Health and Safety Apprentice
TOWN AND COUNTRY HOUSING GROUP
Kent (TN1 1LQ)
Closes in 23 days (Thursday 16 July 2026)
Posted on 23 June 2026
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Summary
You’ll have strong communication skills, attention to detail, and a willingness to learn, gaining hands-on experience while building knowledge across h&s functions. You’ll develop practical skills, work towards a recognised qualification, and play a key role in supporting a safe and compliant working environment.
- Wage
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£24,479 a year
- Training course
- Safety, health and environment technician (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday, 9.00am to 5.00pm.
35 hours a week
- Start date
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Tuesday 1 September 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
- You will provide administrative and practical support to the Health & Safety and Compliance team
- Helping to maintain accurate records, update systems, and support incident investigations
- You’ll assist with preparing risk assessments, managing data, coordinating meetings, and responding to queries, while also gaining experience through site visits and training
- Working closely with colleagues and partners, you’ll contribute to improving health and safety performance and ensuring services are efficient, compliant, and focused on keeping people safe
Where you'll work
Monson House
Monson Way
Tunbridge Wells
Kent
TN1 1LQ
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
COMPASS SKILLS TRAINING LIMITED
Training course
Safety, health and environment technician (level 3)
Understanding apprenticeship levels (opens in new tab)
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
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade Grade C/4 or above)
- Maths (grade 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
- Administrative skills
- Team working
- Initiative
About this employer
We provide more than 13,000 affordable homes in local authority areas across Kent, Surrey and Sussex. Over the years we have invested heavily in our homes, and continue to do so as part of the Peabody Group.
After this apprenticeship
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).
A career within health and safety.
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The contact for this apprenticeship is:
COMPASS SKILLS TRAINING LIMITED
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000038441.
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Closes in 23 days (Thursday 16 July 2026)
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