Apprentice Warehouse Operative - REF 14834

FURNITURE COMPONENTS UK LTD

Rossendale (BB4 6JG)

Closes on Friday 10 October 2025

Posted on 10 July 2025


Summary

Furniture Components UK in Rawtenstall are recruiting for an Apprentice Warehouse Operative. The successful candidate will work towards completing a Level 2 Supply Chain Warehouse Operative apprenticeship over the duration of 15 months

Wage

£14,918.80 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

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Training course
Supply chain warehouse operative (level 2)
Hours
8:30am - 5:00pm Monday - Thursday, 1 hour unpaid lunch

37 hours 30 minutes a week

Start date

Friday 17 October 2025

Duration

1 year 4 months

Positions available

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

  • To assist in & learn all warehouse activities
  • Goods in / out
  • Stock handling
  • Cabinet construction
  • Product quality checking
  • Order picking
  • All relevant paperwork processes

Where you'll work

Unit 1, Gateway Business Park
New Hall Hey Road
Rossendale
BB4 6JG

Training

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

College or training organisation

NORTH LANCS. TRAINING GROUP CIC

Your 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.
  • 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.

Your training plan

  • Level 2 Supply Chain Warehouse Operative
  • Functional skills 
  • Work based learning 

Requirements

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

  • Attention to detail
  • Physical fitness
  • Reading and writing skills
  • Ambition to learn new skills

About this company

Experience in the furniture industry is more than 25 years. We have thousands of feet of warehouse space in the UK dedicated to providing a fast and efficient service for our customers. Whether you are manufacturing, retailing or trading, we will be pleased to be of service to you and also welcome volume enquiries. You will find our product portfolio is extensive and continually developing. Our products are sourced from several countries, ranging from Europe to the Far East. From our ‘Value Line’ product to the highly valued brands of Bosch, Duropal and Astracast, to name a few, you will find that we have many products to meet your requirements.

After this apprenticeship

Progression onto full time employment.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

NORTH LANCS. TRAINING GROUP CIC

Recruitment

recruitment@nltg.co.uk

01254395355

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000330957.

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Closes on Friday 10 October 2025

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