Health & Safety Apprentice

The Health and Safety Apprentice is a key role within Cheshire West and Chester Councils Companies, Compliance and Assurance service, part of the Health & Safety team within our Governance Directorate.

This apprentice role offers the opportunity to develop valuable experience of working within a busy Health & Safety environment and acquire the skills and knowledge to become a Health & Safety Administrator.

The Health and Safety Apprentice will provide a wide range of essential administrative and Health & Safety support activities to assist the Companies Compliance and Assurance service.

This apprenticeship with have a line manager, workplace mentor, inclusive employment manager and a dedicated apprentice programme tutor.

On successful completion of the apprenticeship, and review of performance, the post holder will progress to the substantive post of Health & Safety Administrator.

Notwithstanding the detail in this Job Role Profile, the job holder will undertake such work as may be determined by the Manager from time to time, up to or at a level consistent with the Principal Responsibilities of the job.

This role is classed as ‘agile’ which means that the post holder’s primary base will be to work from home, as well as at Council offices and across the Borough, as required.

Apprenticeship Level 3 Safety, Health and Environment Technician will typically last 15 months, End Point Assessment duration 4 months. Upon completion learners will be able to join the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) at Tech IOSH level.

With appropriate support and supervision, the Apprentice will:

Provide support to the H&S Team when undertaking audits, inspections, reviews, accident investigations and training etc Collate information as requested by H&S Team so that accurate and up to date H&S data supports management and services decisions Respond to more straight-forward and routine H&S queries from staff and managers, including via teams and the H&S Mailbox Support team projects by providing relevant information as requested, e.g. statistics, previous reports, surveys, events etc. Support H&S Team with SharePoint sites updates and maintenance of information, guidance updates including formatting and promotion of updates via communication channels Creating PowerPoint presentations and flowcharts from information provided Support the training offer of the H&S Team including i-learning packages etc. Provide support to team for any staff events or engagement activities such as health and safety week Support H&S team in ensuring accidents and incidents are effectively reported across the Council via, toolbox talks and communications

Training:

Safety, Health and Environment Technician Level 3 Apprenticeship Standard:

An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying Delivery of the 20% will be on MS Teams

Training Outcome:
On successful completion of the apprenticeship, and review of performance, the post holder will progress to the substantive post of Health & Safety Administrator

Employer Description:
Play your part towards a stronger future at Cheshire West and Chester Council. We believe a stronger future where we all play our part in thriving, caring and sustainable communities. Grow your career, make a difference at Cheshire West and Chester Council. We pride ourselves and doing things differently. Our Council provides vital services which touch all aspects of people’s lives every day. We are driven by doing things differently, working on a wide variety of exciting change programmes to tackle challenges across our borough. With almost 3,500 employees, we are responsible for well known services such as , museums, libraries, environment operations, transport and highways, social care, schools, housing, planning and waste collection, but there is much more to what we do such as supporting businesses, registering births, and marriages, pest control , supporting careers in finance, legal, data and more!

Working Hours :
This role is classed as ‘agile’ which means that the post holder’s primary base will be to work from home, as well as at Council offices and across the Borough, as required, Monday to Friday, pattern of hours to be discussed at interview.

Skills:
Communication skills,IT skills,Attention to detail,Organisation skills,Customer care skills,Problem solving skills,Administrative skills,Number skills,Analytical skills,Logical,Team working,Creative,Initiative,Non judgemental,Patience