Materials Processing Plant Operator Apprenticeship
HEIDELBERG MATERIALS LIMITED
Chipping Sodbury (BS37 7UU)
Closes on Monday 1 September 2025
Posted on 29 July 2025
Contents
Summary
Would you like to learn how to operate and maintain large machinery (mobile / static plant), develop health and safety knowledge, gain practical skills, earning while learning? Our Materials Processing Plant Operative Apprenticeship enables this working with an experienced team introducing you to the Mineral Products Industry
- Wage
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£24,956.10 a year
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27 days Holidays; Pension with generous employer contributions; Access to Private Health Insurance; Online employee discount platform - save money on groceries, electronics, holidays etc. Voluntary Life Assurance; Cycle to Work Scheme
- Training course
- Material processing plant operator (level 2)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday, 07:00 - 16:00
Overtime as required.
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 22 September 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
Primarily based outside, you will learn something new daily:
- learning to operate and maintain the integrity of the mobile / static plants in a safe and proper manner
- Dealing with spillages
- Maintenance and repair
- Operating various mobile plant equipment
- Completing daily inspections and reporting any faults
- Adhering to health, safety and company rules and regulations
- Undertaking general maintenance works as required
- other duties within scope as per Site Management recommendations
Where you'll work
Heidelberg Materials
Wickwar Road
Chipping Sodbury
BS37 7UU
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
TARMAC TRADING LIMITED
Training course
Material processing plant operator (level 2)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Conduct pre-start checks of plant equipment.
- Conduct post operation checks of plant equipment.
- Identify and report environmental issues of work undertaken.
- Conduct maintenance activities such as planned, preventative, predictive or reactive.
- Use materials, fluids or lubricants required for operation and maintenance.
- Monitor stock levels.
- Monitor end product quality and report issues.
- Carry out and record learning and development activities.
- Comply with health and safety procedures in compliance with regulations and standards. Comply with safe systems of work.
- Follow procedures in line with environmental and sustainability regulations, standards, and guidance.
- Lock off and isolate equipment or systems using Lockout, Tag out, Try out (LOTOTO) procedures.
- Follow equality, diversity and inclusion procedures.
- Identify, organise and use resources to complete tasks, with consideration for cost, quality, safety, security and environmental impact.
- Communicate with others verbally for example colleagues and stakeholders.
- Record or enter information - paper based or electronic. For example, energy usage, risk assessments, equipment service records, handover documents and manufacturers' documentation, checklists, pre-start and post operation check records, waste records.
- Identify and take action when observing unsafe practice.
- Carry out risk assessments.
- Applies team working principles.
- Follow handover procedures.
- Use mobile plant equipment to transport materials identified for production.
- Operate mobile plant.
- Select and checks mobile equipment or attachment.
- Identify and report issues with raw materials such as contamination.
- Process products.
- Operate static plant to produce a manufactured product.
- Complete inspection of raw materials.
- Monitor static plant processing and adjust tolerances.
- Follow emergency stop procedures.
- Calibrate equipment prior to use.
- Check and confirm raw materials into the correct location.
- Conduct pre-start checks of plant equipment.
- Conduct post operation checks of plant equipment.
- Identify and report environmental issues of work undertaken.
- Conduct maintenance activities such as planned, preventative, predictive or reactive.
- Use materials, fluids or lubricants required for operation and maintenance.
- Monitor stock levels.
- Monitor end product quality and report issues.
- Carry out and record learning and development activities.
- Comply with health and safety procedures in compliance with regulations and standards. Comply with safe systems of work.
- Follow procedures in line with environmental and sustainability regulations, standards, and guidance.
- Lock off and isolate equipment or systems using Lockout, Tag out, Try out (LOTOTO) procedures.
- Follow equality, diversity and inclusion procedures.
- Identify, organise and use resources to complete tasks, with consideration for cost, quality, safety, security and environmental impact.
- Communicate with others verbally for example colleagues and stakeholders.
- Record or enter information - paper based or electronic. For example, energy usage, risk assessments, equipment service records, handover documents and manufacturers' documentation, checklists, pre-start and post operation check records, waste records.
- Identify and take action when observing unsafe practice.
- Carry out risk assessments.
- Applies team working principles.
- Follow handover procedures.
Training schedule
- Level 2 Materials Processing Plant Operator Apprenticeship
- MPQC (Mineral Products Qualifications Council) Accredited
- Opportunities to learn on the job in an operational environment
- Trained and qualified to operate mobile or static plant
- Combination of internally delivered on site training and external training delivered by a specialist industry training provider, as per requirements of the apprenticeship and within working hours
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4 or Above)
- Maths (grade 4 or above)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Problem solving skills
- Team working
- Physical fitness
- Full Driver's License
Other requirements
Due to the nature of this role and in order to comply with our health and safety policies and procedures all applicants must be at least 18 years old and have a full driver's license by their contract start date.
About this employer
Working at Heidelberg Materials UK is about being part of One Team. We operate over 280 manufacturing and distribution sites in the UK and employ more than 3,500 people in a wide range of roles from production workers, plant operators, technicians and drivers to sales, IT, engineering and finance managers. We are part of Heidelberg Materials, one of the world's largest integrated manufacturers of building materials and solutions. We are represented in more than 50 countries with around 51,000 employees at almost 3,000 locations.Our aim is to be a leading sustainable business and we are committed to being fair, respectful and inclusive and are an equal opportunities employer. We exceed customer expectations through an engaged team that is professional, responsible and reliable. We believe in working safely and sustainably, focusing on a zero-harm workplace and our ambitious target to reduce our CO2 emissions by 50 per cent by 2030. Our employees understand that we do much more than just produce materials: we are vital to ensuring roads can be built and maintained; we manufacture the concrete foundations for buildings such as schools and hospitals; and we are part of major infrastructure projects that will shape the future of the UK.
https://www.careers.heidelbergmaterials.co.uk/en (opens in new tab)
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
- Ongoing training and development and opportunities to help further your career
- We can offer clear career pathways, with access to multiple opportunities across our business, so if this sounds like the right opportunity for you then please apply online now
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
TARMAC TRADING LIMITED
recruitment@uk.heidelbergmaterials.com
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000333638.
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Closes on Monday 1 September 2025
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