Summary
We are looking to recruit an Apprentice General Operative/Yard Labourer. Full training will be given by the employer, and Apprentices will work towards achieving the Level 2 Supply Chain Warehouse Operative apprenticeship standard as part of their role.
Wage
£18,785 a year
Training course
Supply chain warehouse operative (level 2)
Hours
Monday to Friday, 8.00am - 5.00pm with 1 hour for lunch.
42 hours 30 minutes a week
Start date
Monday 22 September 2025
Duration
1 year 6 months
Positions available
1
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you'll do at work
The successful candidate will be a customer focused, confident and enthusiastic individual with excellent communication skills.
Responsibilities:
* Order picking and loading customers’ as well as our company vehicles
* To give excellent customer service, ensuring that goods are booked out and in accurately
* Manually place the appropriate stock items on pallets from pick slots and racks as required
* Be a team player, assisting with goods inward, learning products, checking the correct goods received and putting away correctly
* Assisting with customer sales and service, processing orders accurately and efficiently
* Assisting in the assembly of timber components to order requirements, stacking/pulling products off shelves, as well as carrying products to replenish throughout the warehouse
* Checking goods inwards by the set procedures
* Putting stock away into its correct bin location, rotating on a first-in-first-out basis
* Having a proactive attitude to stock levels generally, advising management or specific individuals as appropriate of low or out of stock situations, or slow-moving/over stocks
* Awareness of health & safety at all times, work in a safe and responsible manner so as not to endanger your colleagues, customers, stock, plant, machinery or buildings
Where you'll work
Standard House
Northallerton Business Park
Northallerton
North Yorkshire
DL6 2NA
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
SR APPRENTICESHIPS LIMITED
Training course
Supply chain warehouse operative (level 2)
What you'll learn
Course contents
* Conduct risk assessments within the working environment.
* Apply safe working practices in line with associated health and safety legislation and company policy.
* Receive products in line with organisational procedures.
* Store and pick products in line with organisational procedures.
* Dispatch products in line with organisational procedures.
* Decant, pack products in line with organisational procedures.
* Communicate with others verbally, for example internal and external customers, colleagues, and managers.
* Communicate in writing with others, for example internal and external customers, colleagues and managers.
* Load and unload products, considering the product that is to be moved and its current and planned destination.
* Use tools and equipment to aid in product handling.
* Use information technology and digital systems. Comply with GDPR and cyber security.
* Locate and use operational information, electronic or paper based, required to fulfil contractual requirements.
* Select, prepare, and use packaging materials that reduce waste and mitigate environmental impacts.
* support under instruction scheduled and unscheduled stock taking activities relevant to the organisation and product.
* Identify and escalate problems beyond own responsibility.
* Follow procedures in line with environmental and sustainability regulations, standards, and guidance. Segregate resources for reuse, recycling and disposal.
* Follow equity, diversity and inclusion rules.
* Carry out and record learning and development activities.
* Conducts handover activities.
* Conduct risk assessments within the working environment.
* Apply safe working practices in line with associated health and safety legislation and company policy.
* Receive products in line with organisational procedures.
* Store and pick products in line with organisational procedures.
* Dispatch products in line with organisational procedures.
* Decant, pack products in line with organisational procedures.
* Communicate with others verbally, for example internal and external customers, colleagues, and managers.
* Communicate in writing with others, for example internal and external customers, colleagues and managers.
* Load and unload products, considering the product that is to be moved and its current and planned destination.
* Use tools and equipment to aid in product handling.
* Use information technology and digital systems. Comply with GDPR and cyber security.
* Locate and use operational information, electronic or paper based, required to fulfil contractual requirements.
* Select, prepare, and use packaging materials that reduce waste and mitigate environmental impacts.
* support under instruction scheduled and unscheduled stock taking activities relevant to the organisation and product.
* Identify and escalate problems beyond own responsibility.
* Follow procedures in line with environmental and sustainability regulations, standards, and guidance. Segregate resources for reuse, recycling and disposal.
* Follow equity, diversity and inclusion rules.
* Carry out and record learning and development activities.
* Conducts handover activities.
Training schedule
* Supply Chain Warehouse Operative Level 2 Apprenticeship Standard
* All training will be delivered on-site at the employer's location
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
* English (grade C/4 or above)
* Maths (grade C/4 or above)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
* Communication skills
* IT skills
* Attention to detail
* Organisation skills
* Customer care skills
* Problem solving skills
* Number skills
* Logical
* Team working
* Initiative
* Patience