Safety, Health and Environment Apprentice
LANES GROUP PLC
Rainham (RM13 9YY)
Closes in 7 days (Thursday 13 August 2026)
Posted on 6 August 2026
Contents
Summary
As a Safety, Health and Environment Apprentice, you’ll help make sure everyone at work stays safe and the business follows important rules and regulations. You’ll work with different teams across the organisation, supporting them to understand risks, work safely and protect the environment.
- Wage
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£22,048 a year
- Training course
- Safety, health and environment technician (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday
6am - 2pm
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Thursday 24 September 2026
- 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
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide advice and guidance to managers and employees on health, safety and environmental requirements
- Support the implementation of company policies, procedures and legal requirements
- Promote safe and responsible working practices across the organisation
- Assist in identifying workplace hazards and supporting risk assessments
- Help monitor compliance with health, safety and environmental regulations
- Support audits, inspections and checks to ensure standards are maintained
- Assist in developing, reviewing and maintaining safe systems of work
- Support the implementation of SHE management systems and processes
- Help ensure procedures are followed consistently across operational activities
- Support delivery of training sessions, inductions and toolbox talks
- Communicate key safety messages clearly to different audiences
- Help build awareness and understanding of SHE practices across teams
- Assist in the investigation of accidents, incidents and near misses
- Support gathering information, analysing data and identifying trends
- Help produce reports and present findings to the management team
- Identify opportunities to improve workplace safety and environmental performance
- Support initiatives that promote a positive safety culture
- Contribute ideas to improve processes, behaviours and compliance
- Work closely with managers, employees and external stakeholders
- Support building a culture where safety and environmental responsibility are prioritised
- Influence safe behaviours and challenge unsafe practices where appropriate
- Complete all required apprenticeship training and off-the-job learning
- Participate in regular reviews with line manager and training provider
- Apply learning in the workplace to develop SHE knowledge, skills and behaviours
Where you'll work
16 Lamson Road
Rainham
RM13 9YY
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)
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
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- Maths (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
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Administrative skills
- Team working
About this employer
Lanes Group is the largest independent National Drainage Company. We have over 2200 employees across the country working on a number of different contracts, which include Thames Water, Severn Trent Water, United Utilities. We have a £200 million+ turnover.
After this apprenticeship
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).
Training, H&S Administrator, H&S Advisor
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
LANES GROUP PLC
Marlie
Marlie.Barbour@lanesgroup.co.uk
07397974248
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000046839.
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Closes in 7 days (Thursday 13 August 2026)
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