HSEQ Apprentice

DIRECT AIR & PIPEWORK LTD

COVENTRY (CV3 2RQ)

Closes in 28 days (Friday 6 March 2026 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 2 February 2026

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Summary

The HSE Apprentice will work alongside our team to cover health & safety, quality and environmental compliance and improvements. The role will support maintaining ISO standards, the achievement and maintenance of other accreditations, maintain central registers for COSHH, RAMS and PPE, non-conformance and quality control records.

Wage

£17,680 a year

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Pay reviews conducted annually, and in line with feedback on performance internally and with training provider.

Training course
Safety, health and environment technician (level 3)
Hours
Typical working week: Monday to Thursday, 7.30am -4.30pm and Friday, 7.30am -2.00pm

40 hours a week

Start date

Tuesday 21 April 2026

Duration

2 years

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

  • Assisting activities required to meet and maintain our quality ISO9001, environmental ISO14001 and Health & Safety ISO 45001 standards
  • Assist with the achievement and maintenance of other accreditations in line with business requirements
  • Manage control procedures and maintain our central register for COSHH, RAMS and PPE, training matrix, pre PQQ (prequalifying questionnaires), non-conformance and quality control records
  • Assist with internal audits
  • Continue to be aware and up to date with new legislation whilst maintaining a working knowledge of all HSE legislation and developments that affect our industry
  • Ensure that safe practices and procedures are followed by all employees
  • Identify opportunities for improvement and implement where practicable.
  • Support all internal teams to update process documentation as part of their annual review and/or when significant changes occur.
  • Provide relevant reports on documentation that requires review, is in-date, is due for update, and other data as required.
  • Support the maintainance of risk assessments and SOP’s
  • Complete any other reasonable tasks or requests as required, in order to meet KPIs

Where you'll work

38 HERALD WAY
BINLEY INDUSTRIAL ESTATE
COVENTRY
CV3 2RQ

Training

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

Training provider

RHG CONSULT LTD

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

Training will take place at your place of work

Requirements

Desirable qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade 4)
  • Maths (grade 4)

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
  • Presentation skills
  • Administrative skills
  • Number skills
  • Analytical skills
  • Logical
  • Team working
  • Initiative
  • Interest in engineering

About this employer

Direct Air is a full service compressed air company providing the supply, installation and ongoing maintenance of compressed air equipment. We see ourselves as an extension of our customers engineering team. We work nationwide and have 3 premises in both Coventry and Cheltenham.

https://www.directair.co.uk/ (opens in new tab)

Company benefits

  • Company pension
  • Company events
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Free on-site parking
  • Private medical insurance (after 12 months service)
  • Employee Assistance Programme
  • Sick pay

After this apprenticeship

  • Opportunities to progress into a senior HSEQ position across Direct Air and our sister company, Direct Cooling

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

RHG CONSULT LTD

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000012179.

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Closes in 28 days (Friday 6 March 2026 at 11:59pm)