Safety, Health and Environment Technician Apprentice

To support the Health & Safety and Business Systems Manager in maintaining and continually improving the company’s integrated management systems relating to health & safety, quality, environment, energy, and sustainability.

Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.

Responsibilities

• Promote and reinforce a positive health and safety culture across all areas of the business.
• Support the maintenance of the company’s integrated management systems, including associated administrative tasks.
• Review accident, incident, near‑miss, and environmental reports and assist with investigations.
• Control waste documentation and maintain waste contractor matrices and waste inventories.
• Monitor employee training matrices and organise required training with approved providers.
• Assist with workplace risk assessments, inspections, and internal audits.
• Maintain and update the COSHH substance inventory using current safety data sheets.
• Assist with maintaining compliance with the legal register and internal company procedures.
• Monitor and maintain the site asset register, including calibration records and statutory inspection requirements.
• Assist with preparation for external audits relating to ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001, ISO 50001, and EcoVadis sustainability assessments.
• Assist with the collation, analysis, and presentation of SHE and business systems performance data.
• Provide health and safety inductions and review information for approved contractors.
• Assist with the completion and review of supplier compliance questionnaires.
• Maintain personal and professional competence to meet the changing demands of the role, including participation in relevant training and development activities.
• Actively participate in the apprenticeship programme, including completion of assigned actions, targets, off‑the‑job training requirements, regular progress reviews, and preparation for end‑point assessment.
• Handle all communications, either verbal or written, in a professional manner and maintain all records and personal workstation in a neat and tidy manner.
• Undertake any other reasonable duties as requested by your supervisor, manager or other senior management. The performance of these duties is subject to you having the requisite skills/training to carry out the requested task.
• Comply with the Health & Safety, Environmental, Quality and HR policies and procedures as set out by the company and in line with your current responsibilities. For further information seek advice from your manager or supervisor.

Requirements

• 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.

Benefits

• Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training.
• You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
• Potential progression after completion of apprenticeship however, this is not guaranteed.

About GB Lubricants

• You will be studying a Safety, Health and Environment technician (Level 3) Apprenticeship standard over a 24-month period.
• This is a fully work-based programme you will get allocated time to complete your apprenticeship work and also receive regular meetings with your training provider.

Contact

• Training provider: ZENITH TRAINING LIMITED
• Training course: Safety, health and environment technician (level 3)
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What you'll learn

• 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