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Warehouse Operative Apprenticeship
Gain hands-on experience in packing, labelling, shipping, and handling products while learning how a busy warehouse operates. This is a great opportunity to develop practical skills, work with a supportive team, and build a strong foundation for a career in logistics.
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you'll do at work
- Ensure that finished product stock levels within the department areas are of sufficient quantity and quality.
- Ensure that produce are of a consistently high standard.
- Ensure that they are always in clean tidy uniforms and long hair is tied up.
- Ensure that all packing equipment is being used safely and correctly and that it is cleaned and maintained.
- Ensure that a consistent packing standard of a high quality is achieved and maintained for all orders, whilst adhering to operational deadlines.
- Creative packing to optimise performance and efficiency.
- Be aware of new items, which are introduced onto the market and keep up with the latest product updates / changes.
- To initiate relevant maintenance reports and work orders supported by the respective follow up of those items actioned.
- To project a positive and motivated attitude to all customers.
- To ensure that all food products produced are required standard and quality and that they are stored and rotated correctly.
- Ensure that all labels are correctly attached, dated, and have accurate information.
- Any broken but usable stock to be put in mystery box tub, anything failing safety standards must be reported and discarded once inspected by the business owner or general manager.
- Operate all machinery safely and follow the training advice given.
- Turn off any equipment when not in use.
- Ensuring all printed material is of the correct quality.
- Reporting contaminants of finished products to general manager to be logged and assessed for recall purposes.
- Ensure all items are safely packed for transit and marked as fragile.
- Book courier collections, produce shipping labels ensuring accuracy.
- Liaise with couriers during loading.
- Pallet packing and wrapping where required.
- Ensure that weekly work schedules and annual leave planners are administered and filed correctly.
- Identify strengths, weaknesses, and training needs and provide timely feedback to the business owner & General Manager.
- Reporting any health and safety concerns urgently to a responsible person.
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Where you'll work
Unit 50-51
Tern Valley Business Park
Market Drayton
TF9 3AG
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
SBC TRAINING LIMITED
Training course
Supply chain warehouse operative (level 2)
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What you'll learn
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.
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Training schedule
This training schedule has not been finalised. Check with this employer if you’ll need to travel to a college or training location for this apprenticeship.
Desirable qualifications
- GCSE in:
- English (grade 4)
- Maths (grade 4)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
About this employer
Through investment in our people, we strive to offer exceptional service & results, in the heart of our communities. Our people make us the success we are, and we're fully committed to providing ongoing training and personal development to constantly add to their knowledge and skills.
https://lifeofrileybakery.co.uk/ (opens in new tab)
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
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).
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The contact for this apprenticeship is:
SBC TRAINING LIMITED
Colin Preece
colin.preece@sbc-training.co.uk
01743 454810
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000045416.
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