Health & Safety Apprentice
Lowfield Timber Frames Ltd
WELSHPOOL (SY21 8JX)
Closes in 11 days (Monday 3 November 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 17 October 2025
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Summary
Reporting directly to the site Health and Safety Officer, you will support in driving compliance across Health, Safety and Environment functions. You will play a vital part ensuring that the site meets ISO 9001, alongside regulatory and internal requirements.
- 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
- Safety, health and environment technician (level 3)
- Hours
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Our Factory hours are Monday – Friday 7am to 4:30pm.
We can be flexible on hours for the correct applicant.
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 10 November 2025
- Duration
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2 years
- 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
The hands on position will involve audits, inspections, training, and reporting, while promoting a culture of safe working practices and continuous improvement.
- Conduct daily, weekly, and monthly compliance audits.
- Support risk assessments, safe systems of work, incident investigations.
- Deliver toolbox talks.
- Monitor contractors.
- Deliver site inductions.
- Carry out behavioural safety observations on colleagues.
- Carry out weekly fire alarm testing.
- Support other operational teams when needed.
Where you'll work
LOWFIELD
MARTON
WELSHPOOL
SY21 8JX
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
SHREWSBURY COLLEGES GROUP
Training course
Safety, health and environment technician (level 3)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Present and hold an audiences attention, for example when delivering SHE training, toolbox talks, inductions or presenting data or investigation findings to the workforce or management team. Show they can sell the SHE message, have personal impact, deal with challenge, reflect on personal performance, use appropriate language for the audience
- Assist the management team in the development, management, implementation and monitoring of the Safety, Health and Environmental Management System by updating systems in line with changes in legislation or best practice, delivering training, coaching operational teams and undertaking workplace inspections
- Provide advice on the practical implementation of the companys SHE policies and processes applying generic industry guidance into the context of the workplace
- Identify the hazards and evaluate: workplace instructions that are relevant to the individual’s job; working practices in the individual’s job that may harm themselves or others’; aspects of the individual’s job that could harm themselves or others; which of the potentially harmful working practices and aspects of the individual’s work present the highest risks to themselves or others; how to deal with hazards in accordance with workplace instructions and legal requirements
- Support the practical application of the workplace instructions and suppliers or manufacturers instructions for the safe use of equipment, materials and products
- Support and assist in the implementation of SHE inspections and monitoring systems demonstrating the balance between enforcement and internal support
- Undertake and/or assist with the monitoring, analysis of and reporting of SHE performance
- Prepare and maintain records relating to safety, health and environmental matters that comply with legal and workplace requirements and are accessible to those who are authorised to use them. E.g. records associated with Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations, Lifting Operation and Lifting Equipment Regulations, Noise at Work Regulations, Hand Arm Vibration Regulations or Environmental Permitting Regulations
- Assist the management team in establishing, managing and maintaining relationships with external stakeholders such as local authorities, Health and Safety Executive, Environment Agency, Occupational Health, Occupational Hygienists and others as required and directed
- Research Safety, Health and Environmental Issues and best practices. Review updates of health and safety regulations e.g. changes to Construction, Design and Management Regulations or updates to the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health along with workplace instructions, making sure that information is from reliable sources
- Assist and/or manage the investigation of accidents, incidents, dangerous occurrences, near misses and other incidents as directed
- Recognise where decisions have a financial cost and assisting to develop a budget
- Recognise situations where the activity will benefit from contributions and expertise of other internal departments such as HR, Finance, IT or Occupational Health
Training schedule
You will be based on the Shrewsbury College campus one day a week, with the remainder of the working week based in the workplace.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
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
- Problem solving skills
- Administrative skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
- Site Safety Awareness
About this employer
Lowfield Timber Frames (Lowfield) specialises in providing high-quality, sustainable timber frame solutions for construction projects across the UK. With over 25 years of experience supplying engineered timber products, the company has established a reputation for exceptional service, quality, and excellence in all aspects of its work. Whether serving self-builders, small local contractors, or large regional and national developers, Lowfield takes pride in delivering fully bespoke projects tailored to each client’s unique requirements.
After this apprenticeship
Working alongside our current H&S manager, providing assistance until they eventually taking over the role.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
SHREWSBURY COLLEGES GROUP
Jules Rhodes
julesr@shrewsbury.ac.uk
01743653460
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000347111.
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Closes in 11 days (Monday 3 November 2025 at 11:59pm)
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