Environmental Practitioner (Level 6) Apprenticeship
The Environment Agency
Blandford Forum, Bridgwater
Closes in 24 days (Monday 20 October 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 25 September 2025
Contents
Summary
Do you have a passion for the natural environment? Are you motivated by balancing the needs of communities and businesses with the health of the natural world? Would you like to develop skills in managing environmental data to inform decision-making? Would you like a career where you can make a genuine difference?
- Wage
-
£29,751 a year
- Training course
- Environmental practitioner (Degree) (level 6)
- Hours
-
Flexible working patterns including job share, home-based or hybrid working, and flexible working hours.
37 hours a week
- Start date
-
Tuesday 1 September 2026
- Duration
-
4 years 5 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
- Produces technical and scientific data and information to support the organisation’s activities and management decisions. This may be collecting and/or processing field data and evidence, or providing analysis as part of technical advice or documentation.
- Maintains good customer focus to ensure effective relationship building, and to achieve a better understanding of the technical and scientific evidence of colleagues and customers.
- Some roles prioritise and monitor the daily workloads of other team members.
- May perform the role of project team member, applying project support skills, local knowledge or technical skills in the solution of problems or implementation of improvements.
- Operates and maintains data and information systems effectively. Ensures records are stored accurately, are up to date and readily accessible to facilitate team activities.
- May act as an initial point of contact for the team, communicating and filtering information to ensure technical and scientific advice and support are delivered accurately, efficiently and in a timely manner.
- Some activities may involve the use of specialised equipment and or systems.
Where you'll work
You can select which locations you want to apply for in your application on Find an apprenticeship.
This apprenticeship is available in these locations:
- Rivers House, Sunrise Business Park, Higher Shaftesbury Road, Blandford Forum, DT11 8ST
- Rivers House, East Quay, Bridgwater, TA6 4YS
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
COVENTRY UNIVERSITY
Training course
Environmental practitioner (Degree) (level 6)
Understanding apprenticeship levels (opens in new tab)
What you'll learn
Course contents
- Apply complex environmental principles and methods to projects that integrate with the built or natural environment.
- Design, develop or manage safe and sustainable environmental solutions, be able to identify challenges these solutions pose, and assess the opportunities to deliver practical solutions that integrate with the built or natural environment.
- Balance views of potentially conflicting drivers related to environmental, social and financial constraints, and demonstrate critical analysis in the design, development or management of environmental projects.
- Apply and comply with policies and regulations, including those relating to the environment, health and safety, legal, planning and equality and diversity, and with their organisation’s formal procedures and practices.
- Determine and manage the collection, analysis, and evaluation of data used in the development or delivery of environmental solutions drawing appropriate conclusions and making practical recommendations.
- Apply, analyse and evaluate a broad range of environmental methods (utilising appropriate software and digital solutions), to inform and enable decision making within the development or delivery of environmental solutions. This includes assessing data suitability, validity, quality, and accuracy relative to its intended application.
- Effectively and safely manage tasks or projects, within environmental, legal, contractual and statutory requirements, to agreed time and resource budgets, and to agreed quality standards, through the application of appropriate project management tools and techniques.
- Deliver high quality accurate, well-structured documents and recommendations for the work for which they are responsible and are appropriate to those for whom they are intended.
- Develop and maintain productive working relationships with stakeholders and colleagues and support and guide team members to enable them to achieve the team’s objectives as well as their own. Actively seek and provide feedback, support decision making processes, and manage any conflicts that may arise in their work with integrity, fairness and consistency in decision making.
- Communicate effectively orally and in writing in both formal and informal contexts, and with a variety of stakeholders. Listen actively to ensure the views of others are considered appropriately.
- Manage their own work independently within the limits of their ability, authority and responsibility, making use of support and specialist expertise when appropriate. Seek feedback on their performance, looking for ways to improve it.
- Develop their own professional competence, regularly updating and reviewing their CPD records and develop an extended network to support their professional development and maintain the required standard of, ethical behaviours and codes of conduct, associated with the environmental profession.
- Apply complex environmental principles and methods to projects that integrate with the built or natural environment.
- Design, develop or manage safe and sustainable environmental solutions, be able to identify challenges these solutions pose, and assess the opportunities to deliver practical solutions that integrate with the built or natural environment.
- Balance views of potentially conflicting drivers related to environmental, social and financial constraints, and demonstrate critical analysis in the design, development or management of environmental projects.
- Apply and comply with policies and regulations, including those relating to the environment, health and safety, legal, planning and equality and diversity, and with their organisation’s formal procedures and practices.
- Determine and manage the collection, analysis, and evaluation of data used in the development or delivery of environmental solutions drawing appropriate conclusions and making practical recommendations.
- Apply, analyse and evaluate a broad range of environmental methods (utilising appropriate software and digital solutions), to inform and enable decision making within the development or delivery of environmental solutions. This includes assessing data suitability, validity, quality, and accuracy relative to its intended application.
- Effectively and safely manage tasks or projects, within environmental, legal, contractual and statutory requirements, to agreed time and resource budgets, and to agreed quality standards, through the application of appropriate project management tools and techniques.
- Deliver high quality accurate, well-structured documents and recommendations for the work for which they are responsible and are appropriate to those for whom they are intended.
- Develop and maintain productive working relationships with stakeholders and colleagues and support and guide team members to enable them to achieve the team’s objectives as well as their own. Actively seek and provide feedback, support decision making processes, and manage any conflicts that may arise in their work with integrity, fairness and consistency in decision making.
- Communicate effectively orally and in writing in both formal and informal contexts, and with a variety of stakeholders. Listen actively to ensure the views of others are considered appropriately.
- Manage their own work independently within the limits of their ability, authority and responsibility, making use of support and specialist expertise when appropriate. Seek feedback on their performance, looking for ways to improve it.
- Develop their own professional competence, regularly updating and reviewing their CPD records and develop an extended network to support their professional development and maintain the required standard of, ethical behaviours and codes of conduct, associated with the environmental profession.
Training schedule
Requirements
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
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
- Patience
About this employer
Acting to reduce the impacts of a changing climate on people and wildlife is at the heart of everything we do. We reduce the risks to people, properties and businesses from flooding and coastal erosion. We protect and improve the quality of water, making sure there is enough for people, businesses, agriculture and the environment. We look after land quality, promote sustainable land management and help protect and enhance wildlife habitats.
After this apprenticeship
Successful completion of the apprenticeship will lead to a permanent position within the Environment Agency. This opportunity reflects the Agency’s commitment to investing in emerging talent and fostering long-term career development. The candidate is expected to demonstrate dedication, adaptability, and a strong alignment with the Agency’s values throughout the apprenticeship, paving the way for a meaningful and impactful role in protecting and enhancing the environment.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
COVENTRY UNIVERSITY
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000343889.
Apply now
Closes in 24 days (Monday 20 October 2025 at 11:59pm)
Sign in with your GOV.UK One Login to apply.