Apprentice Warehouse person
OSCAR ENGINEERING LTD
ROCHESTER (ME2 1FQ)
Closes in 28 days (Friday 11 September 2026 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 10 August 2026
Contents
Summary
This role is centred on accurate stock control across the warehouse and units, ensuring materials are tracked, ordered, stored and issued correctly to support production, sample requests and customer orders.
- Wage
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£18,720 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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Working hours 8.00am to 5.00pm (half an hour lunch unpaid).
45 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 14 September 2026
- 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
Alongside stock control, the trainee will develop broader warehouse operations skills, with a structured path toward warehouse management responsibility.
Key Responsibilities — Stock Control
- Carry out regular stock takes and reconcile physical stock against records
- Perform stock checks and visual inspections to identify shortages, damage or discrepancies
- Manage material relocation and storage to keep stock organised and traceable
- Decant and process container deliveries, recording stock received
- Palletise materials correctly for onward deliveries and storage
- After training: support purchasing, price control, supplier quotes and associated recording
Key Responsibilities — Warehouse Operations
- Make up and package customer orders
- Cut samples for customer requests
- Carry out warehouse checks and maintain a clean, presentable warehouse, units and canteen
- Handle staff requests, including PPE distribution and recording
- Support collections and deliveries when required
- After training: PAT test equipment; carry out face fitting; complete basic repairs to plant and cables; vehicle checks and basic repairs; forklift driving and forklift inspections
Where you'll work
THE OSCAR INNOVATION CENTRE
FORMBY ROAD
HALLING
ROCHESTER
ME2 1FQ
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
DAVIDSON TRAINING UK LIMITED
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
Training & Development
Training will be provided across all “after training” duties listed above, including forklift operation, PAT testing, face fitting, and vehicle/plant maintenance. As competence in stock control and warehouse operations builds, the trainee will take on increasing responsibility, with progression toward a Warehouse Manager role.
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4-9 (A* - C))
- Maths (grade 4-9 (A* - C))
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
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
- Physical fitness
Other requirements
Person Specification
- Strong attention to detail and accuracy, particularly with numbers and stock records
- Well organised, with the ability to prioritise stock control tasks alongside operational duties
- Comfortable with physical warehouse work, including manual handling and material movement
- Willingness to train and work toward a forklift licence and other certifications
- Basic IT literacy for stock recording and purchasing systems
- Good communication skills for liaising with staff, suppliers and customers
- Full UK driving licence, held for a minimum of 6 months
We have environmental goals which means we will be looking for a local young adult to join our team.
About this employer
About
Oscar Acoustics is Great Britain’s leading supplier and installer of architectural acoustic finishes. We are trusted by world-renowned architects, designers, and contractors to deliver exceptional noise control across commercial, educational, entertainment, cultural, and public sectors.
We pioneered the market for decorative acoustic finishes in Britain, offering an alternative to outdated panels and ceiling tiles. Our seamless acoustic sprays and acoustic plaster finishes combine class-leading acoustic performance with design, giving architects and designers the freedom to create stylish, acoustically balanced interiors without compromising aesthetics.
After this apprenticeship
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).
Progression within the organisation to a more senior role.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
DAVIDSON TRAINING UK LIMITED
Gemma Barr
gemmabarr@davidsontraining.com
07399586723
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000046454.
Apply now
Closes in 28 days (Friday 11 September 2026 at 11:59pm)