ROLE OVERVIEW:

We are looking for a Health and Safety Technician Apprentice to join our health and safety Team. This is a portfolio and evidenced based apprenticeship scheme, with a duration of around 24 months where you’ll gain on-the-job experience, alongside completing your course work. Once completed, you will be awarded a Level 3 Apprenticeship Standard in Health and Safety Technician certification.
As an Apprentice, you will 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.

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

• Learn to provide advice on the practical implementation of the company’s SHE policies and processes, applying generic industry guidance into the context of the workplace.
• Learn to identify hazards and evaluate associated risks.
• Learn to support the practical application of the workplace instructions and suppliers’ or manufacturers’ instructions for the safe use of equipment, materials and products.
• Learn to support and assist in the implementation of SHE inspections and monitoring systems demonstrating the balance between enforcement and internal support.
• Learn to undertake and/or assist with the monitoring, analysis of and reporting of SHE performance.
• Learn to 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.
• Learn to 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 support the investigation of accidents, incidents, dangerous occurrences, near misses and other incidents as directed.
• Learn to recognise where decisions have a financial cost and impact on operational service delivery