Warehouse Apprentice

O C M BUSINESS SYSTEMS LTD

PERSHORE (WR10 2JJ)

Closes in 27 days (Thursday 20 November 2025 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 23 October 2025

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Summary

Ready to kick-start your career with hands-on experience and a recognised qualification? OCM Business Systems Ltd are looking for a warehouse apprentice to join their team. This is a great opportunity to gain practical skills in all aspects of warehouse operations, playing a role in ensuring trade orders are managed efficiently and accurately.

Wage

£17,784 a year

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Annual bonus scheme

Training course
Supply chain warehouse operative (level 2)
Hours
08.00 - 16.30, Monday - Friday, with 1/2 lunch break.

40 hours a week

Start date

Monday 24 November 2025

Duration

1 year

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

  • Verify assets entering the warehouse against asset lists/collection note, notifying any discrepancies in a timely manner.
  • Manage the safe unloading of vehicles, following company health and safety guidelines.
  • Receive parcel/van deliveries.
  • Update stock system as required.
  • Provide support to resolve asset queries, as required.
  • Ensure accurate auditing of all relevant assets.
  • Upgrade hardware or replace hardware components as required.
  • Repair customer or stock units using hardware as required.
  • Project manage specific audits when required.
  • Ensure accurate selection of sold items for dispatch, including checks for removal of asset tags, and that data has been erased or hard disks shredded.
  • Complete orders and all associated administration within specified timescales.
  • Stack, pack and band accordingly, ensuring equipment is safe for transit.
  • Processing, separating cables/machine break down ensuring better prices.
  • Ensure all company procedures are followed in relation to recycling equipment.
  • Destroy all customer media or requested media.
  • Ensure correct use of all warehouse machinery (e.g. shredder/spike) to destroy faulty hard drives, media or requested items.
  • Develop, and encourage development of new labour-saving procedures.
  • Investigate new machinery and ideas for improvements.
  • Ensure working area is tidy and free of health and safety hazards.
  • Identify and report maintenance requirements or damage of company equipment.

Where you'll work

2 ASCOT ROAD
PERSHORE
WR10 2JJ

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

Training provider

STAFF SELECT LTD

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

Desirable qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade 4 or above)
  • Maths (grade 4 or above)

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
  • Organisation skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Team working
  • Initiative
  • Non judgemental
  • Patience
  • Physical fitness
  • Good work ethic
  • Excellent eye for detail

Other requirements

Passing a disclosure and barring service (DBS) check.

About this employer

OCM Business Systems Ltd have been in the IT asset management, remarketing and recycling business for 38 years. They have a 12000 sq ft warehouse facility and office in Pershore. They supply refurbished ex corporate IT and amp epos equipment for continued use to charitable organisations, the education sector and business and trade, with sustainability in mind at greatly discounted prices. They are proud of their staff retention record, and wish to find a suitable candidate to join their amazing team of people.

Company benefits

Employee discount after probation. Onsite parking.

After this apprenticeship

  • Full time position 
  • Career progression

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The contact for this apprenticeship is:

STAFF SELECT LTD

Trisha Keady

trisha.keady@novatraining.co.uk

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000348016.

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Closes in 27 days (Thursday 20 November 2025 at 11:59pm)

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