Health and Safety Apprenticeship
Taylor Support
TELFORD (TF7 4AS)
Closes on Monday 30 June 2025
Posted on 20 May 2025
Contents
Summary
The ideal candidate will be responsible for implementing and monitoring health and safety policies in the workplace. This includes conducting risk assessments, providing health and safety training to staff, and ensuring compliance in accordance with health and safety regulations.
- Wage
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£14,918.80 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
- Training course
- Safety, health and environment technician (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm.
37 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Friday 1 August 2025
- Duration
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1 year 9 months
- Positions available
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1
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you'll do at work
- Develop, review and implement health and safety policies and procedures working alongside the Health and Safety Lead
- Conduct fire drills weekly
- Conduct risk assessments and identify potential hazards in the workplace working alongside the Health and Safety Lead
- Provide health and safety training to staff members during their induction working alongside the HR Lead, such as fire evacuation procedures, fire drills, location of the first aid boxes
- Monitor compliance with health and safety regulations working alongside the Health and Safety Lead
- Prepare and present health and safety reports
- Inspect equipment and machinery to ensure they meet safety regulations
- Investigate workplace accidents and incidents alongside the Health and Safety Lead
- Replenish the first aid boxes ensuring they are always ready for use
- Develop and maintain health and safety records
- Any other admin duty as reasonably expected of the Health and Safety Apprentice
- Point of contact for staff requiring support with anything relating to Health and Safety
- Replenish and monitor the COSHH cupboard
- Support with health and safety requirements for staff – health aspects
Where you'll work
78-83
SEVERN WALK
SUTTON HILL
TELFORD
TF7 4AS
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
SR APPRENTICESHIPS LIMITED
Your 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
Your training plan
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade C or above)
- Maths (grade C or above)
- Science (grade C or above)
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
- Problem solving skills
- Administrative skills
- Team working
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
About this company
Taylor Support are a disability service that provides bespoke support to children, young people and adults in Telford and surrounding areas.
https://taylorsupport.co.uk/ (opens in new tab)
Company benefits
Free Enhanced DBS check Incremental pay increases based on service, performance and training. Employee of the quarter programme (£60 gift card). Staff referral incentive - £50.00 per referral.
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
- Progress to Health and Safety Administrator
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
Taylor Support
Chloe Joiner
chloe@taylorsupport.onmicrosoft.com
07542130466
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000320479.
Apply now
Closes on Monday 30 June 2025
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