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Protective Services element forms a wide range of statutory and advisory services designed to protect public health and consumer safety through Environmental Health, Trading Standards and Building Standards functions.

Becoming a Modern Apprentice will give you the opportunity to develop a career within Building Standards & Public Safety and be trained to the appropriate National Standard through college attendance and on the job training and experience.

Under the leadership and direction of the Service Manager, you may have a range of responsibilities including:

Processing Building Warrant applications and applications for relaxation of building standards, including assessment of plans, specifications and calculations, and the issue of warrants and completion certificates

Inspection and monitoring of developments being implemented on site, including testing of drainage systems, to ensure compliance with Building Warrant approvals.

Assess work carried out without consent and take necessary action, including issue of appropriate authorisations.

To inspect buildings and take action in terms of Section 27 of the Building (Scotland) Act – (unauthorised buildings); and inspections and action under Section 29/30 – (dangerous buildings), including authorisation of remedial works and evacuation of buildings.

As a Modern Apprentice you will be involved in supporting the delivery of the above services. Based in Fife House, Glenrothes, the successful candidate will be part of a team dealing with all aspects of the Building Standards function.

A link to the role profile is included below. You will find more information about the job and the type of person we are looking for.

The Person   

This opportunity does not require you to have any experience in your chosen profession. What we do require is:

One Higher at Grade C or above and three National 5s at grade C or above, which must include maths. An understanding of your chosen profession. An understanding of the importance of Health and Safety. An understanding of the benefits of effective teamwork and customer care principles. A willingness to learn and adapt to the working and college environment. 

Fife Council is committed to creating employment and training opportunities for the young people of Fife. This post is part of that commitment. This post is funded through the Workforce Youth Investment programme and therefore is restricted to applicants who live in Fife and are aged between 16 and 24 on or by the specified start date. We will advertise further opportunities via our recruitment site as they become available. For more information on our youth employment opportunities visit .

If you are under 16 and don’t have a National Insurance number, email 

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We are currently shaping our future workstyles however, in light of current advice, we are introducing blended home/office working that will include office access days each week with homeworking for the remainder of your working time.

For more information, please contact: Scott Davidson,

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