Health and Safety Apprentice

NORTHERN COUNTIES SAFETY GROUP LTD

Durham (DH1 1TH)

Closes in 17 days (Monday 25 August 2025 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 5 August 2025

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Summary

The Trainee 'SHE' advisor is responsible for integrating into the team and working with all other staff to ensure 'NCSG members' are provided with the agreed services and advice. The Trainee SHE Advisor will receive guidance, help and support to further their skills to enable them to become a qualified Health and Safety Professional..

Wage

£30,000 a year

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£30,000.00 - £35,000.00

Training course
Safety, health and environment technician (level 3)
Hours
Monday to Friday 08:30 to 17:00. These hours are flexible and will be dependent on workload.

37 hours 30 minutes a week

Start date

Monday 8 September 2025

Duration

2 years

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

  • The Trainee SHE Advisor will receive guidance, help and support to further their skills to enable them to become a qualified Health and Safety ProfessionalThe Trainee will be enrolled on the L3 Safety, Health, and Environment Technician Apprenticeship over 24 months. Salary will be reviewed every 6 months dependent on progression and performance.
  • On successful completion of the apprenticeship, NCSG would finance the Trainee to enrol on the NEBOSH Level 6 Diploma and have a long-term aim of achieving Chartered Membership of IOSH.
  • The trainee will shadow existing Advisors, ensuring Member Companyn sites are inspected at the required schedule. Contribute to the workload as necessary to ensure the schedule is maintained.
  • NCSG will finance the trainee to enrol on the Level 3 award in Education and training, or equivalent with the expectation that they will become a Trainer delivering a variety of Health and Safety CITB accredited courses
  • Assist in carrying out accident or incident investigations and prepare detailed reports on the findings
  • Assist in promoting safe systems of work and best industry practices whenever the opportunity arises
  • Assist in advising Members and their contractors on compliance with legal and industry best standards
  • Assist the existing Advisors when developing Members risk and COSHH assessments
  • Assist Advisors when they visit members to discuss health and safety issues and to offer advice
  • Become familiar with procedures in the Training Department.

Where you'll work

Belmont Industrial Estate
Waldon House Unit 23H
Mandale Business Park
Durham
DH1 1TH

Training

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

Training provider

ZENITH PEOPLE 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

  • You will be studying a Safety, Health and Environment technician (Level 3) Apprenticeship standard over a 24-month period
  • This is a fully work-based programme - you will get allocated time to complete your apprenticeship work and also receive regular meetings with your training provider

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade 4)
  • Maths (grade 4)

Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.

Skills

  • Administrative skills
  • Analytical skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Communication skills
  • Initiative
  • IT skills
  • Logical
  • Number skills
  • Organisation skills
  • Physical fitness
  • Problem solving skills
  • Team working

Other requirements

24 days Holiday - Pension

About this employer

Health and Safety Consultancy and training in the North East. We specialise in construction Health Safety; site safety inspections, risk assessment, CDM, Noise and Vibration Measurements, Face Fit Testing, Accident Investigation. Assistance with CHAS, Safecontractor, Constructionline and other PQQ's. We have four fully qualified Safety Practitioners and are registered on the HSE's OHSCR Consultants Register and we are SSIP registered Consultants. We are an accredited CITB, IATP and PASMA training provider. We deliver the following CITB courses: 5 day SMSTS, 2 day SSSTS, 1 day HS Awareness, SEATS, Temporary Works Coordinator and Supervisor, Directors Role for HS. In addition, we can provide the following: 2 day Scaffold Inspection, Abrasive Wheels, Manual Handling, CAT Genny and First Aid

After this apprenticeship

  • On successful completion of the apprenticeship, NCSG would finance the Trainee to enrol on the NEBOSH Level 6 Diploma and have a long-term aim of achieving Chartered Membership of IOSH. NCSG will also finance the trainee to enrol on the Level 3 award in Education and training, or equivalent with the expectation that they will become a Trainer delivering a variety of HS, CITB accredited courses

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The contact for this apprenticeship is:

ZENITH PEOPLE LIMITED

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000335614.

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Closes in 17 days (Monday 25 August 2025 at 11:59pm)

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