Safety, Health & Environment Technician Apprenticeship

Summary

This is an ideal opportunity for an enthusiastic ‘hands-on’ individual to join our company and get their career as a Safety, Health & Environment Technician underway and develop on both a personal and professional level.

Annual wage

£15,990 a year

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Apprentice wage will rise each year.

Training course

Safety, health and environment technician (level 3)

Hours

Monday to Friday 07:45 till 16:45. Possible weekends.

37 hours 30 minutes a week

Possible start date

Sunday 1 June

Duration

2 years

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

HS&E visits and inspections at our premises.
Assisting departments to ensure operations are fully conversant and working in compliance with HS&E statutory obligations and the company’s HS&E management system.
Providing internal HS&E training.
Development of the HS&E Management System and controlling documentation and records.
Progressing health, safety or environment projects.
Accident and incident reporting and investigation.
Risk Assessments (Task, Manual Handling, COSHH).
Emergency Response Team Member.
Prepare Purchase Orders for PPE and First Aid items and registration of issuing PPE.
Planning waste collections.

Where you’ll work

The Docks

Falmouth

Cornwall

TR11 4NR

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

CORNWALL MARINE NETWORK 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

You will complete a ‘Level 3 Safety, Health and Environment Technician’ apprenticeship at the workplace with support from CMN Training. Typical duration of the training is 24 months.

More training information

You will receive on and off the job training and support from an assessor and an apprenticeship advisor.

Requirements

Desirable qualifications

GCSE in:

English & Maths (grade 4 (minimum))

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
Presentation skills
Administrative skills
Number skills
Analytical skills
Logical
Team working
Creative
Initiative
Non judgemental
Patience
Non Judgmental
Tolerant

Other requirements

A&P Falmouth (Falmouth Docks) is a ship repair and refit yard. The successful candidate will be working on board ships in the dry dock, outside the ships in the dock bottom as well as in and around the dock yard and engineering workshops. The dock yard runs 365 days a year, 24 hours a day.

About this company

A&P Falmouth is part of the A&P Group, we are a Ship repair facility operating 3 dry docks as well as Port Operations and Marine Designs. With a proud history of quality driven Engineering Excellence spanning six decades from three strategic locations in the UK, A&P remain committed to our workforce and being a partner of choice to all of our customers.

https://www.ap-group.co.uk/ (opens in new tab)

Company benefits

Pension Scheme Cycle to work Scheme (subject to eligibility) Extra curricular activities

After this apprenticeship

The progression route on successfull completion of the apprenticship will be to train as a H&S Advisor.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

A & P FALMOUTH LIMITED

Dave Mayle

david.mayle@ap-group.co.uk

07821842356

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000292326.

Apply now

Closes on Monday 10 March

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Company’s application instructions

The application process starts with the application form which is accessed through the A&P website. These applications are then filtered down and the successful candidates will be invited down to A&P Falmouth for an interview.

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