Warehouse Operative apprentice
OPTIPRODUCTS LIMITED
WALSALL (WS3 2DG)
Closes in 15 days (Friday 10 October 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 24 September 2025
Contents
Summary
The broad purpose of the occupation is to handle goods safely in and out of the storage facility. This will involve the unloading of goods from lorries and vans, the identification and checking of the product and then putting it away in a storage location. Operatives will pick products from storage locations to satisfy orders.
- Wage
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£11,778 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
- Training course
- Supply chain warehouse operative (level 2)
- Hours
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Monday- Friday, hours to be arranged.
30 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 27 October 2025
- Duration
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1 year
- Positions available
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2
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
- Maintain a safe working environment, ensuring that any hazards are controlled or removed in line with organisational procedures
- Ensure that on arrival, all goods received are inspected for damage, and in terms of accuracy, including quantity, they match documents or technology relevant to the organisation, with any discrepancies raised with line manager in line with organisational procedures
- Support line manager in ensuring that goods storage arrangements enable the most efficient means of retrieval and movement
- Ensure that prior to dispatch all goods are inspected for damage, and in terms of accuracy they meet requirements, with any discrepancies raised with line manager
- Support delivery operatives in the safe and efficient loading and unloading of goods, including the safe and secure assembling and disassembling of loads
- Ensure that goods are handled and stored in compliance with the relevant safety and regulatory standards with any discrepancies raised with line manager
- Record relevant information on organisational warehouse management system in a timely manner
- Select goods from locations throughout the storage facility to meet warehouse order requirements in line with picking schedule
- Replenishing picking location quantities by moving goods from stock locations in a safe manner
- Support in scheduled and unscheduled stock taking and counting activities, raising any discrepancies with line manager
- Participate in briefing and handover sessions to support achievement of organisational performance targets
- Ensure that the reduction, re-use, return and recycle principles of packaging are applied in relation to both goods being prepared for despatch and goods received in line with organisational procedures
Where you'll work
110-114 HIGH STREET
BLOXWICH
WALSALL
WS3 2DG
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
SANDWELL COLLEGE
Training course
Supply chain warehouse operative (level 2)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Conduct risk assessments within the working environment.
- Apply safe working practices in line with associated health and safety legislation and company policy.
- Receive products in line with organisational procedures.
- Store and pick products in line with organisational procedures.
- Dispatch products in line with organisational procedures.
- Decant, pack products in line with organisational procedures.
- Communicate with others verbally, for example internal and external customers, colleagues, and managers.
- Communicate in writing with others, for example internal and external customers, colleagues and managers.
- Load and unload products, considering the product that is to be moved and its current and planned destination.
- Use tools and equipment to aid in product handling.
- Use information technology and digital systems. Comply with GDPR and cyber security.
- Locate and use operational information, electronic or paper based, required to fulfil contractual requirements.
- Select, prepare, and use packaging materials that reduce waste and mitigate environmental impacts.
- support under instruction scheduled and unscheduled stock taking activities relevant to the organisation and product.
- Identify and escalate problems beyond own responsibility.
- Follow procedures in line with environmental and sustainability regulations, standards, and guidance. Segregate resources for reuse, recycling and disposal.
- Follow equity, diversity and inclusion rules.
- Carry out and record learning and development activities.
- Conducts handover activities.
- Conduct risk assessments within the working environment.
- Apply safe working practices in line with associated health and safety legislation and company policy.
- Receive products in line with organisational procedures.
- Store and pick products in line with organisational procedures.
- Dispatch products in line with organisational procedures.
- Decant, pack products in line with organisational procedures.
- Communicate with others verbally, for example internal and external customers, colleagues, and managers.
- Communicate in writing with others, for example internal and external customers, colleagues and managers.
- Load and unload products, considering the product that is to be moved and its current and planned destination.
- Use tools and equipment to aid in product handling.
- Use information technology and digital systems. Comply with GDPR and cyber security.
- Locate and use operational information, electronic or paper based, required to fulfil contractual requirements.
- Select, prepare, and use packaging materials that reduce waste and mitigate environmental impacts.
- support under instruction scheduled and unscheduled stock taking activities relevant to the organisation and product.
- Identify and escalate problems beyond own responsibility.
- Follow procedures in line with environmental and sustainability regulations, standards, and guidance. Segregate resources for reuse, recycling and disposal.
- Follow equity, diversity and inclusion rules.
- Carry out and record learning and development activities.
- Conducts handover activities.
Training schedule
- An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation
- At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 2)
- Math (grade 2)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
- Logical
- Initiative
- Patience
About this employer
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After this apprenticeship
- Progress onto more permanent employment may be available to the right candidate
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
SANDWELL COLLEGE
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000341721.
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Closes in 15 days (Friday 10 October 2025 at 11:59pm)
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