Develop the Knowledge and Skills for a Career in Health, Safety and Wellbeing

As a Safety, Health and Environment Technician Apprentice, you'll gain hands-on experience in risk management, workplace inspections, investigations, safety campaigns, and wellbeing initiatives while working towards a nationally recognised qualification.

Most of Your Apprenticeship is Spent Working

You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.

What You'll Do at Work

• Support Health, Safety and Wellbeing initiatives across SSL sites.
• Assist with risk assessments, safe systems of work, policies and procedures.
• Undertake workplace inspections and site visits to monitor safety standards.
• Support accident and incident investigations and identify root causes.
• Help create and deliver inductions, toolbox talks, and safety training.
• Create content for health, safety, and wellbeing campaigns.
• Analyse information and present findings to support continuous improvement.
• Support the review and development of safety management systems.
• Learn to interpret and apply health and safety legislation in the workplace.
• Work with colleagues to identify hazards and promote safe working practices.

Where You'll Work

You can select which locations you want to apply for in your application on Find an apprenticeship.

This apprenticeship is available in these locations:

• SSL Hub, Electric Avenue, Aston, Birmingham, B6 7JJ
• UNIT 1, 50 SUMMER HILL ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B1 3RB

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

Training Provider

GLP TRAINING LTD

Training Course

Safety, health and environment technician (level 3)

Understanding apprenticeship levels (opens in new tab)

What You'll Learn

Course Contents

• Present and hold an audience's 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 company’s 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.