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Warehouse / Lock Technician Apprentice

EM-B Solutions Ltd • Leeds, England, United Kingdom • 1m ago

Summary

Annual salary £16,265 rising to £17,430 in April

Training course

Supply chain warehouse operative

Hours

Monday to Friday 9 am to 5 pm these hours are to be confirmed

40 hours a week

Duration

18 Months

Work

As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.

What you’ll do at work

As a Warehouse Operative Apprentice, you will assist in the smooth running of warehouse operations, learning key skills and gaining valuable hands-on experience while working towards your Level 2 Supply Chain Warehouse Operative qualification. You will play role in ensuring the accurate receipt, storage, and dispatch of goods as well as manufacturing cylinders and cutting keys to complex master key suites. Additionally, you will have responsibility to serving customers on at our trade counter and providing technical advice on goods supplied.

Key Responsibilities:

Receiving Goods: Unloading deliveries, checking items for accuracy, and storing them in designated locations.
Picking & Packing: Accurately picking stock and preparing it for dispatch including separating goods into door sets and ensuring combination of items will function once installed and comply with the regulatory framework.
Safety & Maintenance: Ensuring the warehouse is clean, organized, and compliant with health and safety regulations.
Customer Orders: Supporting the preparation and dispatch of customer orders to ensure timely delivery.
Key Cutting and Cylinder Manufacturing: Pinning of cylinders to master key charts and schedules and producing keys to work within that environment.
Trade Counter: Provide technical advice to trade counter customers to ensure their compliance with security and fire regulations.
Use of Equipment: Learning to safely operate warehouse equipment (e.g., forklifts, pallet trucks).
Team Collaboration: Working closely with colleagues to meet deadlines and resolve issues.

What You’ll Learn:

Understanding and using warehouse management systems and processes.
Health and safety regulations within a warehouse environment.
Effective stock control and inventory management techniques.
Developing communication and teamwork skills.
Develop customer service skills
Knowledge of security and fire regulations relating to doors
Safe manual handling and lifting techniques.

Where you’ll work

FORGE HOUSE

42-44 BURLEY ROAD

LEEDS

LS3 1JX

Training

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.

College or training organisation

SR APPRENTICESHIPS LIMITED

Your training course

Supply chain warehouse operative

Equal to Level 2 (GCSE)

Your training plan

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

Requirements Essential qualifications

GCSE English (Grade 4-9) essential
GCSE Maths (Grade 4-9) essential

Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.

Skills

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

About this company

Em-B is a thriving, well-established architectural ironmongery practice and supplier of door solutions based in Leeds established in 1998. We regularly win awards for our architectural ironmongery schemes on some of the UK’s most prestigious projects, working for household name architects and clients. Our success is built on working as a true partner within the construction process from drawing board to installed product and beyond. Our product portfolio includes: Architectural Hardware Door Solutions Access Control Solutions Washroom Solutions all backed with the levels or service and technical support that our customers rely on. Our long-lasting success is based on our people. We look after our team and as a result they stay with us to develop their careers and become part of the Em-B family. The team is based around England. Apart from our HQ in Leeds city centre, we have teams based in various locations from Newcastle to London, offering truly national coverage.

https://em-b.co.uk (opens in new tab)

Company Benefits

Health plan included, they will be added into the company pension scheme from age 22

After this apprenticeship

If you show the desire to learn and the work ethic to progress, there will always be opportunities within the organisation.

Job Types: Full-time, Apprenticeship

Pay: £7.36 per hour

Expected hours: 40 per week

Benefits:

Free parking

Schedule:

Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

Leeds LS3 1JX: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Application question(s):

What do you know about the hiring organisation?
What interests you in this Apprenticeship and why have you applied?
What are your main strengths? What are your weaknesses?
How long will the journey take to the place of work and how will you get there?
What previous GCSEs do you hold?
What is your current notice period?
If successful at this stage, are there any days you would be unavailable for an interview?

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