Health and Safety Apprentice
Buhler UK Limited
Manchester (M41 7LY)
Closes in 30 days (Tuesday 20 May 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 11 April 2025
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Summary
As the Health and Safety Apprentice, you will directly report to the Head of Health & Safety and assist the OHS team supporting the business. You will support in carrying out risks assessments, updating data bases, maintaining and managing health & safety polices, safety trainings and document control systems.
- Wage
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£16,575 a year
- Training course
- Safety, health and environment technician (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday – Thursday 07:30 – 16:00 (45 mins for lunch)
Friday 07:30 – 15:00 (1hr for lunch)
37 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Monday 26 May 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
You will be responsible for supporting with:
• Maintaining, updating, and creating standard operating procedures and assist in the implementation of continuous improvement safety projects.
• Regular reviews of risk assessments for work equipment and operations.
• Ensuring all accidents are documented, investigated, and recommended improvements are followed through.
• Conducting health and safety inspections, fire drills and fire alarms are correctly reported, safety inspections, area inspections, risk assessments and lone working procedures are managed, and employees are aware of their responsibilities.
• Ordering and monitoring PPE records and stock, including eyecare vouchers.
• Managing and delivering OHS training.
• Assisting in carrying out site safety audits in CDM areas and site engineer’s inspections with the OHS manager.
• Creating & delivering health & safety campaigns.
In addition, as an apprentice you will be required to:
• Ensure your apprenticeship course material is completed on time and attend all sessions at the agreed intervals.
• Attend additional training where required (CCNSG, SPA
• Perform any other duties deemed necessary to meet the apprenticeship standard and improve your skills and knowledge.
Where you’ll work
Unit 8-9
Mercury Park, Mercury Way, Urmston
Manchester
M41 7LY
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
PENSHAW VIEW TRAINING LIMITED
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
Complete the Safety, Health & Environment Technician L3 Apprenticeship.
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade C/4)
- Maths (grade C/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
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Administrative skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
About this company
Bühler is active in over 140 countries and has more than 12,000 employees worldwide. Two billion people consume foods that are made with Bühler processes daily. These include flour, rice, pasta, chocolate, coffee, and beer. We are continuously working to create sustainable innovations for a better world. Our aim is to transform the world’s most pressing food and mobility challenges into sustainable technologies, process solutions and business models. Our UK business has been in operations since 1928. Our Manchester office is conveniently located in the Trafford Park area where the Health and Safety Apprentice will also be based.
https://www.buhlergroup.com/global/en/homepage.html (opens in new tab)
Company benefits
• Aegon Pension Plan • Cycle to Work Scheme • Bupa Health and Dental Cash Plan • Employee perks and discounts (Telus)
After this apprenticeship
TBC
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
PENSHAW VIEW TRAINING LIMITED
Kathryn Hewitt-Meadows
kathryn.hewitt-meadows@penshawview.co.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000315194.
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Closes in 30 days (Tuesday 20 May 2025 at 11:59pm)
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