Safety Specialist Apprenticeship

3 weeks ago


Wakefield, United Kingdom Amazon Full time

Find your Future with Amazon Apprenticeships

A day in the life
As a Safety Specialist Apprentice at Amazon, you’ll gain a vast range of useful experiences and skills. You will work towards the Level 4 Process Lead Apprenticeship standard, as well as gaining Level 6 City and Guilds professional diploma in Occupational Health& Safety.
In this role, you will be based in one of our UK operations warehouses, where we store and process millions of items of inventory which are then shipped to customers all over the world. An operations warehouse is a very large, operationally busy environment,in which you may be required to work shifts, including nights and weekends.
You will build your skills over a 24-month period starting July 2023, which will help you develop both personally and professionally. Your apprenticeship learning will consist of:

- Classroom-based/virtual training to cover the academic component of the apprenticeship standard, delivered by our specialized apprenticeship training provider using a blended learning approach, examples of which include: Workplace Hazards, Core Principlesof Safety, Personal injury liability and absence reduction, Self-leadership, Managing Projects, Essentials of Leadership, and LEAN Principles.
- On-the-job training within your assigned operations warehouse.
- Self-led online learning, portfolio creation, and reflective learning logs to demonstrate your understanding of a task or module.
- Mentoring from Amazon safety team members.
You will work alongside your site safety team to support with day-to day-tasks, learning how Amazon approaches safety and delivers for its customers. As you develop your skills, knowledge, and behaviours, you will become an integral part of the site team, deliveringthe highest quality of service to our internal and external customers and ensuring everyone consistently operates safely.
About the team
Amazon is the perfect place to enhance your career in Safety. Our Safety Specialist apprentices work with a number of other business functions to help deliver big or small projects successfully, including loss prevention, HR, and Operations Management, workingwith managers.

**BASIC QUALIFICATIONS**

For this apprenticeship program we prioritize applicants eligible for government funding, the requirements for which are:

- Have you lived in the UK or in the European Economic Area (EEA) for the last 3 years
- Not be registered to study on a UK government funded course ending June 2023 or later
- Aged 18 years or older before employment start date (July 2023)
- Demonstrate practical experience of working using Safety principles and techniques
- Express a willingness to learn with a positive attitude
- Able to read, understand, and communicate fluently in English, and interact and engage comfortably with all levels of the business
- Ability to follow guidelines and instructions to operate safety at all times whilst meeting deadlines
Please note that you will be required to evidence your qualifications. If you have gained qualifications outside of the UK you must provide a Statement of Comparability to confirm they are equivalent.
Amazon is a 24/7 operation, you must have flexibility in working hours and shift patterns to provide cover for operational requirements, as such this role may include working weekends and/or night shifts.

**PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS**
- You are able to operate in a complex and fast paced operational environment
- You are able to demonstrate passion for apprenticeships and learning



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