Apprentice Herb Assistant Sandhutton Growers Limited T/A Herbs Unlimited

Location

Thirsk, North Yorkshire | United Kingdom

Job description

What you will do in your working day

You will be working in 3 areas:

Goods In:

• Assisting Goods In controller to book in all product and items used within the business
• Checking quality of products upon intake and during storage
• Producing labels and traceability codes
• Managing stocks
• Vacuum cooling
• Running products to the production lines
• Continued hygiene of the area
• Organising waste lines

Dispatch:

• Assisting Dispatch controller in the checking off finished products
• Collating the products in the dispatch fridge prior to them being loaded onto delivery vans
• Coordination of Drivers and vans to meet the customer deadlines
• Label printing for the production teams
• Checking of temperatures of finished products
• Checking off the products per customer against the order

Dry Pack Packing operations - Flow Wrap, Bulk Machine, Hand packing and Salad mixing:

• Weighing of individual herbs and loading them onto the flow wrap or Bulk machine. Creating 35gm bags up to 500gm bags
• Labelling of products
• Packing bags into outer cases as per the individual customer orders
• Making up outer carboard boxes
• Mixing salad components as per the ingredients list
• Continued hygiene of the area

Washing - Low care:

• Preparation of Lettuce and Herbs prior to washing
• Grading of product for identification of foreign bodies and quality issues
• Operation of Slicing machine for slicing of herbs as per customer specification
• Operation of different types of washers
• Handling of cleaning agents to be added to the washers
• Ensuring continuity of Traceability

Washing - High care:

• Packing of products as per customer requirements
• Labelling of products as per the customer specification.
• Ensuring good hygiene levels are maintained

The training you will be getting

• Supply Chain Warehouse Operative Level 2 Apprenticeship Standard
• NVQ and functional skills maths and English
• Work based learning

What to expect at the end of your apprenticeship

• A great opportunity to develop your career with an employer who supports continuing professional development

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Salary

£10.98k per annum