Health, Safety and Environment Apprentice
Health and Care Professions Council
London (SE11 4BU)
Closes in 27 days (Friday 13 June 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 16 May 2025
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Summary
This is an excellent opportunity to gain hands-on experience in both health & safety and administrative functions within an organization. You will receive training and mentorship to develop your skills and gain relevant qualifications. You will assist in ensuring compliance with health & safety regulations while also supporting reception duties.
- Wage
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£20,000 a year
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The salary is between £20,000 and £22,000 per annum depending on experience and qualifications
- Training course
- Safety, health and environment technician (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday on site, shifts TBC.
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 28 July 2025
- Duration
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1 year 6 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
Key Responsibilities:
- Assist in conducting workplace risk assessments and identifying hazards
- Support the development and implementation of health and safety policies and procedures
- Monitor and maintain health and safety records, including incident reports and risk assessments
- Participate in workplace inspections and audits, ensuring compliance with H&S legislation
- Assist in investigating accidents and near misses, contributing to root cause analysis
Where you'll work
Park House
184 Kennington Park Road
London
SE11 4BU
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
RHG CONSULT LTD
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
During your apprenticeship you will undergo remote learning through live webinars, forums, one to ones with a dedicated learning coach. You will receive constant feedback and coaching through RHG’s team of experienced learning coaches. You will gain the Level 3 Safety Health and Environment Technician Standard qualification, an IOSH approved Accident Investigation Certificate. You will be eligible to apply to the Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) for Tech IOSH status on successful completion of your programme.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
Maths & English (grade A*/9 to C/5)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
- Presentation skills
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
Other requirements
You should be willing to complete a Level 3 Health & Safety qualification and the relevant apprenticeship training as well as First Aid training Fire Warden training.
About this company
At HCPC, we protect the public by regulating 15 health and care professions in the UK. We have produced an animation to explain how we operate and how the HCPC benefits both registrants and service users.
After this apprenticeship
Once qualified the apprentice may apply for Tech IOSH and look to progress to higher levels in health and safety
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
RHG CONSULT LTD
Sandra Memudu
recruitment@hcpc-uk.org
44(0)3005006184
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000321104.
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Closes in 27 days (Friday 13 June 2025 at 11:59pm)
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