Building Safety Apprentice
Citizen Housing Group Limited
Coventry (CV4 9AJ)
Closes in 23 days (Friday 22 August 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 29 July 2025
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Summary
In Building Safety & Compliance you can make a real difference, the role will involve supporting the Commercial & Operational team.
- Wage
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£14,526.20 to £23,492.04, depending on your age
National Minimum Wage
- Training course
- Safety, health and environment technician (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday 9am-5pm
37 hours a week
- Start date
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Friday 12 September 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
In Building Safety & Compliance you can make a real difference, the role of Contract & Commercial Administrator will involve:
- Assist Contract Officers & Contract Managers with running reports such as live file
- As required query with team member’s chargeable and quoted works and ensure authorisation pathways are adhered to, and ensure items are passed to other authorisers next in line in a timely manner
- To update Citizens in-house system when job sheets and service certificates are received
- Ensure works orders are raised to the correct contractor and against the correct budget
- Work with the Commercial Manager to ensure the 30-year plan is kept up to date with all information being loaded against attributes at time of replacement
- To support the Commercial Team to enable continuity of these functions during periods of absence
Where you'll work
192 Torrington Avenue
Coventry
CV4 9AJ
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
PENSHAW VIEW TRAINING LIMITED
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
Training schedule
- Training will take place through a virtual classroom at your place of work
- You will be assigned a trainer to work with throughout the programme
- Safety, health and environment technician (Level 3) apprenticeship standard
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4/C)
- maths (grade 4/C)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
- Administrative skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
- Patience
Other requirements
Previous experience of working with customers is required, along with IT skills in order to input and retrieve data. Role will be based in Torrington Office in Coventry until Spring/Summer next year then move to Birmingham Business Park.
About this employer
We’re committed to providing services that meet people’s different needs and building staff awareness and understanding of individual needs. Join our team and play a part in making a real difference to people’s lives. We are an employer of choice and homes are our foundation of life.
https://www.citizenhousing.org.uk (opens in new tab)
Company benefits
•Annual leave starts at 25 days per year plus bank holidays •Annual leave purchase scheme, option to buy up to an additional 5 days per year •Enhanced family leave •Organisational Sick Pay •Generous Pension Scheme
After this apprenticeship
- Possibility of moving onto higher safety qualification within role
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
PENSHAW VIEW TRAINING LIMITED
Kathryn Hewitt-Meadows
kathryn.hewitt-meadows@penshawview.co.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000334436.
Apply now
Closes in 23 days (Friday 22 August 2025 at 11:59pm)
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