Brewer Apprenticeship
CAMERONS BREWERY LIMITED
Cleveland (TS24 7QS)
Closes in 24 days (Friday 12 September 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 19 August 2025
Contents
Summary
We are looking for a school/college leaver who would like to join Camerons as a Brewer Apprentice at our brewery in Hartlepool. The ideal candidate must be willing to learn the operations and science involved in brewing. You must be able to work as part of a team and be looking for a career in brewing.
- Wage
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£15,704 to £25,396.80, depending on your age
National Minimum Wage
- Training course
- Brewer (level 4)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday: 8am to 4pm
(40 hours total to include paid breaks)
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Wednesday 1 October 2025
- 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
- Over the course of the apprenticeship, you will work across all areas of brewing to include brewhouse, process, canning, bottling and kegging
- You will also gain an appreciation of the support teams in the warehousing, distribution and quality
- Brewing is a master skill where you will learn all aspects of brewing from the raw material intake through to final tasting and seeing the product out of the door
Where you'll work
Main Gate House
Waldon Street
Hartlepool
Cleveland
TS24 7QS
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
HIT TRAINING LTD
Training course
Brewer (level 4)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Comply with industry legislation and regulations.
- Control and operate automated or manual plant and equipment required for fermentation and conditioning.
- Control and operate automated or manual plant and equipment required for raw material and ingredient handling, including storage management and rotation of brewing ingredients and raw materials.
- Clean down plant and equipment on completion of the raw material handling stage of brewing.
- Apply planning, prioritising and time management techniques
- Select and use brewing ingredients according to beer recipes.
- Adjust recipes to limit batch to batch variance.
- Maintain records for existing beer recipes.
- Control and operate automated or manual plant and equipment required for brewing.
- Clean down plant and equipment on completion of the brewhouse stage of brewing.
- Monitor and maintain yeast hygiene, vitality, and viability.
- Clean down plant and equipment on completion of the yeast and fermentation stage of brewing.
- Control and operate automated or manual plant and equipment required for beer finishing and maturation (stabilisation).
- Clean down plant and equipment on completion of the beer finishing and maturation stage of brewing.
- Control and operate automated or manual plant and equipment required for beer packaging.
- Clean down plant and equipment on completion of the packaging stage of brewing.
- Control and operate automated or manual plant and equipment required for transport and storage of bulk beer.
- Control and operation of automated or manual plant and equipment required for transport and storage of packaged beer.
- Clean down plant and equipment on completion of the product stability and retail trade quality stage of brewing.
- Apply and document product assurance checks. For example, microbiological, chemical, physical, sensory.
- Apply quality assurance (QA) and quality control (QC) procedures.
- Conduct and document food safety and Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) checks.
- Apply sustainability and circular economy principles.
- Promote the beer industry and the brewery they are employed at.
- Apply problem solving and continuous improvement (CI) tools and techniques.
- Communicate and network with others verbally and visually, for example internal and external colleagues and stakeholders.
- Communicate in writing with others for example, internal and external customers, colleagues, and managers.
- Use information and digital technology. Comply with GDPR and cyber security regulations and policies.
- Follow equity, diversity, and inclusion principles.
- Comply with industry legislation and regulations.
- Control and operate automated or manual plant and equipment required for fermentation and conditioning.
- Control and operate automated or manual plant and equipment required for raw material and ingredient handling, including storage management and rotation of brewing ingredients and raw materials.
- Clean down plant and equipment on completion of the raw material handling stage of brewing.
- Apply planning, prioritising and time management techniques
- Select and use brewing ingredients according to beer recipes.
- Adjust recipes to limit batch to batch variance.
- Maintain records for existing beer recipes.
- Control and operate automated or manual plant and equipment required for brewing.
- Clean down plant and equipment on completion of the brewhouse stage of brewing.
- Control and operate automated or manual plant and equipment required for fermentation and conditioning.
- Monitor and maintain yeast hygiene, vitality, and viability.
- Clean down plant and equipment on completion of the yeast and fermentation stage of brewing.
- Control and operate automated or manual plant and equipment required for beer finishing and maturation (stabilisation).
- Clean down plant and equipment on completion of the beer finishing and maturation stage of brewing.
- Control and operate automated or manual plant and equipment required for beer packaging.
- Clean down plant and equipment on completion of the packaging stage of brewing.
- Control and operate automated or manual plant and equipment required for transport and storage of bulk beer.
- Control and operation of automated or manual plant and equipment required for transport and storage of packaged beer.
- Clean down plant and equipment on completion of the product stability and retail trade quality stage of brewing.
- Apply and document product assurance checks. For example, microbiological, chemical, physical, sensory.
- Apply quality assurance (QA) and quality control (QC) procedures.
- Conduct and document food safety and Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) checks.
- Apply sustainability and circular economy principles.
- Promote the beer industry and the brewery they are employed at.
- Apply problem solving and continuous improvement (CI) tools and techniques.
- Communicate and network with others verbally and visually, for example internal and external colleagues and stakeholders.
- Communicate in writing with others for example, internal and external customers, colleagues, and managers.
- Use information and digital technology. Comply with GDPR and cyber security regulations and policies.
- Follow equity, diversity, and inclusion principles.
Training schedule
- The training for this apprenticeship is primarily work based at the brewery in Hartlepool
- Over the 2 year course you will attend 6 co-hort workshops at Nottingham University, fully funded
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade Grade 5 or above)
- Maths (grade Grade 5 or above)
- Science (grade Grade 5 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
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
About this employer
Camerons are a brewery who brew, package and distribute medal winning beers across its own managed, franchise and restaurant estate nationally. We export beers internationally, and provide contract brewing and packaging services to a wide range of customers
After this apprenticeship
- On successful completion of this apprenticeship the candidate would have the skills to further their career as a brewer or take up an opportunity in other areas of the business
- The skills and knowledge gained will provide an excellent stepping stone into the brewing industry
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
CAMERONS BREWERY LIMITED
Fiona Dineen
fiona@cameronsbrewery.com
01429 852034
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000198921.
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Closes in 24 days (Friday 12 September 2025 at 11:59pm)
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