Warehouse Apprentice (Wednesbury) HOWDEN JOINERY LIMITED

Location

Wednesbury, West Midlands | United Kingdom

Job description

What you will do in your working day

• Deal with customers in a courteous, professional, and knowledgeable way
• Maintain general housekeeping duties within the warehouse, including stock rotation, cleanliness, tidiness and compliance with health & safety guidelines
• Carry out security and compliance checks on all incoming stock and outgoing orders while adhering to stock management guidelines to ensure accuracy
• Carry out daily checks on the forklift truck and other mechanical equipment and report all defects to the Depot Manager
• Warehouse operatives work in a variety of warehouse environments

Work activities include:

• Taking deliveries
• Checking for damaged/missing items
• Storing goods
• Moving stock by various methods
• Picking/packing orders
• Loading goods for dispatch
• Maintaining stock records and documentation, and cleaning

You will be required to safely use a range of equipment, machinery and vehicles, as relevant to your role and setting. This could include mechanical racking systems, materials handling equipment (MHE) or forklift trucks.

Warehouse operatives communicate with a wide range of people and customers. They have a passion to meet customers’ expectations by providing a quality service that encourages repeat business.

Individuals in this role are highly competent at using industry-recognised systems and associated services (e.g. Traffic/Warehouse Management Systems) and will be able to work under pressure to tight deadlines.

The training you will be getting

• Supply Chain Warehouse Operative Level 2 - Intermediate Apprenticeship
• Training provided by an in-house Learning & Development Team
  Support from an external training provider
• 15-month programme including a minimum 12-month learning period plus end point assessment
• Apprentices without Level 1 English and maths will need to achieve this level and take the test for Level 2 English and maths prior to taking the end-point assessment and completing the apprenticeship.

What to expect at the end of your apprenticeship

• Possible full-time employment with Howdens
• Progression to a level 3 qualification. 

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Salary

£15k per annum