Health & Safety Apprentice

Cheshire West and Chester Council

Ellesmere Port, CH65 0BA

Closes in 21 days (Sunday 12 January)

Posted on 17 December 2024

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Summary

Our Health & Safety team presents this exciting early career pathway for a Health & Safety Apprentice. We offer an outstanding salary, extensive reward, benefits package and a permanent position. This apprenticeship enables a chance to develop the skills and knowledge to become a Health & Safety Administrator.

• Annual wage: £23,656 a year

  Minimum wage rates (opens in new tab)

  CWAC Apprentice wages is based on The National Joint Council for Local Government Services agreements on current pay rates. On successful completion of the apprenticeship you will progress to the substantive post of Health & Safety Administrator.

• Training course: Safety, health and environment technician (level 3)
• Hours: This role is classed as ‘agile’ which means that the post holder’s primary base will be to work from home, as well as at Council offices and across the Borough, as required, Monday to Friday, pattern of hours to be discussed at interview.

  37 hours a week

• Possible start date:

  Monday 3 February

• Duration:

  1 year 3 months

• 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

The Health and Safety Apprentice is a key role within Cheshire West and Chester Councils Companies, Compliance and Assurance service, part of the Health & Safety team within our Governance Directorate.

This apprentice role offers the opportunity to develop valuable experience of working within a busy Health & Safety environment and acquire the skills and knowledge to become a Health & Safety Administrator.

The Health and Safety Apprentice will provide a wide range of essential administrative and Health & Safety support activities to assist the Companies Compliance and Assurance service.

This apprenticeship with have a line manager, workplace mentor, inclusive employment manager and a dedicated apprentice programme tutor.

On successful completion of the apprenticeship, and review of performance, the post holder will progress to the substantive post of Health & Safety Administrator.

Notwithstanding the detail in this Job Role Profile, the job holder will undertake such work as may be determined by the Manager from time to time, up to or at a level consistent with the Principal Responsibilities of the job.

This role is classed as ‘agile’ which means that the post holder’s primary base will be to work from home, as well as at Council offices and across the Borough, as required.

Apprenticeship Level 3 Safety, Health and Environment Technician will typically last 15 months, End Point Assessment duration 4 months. Upon completion learners will be able to join the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) at Tech IOSH level.

With appropriate support and supervision, the Apprentice will:

• Provide support to the H&S Team when undertaking audits, inspections, reviews, accident investigations and training etc
• Collate information as requested by H&S Team so that accurate and up to date H&S data supports management and services decisions
• Respond to more straight-forward and routine H&S queries from staff and managers, including via teams and the H&S Mailbox
• Support team projects by providing relevant information as requested, e.g. statistics, previous reports, surveys, events etc.
• Support H&S Team with SharePoint sites updates and maintenance of information, guidance updates including formatting and promotion of updates via communication channels
• Creating PowerPoint presentations and flowcharts from information provided
• Support the training offer of the H&S Team including i-learning packages etc.
• Provide support to team for any staff events or engagement activities such as health and safety week
• Support H&S team in ensuring accidents and incidents are effectively reported across the Council via, toolbox talks and communications

Where you’ll work

The Portal

Wellington Road

Ellesmere Port

CH65 0BA

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

SR APPRENTICESHIPS 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

Safety, Health and Environment Technician Level 3 Apprenticeship Standard:

• 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
• Delivery of the 20% will be on MS Teams

More training information

Once you have employed and have gone through your team induction, a training plan meeting will be arranged, you will meet your tutor alongside your line manager. An apprenticeship training plan contains in-depth details about the programme length and content. It also ensures the dedication of all parties to the apprenticeship programme.

The training plan also contains a full rundown of the programme including content and delivery.

The apprenticeship training plan template should outline:

• Commitments of employer and training provider and what the learner can expect
• The start and planned end date of the apprenticeship programme
  Expectations and commitments of the learner whilst in training and employment
• Confirmation of eligibility
• Details of the learner, employer, training provider, and End-point Assessment Organisation
• The process for solving queries or complaints
• Learning schedule, including modules, delivery, and assessment details

It’s also important to note that the plan of apprenticeship training should be a live document and if any changes are made to it by the learner, employer or provider it would need to be resigned and confirmed by all parties.

Requirements

Desirable qualifications

GCSE in:

• English (grade 9-4 C-A*)
• Maths (grade 9-4 C-A*)

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
• Number skills
• Analytical skills
• Logical
• Team working
• Creative
• Initiative
• Non judgemental
• Patience

Other requirements

Not every candidate will meet every single desired requirement. If your experience looks a little different from what we've identified and you think you can bring value to the role, we'd love to learn more about you! We’re always looking to improve our diversity within our teams services, we would welcome applications from underrepresented groups.

About this company

Play your part towards a stronger future at Cheshire West and Chester Council. We believe a stronger future where we all play our part in thriving, caring and sustainable communities. Grow your career, make a difference at Cheshire West and Chester Council. We pride ourselves and doing things differently. Our Council provides vital services which touch all aspects of people’s lives every day. We are driven by doing things differently, working on a wide variety of exciting change programmes to tackle challenges across our borough. With almost 3,500 employees, we are responsible for well known services such as , museums, libraries, environment operations, transport and highways, social care, schools, housing, planning and waste collection, but there is much more to what we do such as supporting businesses, registering births, and marriages, pest control , supporting careers in finance, legal, data and more!

https://www.cwcrecruitment.co.uk/ (opens in new tab)

Company benefits

We embrace flexible ways of working. This is in addition to a generous Pension Scheme, working reward scheme, discounted gym membership, retail discounts, Cycle 2 Work scheme and Employee Assistance Programme, but to name a few!

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

• On successful completion of the apprenticeship, and review of performance, the post holder will progress to the substantive post of Health & Safety Administrator

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

SR APPRENTICESHIPS LIMITED

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000292500.

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Closes in 21 days (Sunday 12 January)

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Company’s application instructions

Please follow the advert link, be sure to study the apprentice Job Role Profile, apprentice responsibilities, apprenticeship qualification and the end point assessment carefully as the purpose of this application form is to initially assess whether or not you have the passion, skills, qualities and attributes to learn and perform the role, please refer to Job Role Profile in answering the application questions and feel free to express yourself as much as possible in your answers.