Apprentice General Operative & Yard Labourer
National Timber Systems
Manchester (M44 5BZ)
Closes in 23 days (Saturday 30 August 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 7 August 2025
Contents
Summary
We are looking to recruit Apprentice General Operative/Yard Labourer. Full training will be given by the employer, and Apprentices will work towards achieving the L2 Supply Chain Warehouse Operative apprenticeship standard as part of their role.
- Wage
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£18,785 a year
- Training course
- Supply chain warehouse operative (level 2)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday 7.30am - 5.00pm with two 15 minute paid breaks, and a 30 minute unpaid break for lunch.
42 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Sunday 31 August 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
The sucessful candidate will be a customer focused, confident and enthusiastic individual with excellent communication skills.
Responsibilities:
- Order picking and loading customers’ as well as our company vehicles
- To give excellent customer service, ensuring that goods are booked out and in accurately
- Manually place the appropriate stock items on pallets from pick slots and racks as required
- Be a team player - assisting on goods inward, learning products, checking correct goods received and putting away correctly
- Assisting with customer sales and service – processing orders accurately and efficiently
- Assisting in the assembly of timber components to order requirements, stacking / pulling products off shelves as well as carrying products to replenish throughout the warehouse
- Checking goods inwards by the set procedures
- Putting stock away into its correct bin location, rotating on a first in first out basis
- Having a pro-active attitude to stock levels generally, advising management or specific individuals as appropriate of low or out of stock situations, or slow moving/over stocks
- Awareness of health & safety - at all times work in a safe and responsible manner so as not to endanger your colleagues, customers, stock, plant, machinery or buildings
Working hours, Benefits and Salary:
- Full time position 42.5 hours per week over 5 days
- Christmas and New Year shut down – included as part of the overall holiday entitlement
- Six weeks holiday per year (pro rata)
- Employee discount available on company products
- Free access to the company benefits, rewards, and wellbeing website, including retailer discounts and Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
Benefits:
- Bereavement leave
- Company pension
- Employee discount
- Enhanced paternity leave
- Free parking
- On-site parking
- Sick pay
Where you'll work
Liverpool Road
Cadishead
Manchester
M44 5BZ
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 carried out at the employers 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
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Number skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
- Patience
About this employer
The National Timber Group is primarily engaged in timber importing and the manufacture and merchanting of timber and related products. The National Timber Group serves a diverse and varied customer base including joiners, regional house builders, commercial companies and infrastructure projects. As a specialist supplier of timber, sheet and joinery products, with substantial warehousing, processing and distribution capabilities, the group is able to provide a broad range of high quality products on short lead times, supported by comprehensive knowledge and expertise.
After this apprenticeship
- Long term career and progression opportunities
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
SR APPRENTICESHIPS LIMITED
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000336079.
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Closes in 23 days (Saturday 30 August 2025 at 11:59pm)
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