Apprentice Health and Safety Officer
KATMEX LIMITED
Cleveland (TS20 2BH)
Closes in 12 days (Friday 2 May 2025)
Posted on 10 April 2025
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Summary
As an apprentice health and safety officer at Katmex, you will play a vital role in supporting the company’s commitment to maintaining a safe and healthy working environment. This is an opportunity for individuals to gain hands on experience in a manufacturing environment from experienced professionals.
- Wage
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£15,311.40 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
- Training course
- Safety, health and environment technician (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday - Thursday, 7.00am - 3:30pm.
Friday, 6:30am - 1:30pm.
38 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Monday 2 June 2025
- Duration
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2 years
- Positions available
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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
- Create and review risk assessments
- Help maintain safety records and documentation
- Assist in investigations of accidents, incidents and near misses
- Monitoring workplace health and safety policies in accordance with company policies and legal requirements
- Conducting site inspections and identifying risks and hazards
Where you’ll work
Bowron Street
Stockton On Tees
Cleveland
TS20 2BH
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
HARTLEPOOL COLLEGE OF FURTHER EDUCATION
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
- The apprentice will gain a level 3 qualification as a safety, health and environmental technician
- This will be delivered by Hartlepool college of further education and release from work with be planned upon there request, time will be given in the workplace to complete any work outstanding
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- Maths and English (grade 4)
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
- Physical fitness
Other requirements
Travel between sites (Stockton and Seaham) would be expected, travel expenses are given for using own transport or the company car can be made available. Exposure to a manufacturing environment would be beneficial but not essential. Exposure to health and safety regulations or procedures would be beneficial but not essential
About this company
Katmex are suppliers of precision fabricated components in the UK and Europe. Working within a heavy engineering and manufacturing environment, you would gain an exposure to a wide range of manufacturing procedures and processes to gain a well-rounded knowledge to aid with job role.
http://www.Katmex.co.uk (opens in new tab)
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
- Progression to health and safety officer upon completion of the apprenticeship and then with a view to further development opportunities
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
HARTLEPOOL COLLEGE OF FURTHER EDUCATION
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000314970.
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Closes in 12 days (Friday 2 May 2025)
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Company’s application instructions
Please apply via the email above setting out how you meet the criteria of the apprenticeship and listing your qualifications and contact details. Company website is www.Katmex.co.uk