Level 2 Food & Beverage Team Member Apprenticeship

Summary

We’re looking for an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join our team as a Hospitality Team Member Apprentice. This is a great opportunity to gain hands-on experience in a fast-paced hospitality environment while working towards a recognised qualification.

Wage

£11,778 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices

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Training course

Food and beverage team member (level 2)

Hours

Monday - Friday, 9.00am - 3.30pm (30 minute break).

30 hours a week

Start date

Monday 1 September 2025

Duration

1 year 3 months

Positions available

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

To perform kitchen and cleaning duties in accordance with the School’s Health and Safety policy, COSHH regulations and all statutory health and safety requirements
To prepare basic food items within agreed cooking methods, portion controls and as required
To maintain highest levels of cleanliness and hygiene within the kitchen and the dining area and ensure that cleaning schedule is completed on a daily basis
To assist in the production and service of special events as required
To serve staff, pupils and visitors at service time to the required standard
To check in and store deliveries in accordance with due diligence procedures
To undertake such other work as requested up to or at a level consistent with the principal duties and responsibilities of the role

Where you'll work

Richard Thorpe Avenue
Mirfield
WF14 9PH

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

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.

Your training plan

You will be assigned a designated Vocational Trainer. Alongside the this, you will agree on a personal learning and development plan, setting a timetable of learning activities in preparation for the End Point Assessment (EPA).

The Vocational Trainer will meet with the apprentice regularly either online or face to face to complete and review assessments, provide further coaching where required and agree the next steps of learning.

Requirements

Desirable qualifications

GCSE in:

GCSE English (grade A*-C/9-4 or Level 2 equivalent)
GCSE Maths (grade A*-C/9-4 or Level 2 equivalent)

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

Communication skills
Attention to detail
Organisation skills
Customer care skills
Problem solving skills
Logical
Team working
Initiative

Other requirements

Pre-employment checks. Please be aware that upon a successful offer of employment, the company completes digitalised right-to-work checks and DBS applications via an external provider - 'Matrix Screening'. The company also completes an internal online social media search, in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance.

About this company

Inspire ATA is an official Flexi-Job Apprenticeship Agency, licenced by the Department for Education. Currently ranked 1st in the Rate My Apprenticeship Top 100 Apprenticeship Employers in the UK Award 2024-2025. Inspire ATA specialises in creating apprenticeship opportunities, where we recruit and employ the apprentice on behalf of our host clients, enabling us to offer additional support and a better experience for both the apprentice and the client as the experts in the industry. We arrange the most suitable and appropriate apprenticeship training from one of our partnered training providers. If you are successful in securing an apprenticeship with Inspire ATA, it is important to understand that Inspire ATA will be your employer and the apprenticeship placement will be a separate organisation that simply hosts you as an apprentice. As a Flexi-Job Apprenticeship Agency, Inspire ATA performs an important role in developing the UK labour market and it is our responsibility to ensure that talent is recognised, developed, and matched with business needs, whatever the background of the individual, irrespective of gender, race, disability, age, religion or belief, relationship orientation, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity and gender reassignment. We are proud of the diverse nature of our business and work with clients to ensure that all candidates are treated with courtesy and respect.

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After this apprenticeship

Potential full-time employment for the right candidate upon successful completion of the apprenticeship.

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