Bar and Waiting Apprenticeship
Wells & Co Bushel & Strike PP
Bushel (SG7 5LY)
Closes in 23 days (Monday 6 April 2026)
Posted on 9 March 2026
Contents
Summary
We are looking for a talented, motivated and passionate Front of House apprentice to join our teams in delivering an exceptional customer experience and a mouth-watering food offering.
- Wage
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£15,600 a year
- Training course
- Food and beverage team member (level 2)
- Hours
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Wednesday - Sunday. Shift work including evenings and weekends. Exact working days and hours TBC.
30 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 13 April 2026
- Duration
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1 year 3 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
Front of house duties include:
- Taking responsibility for the customer journey, ensuring their experience is second to none
- Taking accurate orders and working closely with kitchen staff
- Ensuring payments and receipts are correct
- Confidently recommending menu and drinks offerings
- Observing service and standards and reporting any incidents or issues
- Being a supportive and proactive team member
You will need to demonstrate:
- Previous experience working in a customer facing environment
- Enthusiasm and passion for hospitality
- The ability to deliver excellent customer service and great team work in a fast paced and pressurised environment
- A result driven and ambitious individual keen to develop your career and grow with us
What we will offer you in return:
- Competitive hourly rate + tips
- 28 days holiday
- Pension
- Food & Retail discounts
- Fun culture surrounded by a supportive team
- Free food when on shift
- 25% dining discount of all managed houses
- Great working environment and great prospects!
Where you'll work
Bushel
SG7 5LY
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
LIFETIME TRAINING GROUP LIMITED
Training course
Food and beverage team member (level 2)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Serve food and beverages to individual business standards.
- Identify opportunities and apply techniques to increase sales and improve customer experience.
- Tailors communication techniques to meet customer needs and build rapport.
- Maintain a safe, hygienic, and secure working environment.
- Comply with health and safety legislation, regulations, guidelines and procedures.
- Follow food safety and allergen legislation and procedures applicable to own role.
- Use technology and equipment in line with business policy to meet customer needs.
- Handle transactions and payments securely.
- Work as part of a team to ensure that the products and services are delivered on time and in line with business needs
- Deal with or escalate issues that impact service and customer experience, and implement any instructions given by supervisor.
- Use professional methods of communication that are tailored to different situations, and individual and team needs.
- Manages own time and workload, prioritising tasks.
- Maintain and rotate stock according to life cycle and business processes.
- Ensure equipment and technology faults and maintenance issues are reported promptly.
- Check customers are satisfied with products and services through questioning and act on feedback in line with business procedures.
- Keep up to date with changes to products and processes.
- Uses feedback to improve own performance.
- Reduces the waste of resources, taking sustainability into account, in line with business expectations.
- Follows and supports equity, diversity and inclusion legislation and principles.
- Participate in team briefings, implementing instructions, and offering input or feedback where relevant.
- Serve food and beverages to individual business standards.
- Identify opportunities and apply techniques to increase sales and improve customer experience.
- Tailors communication techniques to meet customer needs and build rapport.
- Maintain a safe, hygienic, and secure working environment.
- Comply with health and safety legislation, regulations, guidelines and procedures.
- Follow food safety and allergen legislation and procedures applicable to own role.
- Use technology and equipment in line with business policy to meet customer needs.
- Handle transactions and payments securely.
- Work as part of a team to ensure that the products and services are delivered on time and in line with business needs
- Deal with or escalate issues that impact service and customer experience, and implement any instructions given by supervisor.
- Use professional methods of communication that are tailored to different situations, and individual and team needs.
- Manages own time and workload, prioritising tasks.
- Maintain and rotate stock according to life cycle and business processes.
- Ensure equipment and technology faults and maintenance issues are reported promptly.
- Check customers are satisfied with products and services through questioning and act on feedback in line with business procedures.
- Keep up to date with changes to products and processes.
- Uses feedback to improve own performance.
- Reduces the waste of resources, taking sustainability into account, in line with business expectations.
- Follows and supports equity, diversity and inclusion legislation and principles.
- Participate in team briefings, implementing instructions, and offering input or feedback where relevant.
Training schedule
Hospitality Team Member Apprenticeship - Food and Beverage Service Level 2 including Functional Skills in maths and English.
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
Other in:
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Team Working
- Organisation Skills
About this employer
About Us! Wells & Co are a brewery and pub company focused on delivering experiences you'd recommend to friends. Our emphasis on quality and innovation keeps our consumers at the heart of everything we do. With our head office and brewery in Bedford supporting a portfolio of over 180 pubs and we pride ourselves on the individuality of our sites; each and every Wells & Co. pub you visit will offer a truly unique pub experience but with one thing in common, a warm welcome and a great pint of beer
After this apprenticeship
Ongoing support and progression.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
LIFETIME TRAINING GROUP LIMITED
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000020100.
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Closes in 23 days (Monday 6 April 2026)
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