Health and Safety Apprentice

Summary

This is a fabulous oportunity to join a professional industry with an excellent Employer. As a Health and Safety Apprentice at Trelleborg, you would learn all about Safety health and the Environment, and then progress onto delivering Health and safety training in the futire.

Wage

Competitive

Competitive wage offered

Training course

Safety, health and environment technician (level 3)

Hours

Monday - Thursday, 07:30 - 16:00 and Friday, 07:30 - 13:00

37 hours 30 minutes a week

Start date

Friday 1 May 2026

Duration

1 year 3 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

• Learn to review and compile risk assessments and SOPs under guidance
• Participate in Health & Safety audits and inspections as part of development
• Support the team in promoting a positive health & safety culture across the site
• Complete all required apprenticeship coursework, assessments, and on-the-job learning activities
• Apply learning from the apprenticeship program directly to workplace tasks
• Attend reviews with the training provider, line manager, and HR as required
• Provide support with scheduling health and safety activities / training across the site
• Support the planning and coordination of Health & Safety training for new starters
• Assist in preparing and updating training materials for Health & Safety courses
• Maintain accurate H&S training records, matrices, and certification logs

Where you'll work

1 Hoods Close
Leicester
LE4 2BN

Training

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

Training provider

QDOS TRAINING LIMITED

Training course

Safety, health and environment technician (level 3)

What you'll learn

• 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

This training schedule has not been finalised. Check with this employer if you’ll need to travel to a college or training location for this apprenticeship.

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
• Administrative skills
• Number skills