Apprentice Warehouse Operative & Removals Porter

INSTANT HOME LTD

HUNTINGDON, PE28 2DY

Closes on Monday 11 November

Posted on 11 September 2024

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Summary

This is an important role which ensures that furniture is delivered safely and installed as per the client’s requirements while maintaining a safe, tidy and well-organised warehouse. The successful candidate to be physically fit and would suit someone who completes regular exercise. The lifting of furniture and goods is a physically demanding job.

Annual wage
£12,675 a year

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Training course
Supply chain warehouse operative (level 2)
Hours
Monday - Friday, between 9.00am to 5.00pm. Flexibility is crucial as early starts and occasional late finishes are required. Overtime will be paid at the standard rate of pay.

37 hours a week

Possible start date

Wednesday 13 November

Duration

1 Year

Positions available

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

  • Coordinate tasks and workload for all deliveries and collections
  • Report any issues or problems to the Senior Warehouse Operative
  • Prepare and check outbound customer orders
  • Check out all stock items using the handheld device (following training)
  • Complete delivery/collection paperwork to a consistently high standard and handle stock with the utmost care at all times
  • Maintain a clean and safe working environment
  • General warehouse housekeeping and waste management

Where you’ll work

TWO HOOTS FARM

SAWTRY WAY

WYTON

HUNTINGDON

PE28 2DY

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

CAMBRIDGE REGIONAL COLLEGE

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.

    • Your training plan

    • You will be trained in Supply Chain Operator Level 2 Standard with in-house training to be delivered at work, including safe use of equipment and machinery
    • Functional Skills in maths and English, if required 
    • How to use warehouse systems and processes relating to packaging, moving and receiving stock
    • Safely and efficiently load and unload items

    Requirements

    Essential qualifications

    GCSE or equivalent in:

    • English (grade 3)
    • Maths (grade 3)

    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
    • Administrative skills
    • Number skills
    • Logical
    • Team working
    • Initiative
    • Physical fitness

    Other requirements

    A uniform will be provided in compliance with all company procedures This is a customer facing role which requires excellent customer service and the ability to sympathetically deal with people at a stressful time when they are moving or relocating, for example. How will you travel to work ?

    About this company

    Instant Home Ltd is a First Class Furniture Hire Company. We specialise in the provision of quality, stylish home furniture hire. We have been assisting expatriates, repatriating professionals, emergency insurance claimants, tenants, landlords and property developers for well over a decade now. Our complete furniture rental service operates throughout the UK and we pride ourselves on a refreshingly flexible approach based on old fashioned customer service values

    After this apprenticeship

    • As the Company grows, there may be other career progression opportunities available for the right candidate

    Ask a question

    The contact for this apprenticeship is:

    CAMBRIDGE REGIONAL COLLEGE

    Camilla

    01223 418778

    The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000276109.

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    Closes on Monday 11 November

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