Warehouse Operative Apprentice

Summary

This is a great opportunity to join a supportive and hard-working team at our warehouse in Egham. You will have the opportunity to gain hands-on experience of picking and packing shipments which travel to our clients across the world. You will be offered the necessary training on Health and Safety as well as the policies in place in the warehouse.

Wage

£17,000 a year

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£17,000-£21,000

Training course

Supply chain warehouse operative (level 2)

Hours

40 hours a week, 9 hour day with 1 hour lunch break. rotational shifts between 7am-7pm (typical shift would be 8.30am-5.30pm).

40 hours a week

Start date

Monday 26 May 2025

Duration

1 year 1 month

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

proAV are a leading global audio visual integrator, providing AV and event services across multiple client partnerships globally.

Our immediate requirement is for a Warehouse Operative Apprentice to be a key part of our Egham team. Start your journey to becoming a proficient warehouse operative, developing a knowledge of day-to-day tasks, including safe handling of goods and the accuracy of picking products and processing them ready for shipment.

This is an exciting opportunity for a Warehouse Operative Apprentice to join an established operation with scope to drive and enhance the service at every opportunity.

Key Responsibilities:

Learn and become familiar with all departmental policies and processes and support the team ensuring they are followed.
Familiarise yourself with the process bringing "Goods in" for all deliveries, ensuring this is done efficiently and accurately.
Learn how to pick goods from the order paperwork, ensuring this is processed accurately.
Become familiar with how stock is located in the warehouse, making sure that it is stored safely and recorded accurately on the system.
Ensuring daily pick requests are completed on time and are accurate. This covers both internal and external pick requests for equipment, consumables and any other requested items.
Ensure returns are processed correctly and coordinated with the Returns team.
Investigate and report on missing items or pick queries.
Ensuring deliveries and collections to and from proAV House are processed correctly and on time.
Learn about the vesting requests, when the goods are identified and clearly marked, including photos and coordination with requestors.
Conduct and support annual stocktake.
Liaising with different departments within the business to ensure that deadlines are achieved, and communications are effective.
Familiarise yourself with the Health and Safety rules and polices and ensure they are applied at all times.
Conduct best practice on housekeeping, ensuring the warehouse environment is kept safe, clean and tidy at all times.
Able to work alone but also able as part of a team.
A methodical and tidy approach.
Familiarity with modern warehousing practices and methods.
Performing warehouse inventory controls and rolling stock checks.

Where you’ll work

Unit 4
Beta Way
Egham
TW20 8RE

Training

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

College or training organisation

WEIR TRAINING 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

The candidate will complete an apprenticeship within the agreed subject for the vacancy. This may include a BTEC Diploma/Standard and End-Point Assessment. It may also include Functional Skills in Maths and English.

The apprentice at the end of this qualification will achieve a Level 2 Supply Chain Warehouse Operative Apprenticeship Standard.

On the job training as part of induction will include, Health & Safety Essentials, IT & Security (including GDPR), Diversity & Inclusion, Sexual Harassment, Modern Slavery, Environmental, Social and Governance.

On the job training provided for the Warehouse will include, Manual Handling, Ladder Safety, Working at Height, Slips, Trips and Falls, Reporting a Hazard.

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
Organisation skills
Logical
Team working
Physical fitness
Flexibility in the role

About this company

proAV designs, integrates and supports blended technology solutions with AV, UC and beyond including end-to-end services and 24/7/365 support to enhance global collaboration and empower your world of communication. We are recognised as one of the AV industry’s most powerful international delivery and support operations trusted by a varied client base in more than 80 countries across 6 continents. To date, we have completed 700+ projects outside of the UK that meets the demands and challenges of a globalised marketplace, keeping the lines of communication and collaboration open. From our state-of-the-art Customer Services Centre and Video Network Operations Centre (VNOC) our dedicated teams manage, monitor and protect our global clients’ business-critical AV systems architecture, products and technologies 24/7/365.

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Company benefits

-23 Days Annual Leave (increasing to 25 days after 3 years of service) -Company pension scheme (Salary Sacrifice) -Life Assurance Scheme -Private Medical Insurance (after 1 years' service) -Free eye test and discount at Specsavers

After this apprenticeship

There are plenty of opportunities for progression within the department, including a supervisor position. There may also be opportunities in the wider business that may be of interest.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

WEIR TRAINING LIMITED

Matt Noyce

mnoyce@weirtraining.co.uk

07885 881069

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000316336.

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Closes on Thursday 22 May 2025

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