Logistical Services Apprentice
Chester Zoo
Chester Zoo (CH21LH)
Closes in 31 days (Saturday 30 August 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 29 July 2025
Contents
Summary
Our Logistical Services Apprentices will play a key role working as part of our professional Animal & Plant Logistical Services team, to ensure the highest standards of service to support our world-class animal collection. A full UK driving licence is required for this role, due to travelling between sites using company vehicles.
- 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
- Supply chain warehouse operative (level 2)
- Hours
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40 hours per week - 7am - 3.30pm, worked 10 days out of 14, including weekends and Bank Holidays as rostered.
37 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Sunday 31 August 2025
- Duration
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2 years
- 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
The Apprentice role is in our Animal and Plant Logistical Services team (APLS) who supply animal feed to the zoo teams. A full UK driving licence is required for this role, due to travelling between sites using company vehicles.
During your apprenticeship, you will have the opportunity to:
- Work alongside the logistics team, liaising with the Animal Keeping staff and Animal Nutritionist to understand the supply needs of the varying departments and how the team ensures that stock levels meet the requirement needs.
- Experience working with the insect breeding colony and assisting with animal quarantine duties.
- Understand and develop the logistical skills required to plan routes to deliver produce daily to the relevant zones across the zoo.
- Assist with the management of animal waste from the site using skip loaders.
- Be trained on tractor-based equipment such as front loaders, trailers, and grass mowers.
- Understand the interdepartmental communications that are needed to be effective within a logistical role and the record keeping that follows
- Grow your knowledge of the appropriate rules, regulations, and processes for safely and efficiently moving produce.
A full UK driving licence is required for this role, due to travelling between sites using company vehicles.
Where you'll work
The North of England Zoological
Society
Cedar House
Chester Zoo
CH21LH
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
SR APPRENTICESHIPS LIMITED
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.
Training schedule
All training will be delivered on site at the employer's location.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade C/4 or above)
- Maths (grade C/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
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
- Physical fitness
Other requirements
A full UK driving licence is required with no more than 6 points. GCSE English & Maths at grade C/4 or above or equivalents.
About this employer
We are Chester Zoo and we are mission motivated, passionate people, working together to be the best. We opened in 1931 by founder, George Mottershead who wanted to create the first UK zoo without bars. We are home to over 20,000 animals across our 128 acre site and have over 2 million visitors a year. Our mission is to prevent extinction; it’s a bold statement but we are confident that by working together and with our partners we can make a difference to wildlife here in the UK and the world.
Company benefits
Staff pass to visit the zoo during time off + multiple tickets for friends and family. Discounted gym pass. Discounts on cinema tickets, restaurants + major shops. Pension scheme with generous employer contributions. Employee assistance programme.
After this apprenticeship
Long-term career opportunities.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
SR APPRENTICESHIPS LIMITED
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000334032.
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Closes in 31 days (Saturday 30 August 2025 at 11:59pm)
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