Summary
This apprenticeship is a role within the Civil Service. To see full details of the apprenticeship click on ‘apply’ to go to the Civil Service Jobs website.
Wage
£26,025 a year
Training course
Scientist (level 6)
Hours
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37 hours a week
Start date
Sunday 1 February 2026
Duration
5 years
Positions available
3
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
This apprenticeship is a role within the Civil Service. To see full details of the apprenticeship click on ‘apply’ to go to the Civil Service Jobs website.
Where you'll work
Whitley Road
Longbenton
Newcastle Upon Tyne
NE12 9SE
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
To be confirmed
Training course
Scientist (level 6)
What you'll learn
Course contents
* Identify and apply scientific approaches to solve problems, support investigations and recommend any follow-up experiments.
* Evaluate scientific experiments using an appropriate level of qualitative and quantitative numerical analysis.
* Critically analyse data, relevant literature and input from colleagues to inform investigations.
* Analyse, interpret and evaluate scientific data and present the results in written and oral form.
* Manage record keeping to ensure data integrity, traceability, confidentiality and adherence with appropriate regulatory requirements.
* Promote, enact, document, and monitor the application of quality standards, safe working practices and compliance with risk management systems relevant to the role.
* Identify opportunities to challenge assumptions and apply influencing skills to make improvements, make new proposals and build on existing ideas.
* Manage work plan, prioritise tasks and evaluate progress against objectives.
* Contribute to the development of technical projects across multi-skilled teams and share best practice across the wider business.
* Conduct complex (chemical, or physical, or biological) scientific investigations in accordance with defined company procedures and legislative requirements.
* Identify and implement continuous performance improvement using appropriate techniques.
* Ensure work meets environmental, risk management and sustainability requirements and regulations of the business sector.
* Evaluate own performance and knowledge, and set personal development goals.
* Troubleshoot equipment selection and implement sustainable solutions.
* Identify and collaborate with key stakeholders and provide technical support and advice where required.
* Identify how other roles in the organisation can contribute to achieving sustainability goals.
* Select and apply equipment, techniques, and methods to ensure reliable and accurate results.
* Undertake practical analyses and measurement and communicate the outcomes using appropriate terminology and mathematical and graphical notation.
* Use appropriate digital solutions for the collection and analysis of data, and the retrieval of appropriate information.
* Use communication methods suited to objective and audience.
* Use theoretical models, often involving approximations, to make quantitative predictions.
* Apply chemical concepts and theories to investigations.
* Design, develop and carry out chemical science investigations.
* Recommend synthetic pathways to target-compounds and design experimental activities to test predictions.
* Design and deploy purification, isolation and characterisation strategies, taking account of physicochemical properties of elements and compounds.
* Design, develop and carry out qualitative and quantitative sample preparation, chemical measurement, and analysis.
* Critically compare the results of theoretical or computational modelling with those from experiment and observation.
* Apply physics theories to solve problems that cross scientific discipline boundaries.
* Apply computational techniques to analysis and model physical behaviour.
* Apply physics concepts and theories to investigations.
* Design, develop and carry out physics based investigations.
* Use mathematical techniques and theories to solve physics problems.
* Use computer programming software to solve physics based problems.
* Critically analyse current and emerging developments in the biosciences and the contribution of Biosciences to the wider industry.
* Apply Biological concepts and theories to investigations.
* Design, develop and carry out biological investigations
* Perform tasks related to sample preparation and culturing techniques.
* Use of laboratory automation systems.
* Perform sampling with consideration for sample variation.
* Identify and apply scientific approaches to solve problems, support investigations and recommend any follow-up experiments.
* Evaluate scientific experiments using an appropriate level of qualitative and quantitative numerical analysis.
* Critically analyse data, relevant literature and input from colleagues to inform investigations.
* Analyse, interpret and evaluate scientific data and present the results in written and oral form.
* Manage record keeping to ensure data integrity, traceability, confidentiality and adherence with appropriate regulatory requirements.
* Promote, enact, document, and monitor the application of quality standards, safe working practices and compliance with risk management systems relevant to the role.
* Identify opportunities to challenge assumptions and apply influencing skills to make improvements, make new proposals and build on existing ideas.
* Manage work plan, prioritise tasks and evaluate progress against objectives.
* Contribute to the development of technical projects across multi-skilled teams and share best practice across the wider business.
* Conduct complex (chemical, or physical, or biological) scientific investigations in accordance with defined company procedures and legislative requirements.
* Identify and implement continuous performance improvement using appropriate techniques.
* Ensure work meets environmental, risk management and sustainability requirements and regulations of the business sector.
* Evaluate own performance and knowledge, and set personal development goals.
* Troubleshoot equipment selection and implement sustainable solutions.
* Identify and collaborate with key stakeholders and provide technical support and advice where required.
* Identify how other roles in the organisation can contribute to achieving sustainability goals.
* Select and apply equipment, techniques, and methods to ensure reliable and accurate results.
* Undertake practical analyses and measurement and communicate the outcomes using appropriate terminology and mathematical and graphical notation.
* Use appropriate digital solutions for the collection and analysis of data, and the retrieval of appropriate information.
* Use communication methods suited to objective and audience.
* Use theoretical models, often involving approximations, to make quantitative predictions.
Training schedule
This training schedule has not been finalised. Check with this employer if you’ll need to travel to a college or training location for this apprenticeship.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
English and Maths (grade C)
A Level in:
Science (grade C)
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Skills
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