Warehouse Operative Apprentice
EVOFLUID HYDRAULICS UK LTD
Oldbury (B69 4LT)
Closes in 7 days (Thursday 2 October 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 23 September 2025
Contents
Summary
Join Evo Fluid as a Warehouse Apprentice and kickstart your career in logistics. You’ll gain hands-on experience in picking and packing orders, stock control, and supporting customers at the trade counter, while working towards a nationally recognised Level 2 qualification.
- Wage
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£15,704 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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Hours are 8.00am – 5.00pm with an hour for lunch.
Holiday entitlement is 25 days, 3 of which must be kept for Christmas plus bank holidays.
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 6 October 2025
- Duration
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1 year
- 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
- Picking orders – Selecting products from shelves according to customer orders
- Packing orders – Safely and neatly packing items for dispatch
- Checking stock – Assisting with stock counts and monitoring inventory levels
- Receiving deliveries – Unloading, checking, and storing incoming stock
- Maintaining the warehouse – Keeping the work area tidy, safe, and organised
- Assisting at the trade counter – Greeting customers, answering queries, and processing sales
- Using warehouse systems – Learning to input data, track orders, and update records digitally
- Following health & safety procedures – Ensuring safe handling of stock and equipment
- Learning new skills – Attending training sessions as part of the Level 2 apprenticeship
Where you'll work
Unit 5 Junction 2 Industrial Estate
Demuth Way
Oldbury
B69 4LT
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)
Understanding apprenticeship levels (opens in new tab)
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
- Most training happens on-the-job at your place of employment, gaining hands-on experience in picking, packing, stock control, and customer service
- College/Off-the-Job: Some training may take place at Sandwell College to complete workshops, online learning, and assessments
More training information
Level 2 Supply Chain Warehouse Operative apprenticeship standard, which will include training such as:
- Health & safety and security at work
- Develop effective working relations
- Picking goods in logistics
- Placing and storing goods in logistics
- Process orders for customers in logistics
- Moving and handling goods in logistics
- Check stock levels and records
- Recycle and disposal of products/goods
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 2)
- Maths (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
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Presentation skills
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
- Physical fitness
Other requirements
Health & Safety: Must be able to follow health and safety procedures, including safe manual handling and use of warehouse equipment. Physical Requirements: Able to lift, carry, and move stock safely, sometimes at height or on ladders. Reliability & Attendance: Regular attendance and punctuality are essential.
About this employer
Proudly supplying an industry that demands high quality, fast responses and continuity of supply. The combination of our wealth of experience and technical support makes us a formidable dependable supplier of high quality hydraulic products. The UK branch boasts a wealth of experience that has quickly helped to establish the company as a serious supplier of hydraulic fittings, hydraulic hose, hose assemblies and other associated key products within the UK market.
https://www.evofluid-hydraulics.com/uk/why-evofluid/ (opens in new tab)
After this apprenticeship
Potential for Full-Time Employment
- On successful completion of the Level 2 Warehouse Operative Apprenticeship, there may be an opportunity to secure a full-time role with the employer, allowing you to continue your career in warehousing and logistics.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
SANDWELL COLLEGE
apprentice@sandwell.ac.uk
0121 667 5018
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000343499.
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Closes in 7 days (Thursday 2 October 2025 at 11:59pm)
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