&S projects.

We are looking for a long-term relationship with our apprentices and we have a long-term career structure in mind, whereby we see the apprentice developing into senior roles within our business as it grows.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

RHG CONSULT LTD

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000309357.

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Closes in 17 days (Tuesday 22 April 2025)

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Company’s application instructions

Once we receive the application we will contact only the short listed candidates. Selection process will online/face to face interview.