Supply Chain Warehouse Apprenticeship Standard

Please contact a member of TEC Apprenticeships for further details on apprenticeship opportunities at myapprenticeship@grimsby.ac.uk or call 01472 311222.

As an apprentice, you will be working with an employer and earning at the same time as training on the job and studying for a qualification. The duration of this apprenticeship is approximately 12 months. This is a wholly-workbased apprenticeship, with no college attendance.

This occupation is found in the Logistics, Retail, Manufacturing, Automotive, Construction, Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals Sectors. It will also be found in all services within the MOD. Warehouse Operatives may work in a number of different industries and in a range of buildings from 5,000 to 1,000,000 square feet. These buildings may be temperature or humidity controlled and equipped with racking or other storage systems along with automatic or robotic handling equipment. Some operations may involve large areas of outside storage. Most warehouses will have different types of Mechanical Handling Equipment to move products into and out of the warehouse and internally into and out of specific storage locations. Most warehouses are likely to have a computerised Warehouse Management System to manage the movements into and out of the warehouse, to maintain stock records and to process customer orders. On board or hand held scanners, linked to the system, may be used to identify products and locations. Warehouses in the Logistics Sector may be dedicated to one customer or may serve a number of different customers possibly from different Sectors. Retailers will have dedicated National or Regional Distribution Centres to serve their outlets. Manufacturers may have warehouses to store both raw materials and finished goods. Automotive manufacturers may have inbound warehouses to store components required for assembly and Aftermarket warehouses to store spare and replacement parts. Organisations may also have warehouses dedicated to the return and subsequent management of products.

Apprenticeships are an ideal way to earn and learn, as an Apprentice you are fully employed and will have one of our industry-experienced work-based trainers visiting you in your workplace. As an Apprentice, you will have access to the Institute facilities as well as ongoing support and guidance. In order to do an apprenticeship, you need a job as well as a training provider - you can apply for vacancies by sending your CV to employers to ask if they would be willing to take you on as an Apprentice. If successful, you can then contact us telling us who the employer is and their contact details so we can make the arrangements for you to be assessed and speak to the employer. You can also apply for vacancies at www.apprenticeships.gov.uk. If you complete a Lincs2 application form for an apprenticeship expressing an interest in an apprenticeship, we will contact you to advise you about contacting employers and using the apprenticeship website to look for vacancies. You can email the TEC Apprenticeship team at myapprenticeship@grimsby.ac.uk , or call on 01472 311222.

Apprenticeships are now assessed independently by End-Point-Assessments. You will be booked in for your end point assessment once you have completed the criteria to be entered (this includes completing your Functional Skills requirements). The assessment will include a knowledge test, practical test, and Interview underpinned by a portfolio of evidence.

A level 2 apprenticeship typically requires maths and English at GCSE grade 1 or higher.

If you don’t already have maths and English qualifications at grade 4 or above, you’ll have the opportunity to up-skill whilst on-programme. We have our own dedicated maths and English Tutors who will support you to complete Functional Skills qualifications, and can also support you through GCSE re-sits too.

Successful students may progress directly into employment, or onto a higher level apprenticeship.