Safety, Health and Environmental Technician Apprenticeship - Heathrow Shared Apprenticeship Scheme

Safety, Health & Environment Technician Apprenticeship

Heathrow:

The Heathrow Shared Apprenticeship Scheme is one of the UK’s most exciting apprenticeship programmes. The scheme provides career changing opportunities for residents close to the airport.

Job Description

The role will be both office and site based providing advice to others on how to work without harming themselves or others. Technicians will work with management and delivery teams to advise on the statutory health, safety and environmental requirements as they affect the company’s operations. They will assist the management team in ensuring that the legal and company SHE requirements are implemented. Duties may include:

  • Develop, review, and execute safe systems of work.
  • Create and deliver training packages (e.g., toolbox talks & inductions)
  • Investigate and report incidents in the workplace.
  • Analyse data and present findings to the management team
  • Undertake site visits to construction sites to check on site safety standards.
  • Review and approve risk assessments and method statements.
  • Enforce health and safety requirements.
  • Identify hazards and implement solutions.
  • Planning emergency procedures.
  • Adhering to environmental and safety laws.
  • Implement health and safety standards such as ISO 45001 etc.

Hybrid Role - This role involves a combination of office-based work and visits to construction sites, including walking around active sites and travelling between locations. K10 Apprenticeships will consider reasonable adjustments where possible to support individuals in carrying out the essential duties of the role.

K10 are a disability confident employer, who are proud to support apprentices in the workplace and at college. The K10 team being trained in assisting learners with varying levels of support and guidance.

If you have any disabilities or require reasonable adjustments in the interview process, please let us know and we would be happy to accommodate.

Typical Working Week

40 hours p/w with start time typically between 07:00 & 08:00 inclusive of paid 8 hours at college.

Person Specification

  • Proactive approach, taking pride in their work and taking accountability for decisions.
  • A love of variety in a role and ability to adapt to a dynamic, fast-paced working environment
  • Ability to quickly prioritise tasks and the initiative to dive head-first into problem solving
  • No two days are the same on the front line and not every day goes to plan, so you’ll need to be quick on your feet to respond! 
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills and enjoy working with multiple teams
  • Ability to analyse and interpret information and effectively communicate this to different team members and audiences
  • Ability to visit different sites and training days
  • Curiosity to learn quickly in a reactive and dynamic working environment. 
  • Ability to work in all weather conditions to serve our customers and protect the environment
  • Able to understand and follow health and safety protocols

Minimum Requirements

English and Maths at GCSE Grade 3 / D or above, or Functional Skills at Level 1 or above.

Desired Requirements

The passion and commitment to work

Key Training/College Information

K10 will enrol you to the Level 3 Safety, Health & Environment Technician course and fund your qualifications through an accredited training provider.

The apprenticeship duration is 24 months.

Eligibility

To start this apprenticeship, you’ll need to be:

  • Living in England for the last 3 years and have right to work status
  • Not enrolled on any other courses
  • 18+ due to site H&S rules
  • Drivers license…
  • Location Details….

The Heathrow Shared Apprenticeship Scheme seeks to support our sustainability strategy ‘Connecting people and planet’, and our ambition to make Heathrow a great place to live and work for our colleagues and local neighbours. As such, certain opportunities are currently available only to individuals living in the 9 local boroughs surrounding Heathrow. These are:

  • Hillingdon
  • Hounslow
  • Ealing
  • Spelthorne
  • Windsor & Maidenhead
  • South Buckinghamshire
  • Elmbridge
  • Slough
  • Runnymede

Who We Are

We are UK’s largest construction-specific Flexi-Job Apprenticeship Agency. Founded in 2009, we are an award-winning social enterprise with a passion to convert potential.

Our aim is to place our learners in sustainable employment on projects in their local area. To do this, we collaborate with government, referral organisations, local authorities, developers, contractors, and colleges, to deliver apprenticeship programmes specifically designed to upskill the future of construction.

GDPR Privacy Statement

We are committed to protecting your personal data. Any information you provide as part of the recruitment process will be processed in accordance with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018.

Your data will be used solely for the purposes of assessing your suitability for the role and for related recruitment activities. If you are unsuccessful, we will retain your personal data for 24 months following the conclusion of the recruitment process, after which it will be securely deleted, unless we are required to retain it for legal or regulatory reasons.

You have the right to withdraw your consent and request deletion of your data at any time during this period. To do so, please contact joinus@k-10.co.uk.

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