Apprentice Brewer
Nethergate Brewery
SUFFOLK (CO10 9HJ)
Closes in 21 days (Friday 30 May 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 28 April 2025
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Summary
An exciting opportunity to learn the craft of brewing beer and working in a brewery. The work is widely varied, and the apprentice will be able to get a good grasp of most aspects of the business. There are also opportunities to learn about distilling on our onsite distillery.
- Wage
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£17,680 a year
- Training course
- Brewer (level 4)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday 8am - 5pm.
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Sunday 1 June 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
- Assisting with day-to-day brewery operation
- Racking/packaging of beer
- Brewing of beer
- Delivering of beer
- Cleaning of cask
Where you'll work
RODBRIDGE CORNER
LONG MELFORD
SUDBURY
SUFFOLK
CO10 9HJ
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
HIT TRAINING LTD
Your training course
Brewer (level 4)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Control and safe operation of automated and/or manual plant and equipment required for brewing, fermentation, processing and packaging of beer taking appropriate personal and operational responsibility for health and safety to protect self and others at all times.
- Maintains accurate records for existing beer recipes and as part of day to day brewhouse and production requirements.
- Design and adjustment of beer recipes and specifications where necessary.
- Planning to ensure production schedules are met, with adjustments made in a timely way where necessary.
- Quality and safety control checks (microbiological, chemical, physical, sensory) and maintains records required for traceability.
- Monitoring quality control and consistency of ingredients, raw materials and product within the process and at final package and to demonstrate compliance with specification and regulations.
- Implementation and monitoring of cleaning and sanitation processes intended to ensure plant and process hygiene.
- Monitoring and maintenance of yeast hygiene, vitality and viability.
- Use of computer word processing and data manipulation packages.
- Contribution to CI activities to improve and optimise production processes and troubleshoot/problem solve operational issues.
- Promotion of the brewery and attributes and characteristics of key brands and styles, when hosting or attending private and/or public events.
Your training plan
Brewer Level: 4.
Reference: ST0580
Version: 1.0
Date updated: 07/04/2022
Approved for delivery: 22 June 2018
Route: Engineering and manufacturing
Typical duration to gateway: 18 months (this does not include EPA period)
LARS Code: 294
EQA Provider: Ofqual
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
GCSE or equivalent in:
- English (grade 4)
- Maths (grade 4)
Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Logical
- Team working
- Physical fitness
Other requirements
This is a very manual job and involves lifting of heavy things.
About this company
A regional brewer founded in 1986. Now a brewer, distiller and retailer.
After this apprenticeship
Development as brewer and potential for other positions becoming available in other areas of the business.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
Nethergate Brewery
robert crawford
ROB@NETHERGATE.CO.UK
01787377087
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000317201.
Apply now
Closes in 21 days (Friday 30 May 2025 at 11:59pm)
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