The ultimate goal of any logistics operation is to move a product from supplier to customer – this path is called the supply chain, and it needs to keep moving in order for goods to arrive at the right place, at the right time. Logistics managers play an important role in all of this, liaising with a range of people including suppliers, manufacturers, retailers and consumers.

On this Advanced Level Apprenticeship, you’ll hold a management role for a logistics company. As an apprentice, your duties may involve transportation, stock control, warehousing, and/or monitoring the flow of goods and materials. You’ll be responsible for the day-to-day running of things and making sure that quality, cost and efficiency of the supply chain meets standards.

You’ll learn a range of skills, which could include monitoring stock and keep records; managing the receipt, storage or dispatch of goods; developing relationships with customers and suppliers; and providing leadership for your team.

For this role, you’ll need strong organisation skills and a flair for leadership. You’ll also need to be able to think on your feet and make quick decisions. This is an Advanced Apprenticeship, so a Level 2 qualification in a Logistics occupation or equivalent experience is essential.

Job Roles

·         Logistics Operative

·         Logistics Operations Team Leader/ Section Supervisor

The following providers offer this specialism

Grimsby Institute

Hull College

YH Training

This Apprenticeship covers many aspects of professional cleaning, from mechanised street cleaning to the maintenance of hard floors. There’s more to cleaning than most people realise – cleaning staff can sometimes work at crime and accident scenes, or for the National Health Service ensuring cleanliness of hospital wards, waiting rooms and offices.

They might even take charge of a large-scale clean-up, like on a festival site. Training is an important part of this career because cleaners deal with hazardous chemicals, and sometimes with large machinery. They also need to have the right customer care skills as cleaners are often in contact with customers.

As an apprentice, you’ll learn a range of cleaning techniques and skills including health and safety; working effectively with customers and others; and communication skills. Depending on your employer, you might learn how to clean food areas, confined areas, high-risk areas or the inside of passenger transport vehicles. There are even more specialised skills – you might learn how to operate a street cleaner, or how to carry out maintenance and minor repairs. You might clean specialised electronic equipment, or use a water-fed pole system to clean windows and building façades. A huge range of things need cleaning, so you could find yourself working in a variety of places.

The following providers offer this specialism:

Bishop Burton College

Chamber Training

East Riding College

Grimsby Institute

Hull College

This Apprenticeship covers a range of occupations within hospitality and catering, one of the largest industries in the country. Hospitality and catering covers work in restaurants, hotels and holiday accommodation, cafés, pubs, and contract caterers – it also supplies other industries with food and drink. Schools, colleges, hospitals and large businesses nearly always have canteens and catering staff, too.

To reflect the many career options on offer, this Apprenticeship has several pathways. If you’re interested in working 'front of house', you could train as waiting staff and learn how to serve customers, or train in drinks service – one of the fastest growing sub-sectors.

Apprentices interested in cookery could either train as a chef in a restaurant, or learn how to cook on a large scale for institutions like the NHS or armed forces. You could work in all sorts of kitchens, from fine-dining to chain restaurants through to gastro-pubs. There are specialist pathways to cover all kinds of fare, including Bangladeshi, Thai, Chinese, and Indian. Apprentices more interested in the hospitality side of the sector could work in a hotel reception area; learn to run a B&B or youth hostel; or keep a hotel crisp and clean.

Successful completion of the Advanced Level Apprenticeship could lead to management or supervisory roles.

The following providers offer this specialism:

A4e

East Riding College

Grimsby Institute

Hull College

This Apprenticeship deals with the collection, processing and delivery of mail. Mail services accounts for roughly 9% of the total workforce within the Logistics industry. While Royal Mail is the largest employer (with more than 200,000 employees), there are many other specialist mail service providers as well.

In fact, some organisations, such as local authorities and health trusts, rely on their own internal postal system. On this Apprenticeship, you could be driving a van to collect and distribute post; sorting letters in a mail processing centre; or out delivering the post, by foot, bicycle, motorcycle or light van. You’ll learn skills like how to plan routes, how to handle and sort post, and how to process mail using automated systems.

There are also opportunities to become a manager or supervisor at various stages of the process, whether it’s in the sorting office or keeping tabs on a fleet of vehicles. You may need to work anti-social hours in this industry, so you'll need to be punctual and reliable; but it's an important service with plenty of job satisfaction.

The following providers offer this specialism:

Hull College

This Apprenticeship covers a range of creative skills used in nail services, such as cleaning, decorating, extending and pampering nails. Nail technicians use a variety of techniques, from hot oil treatments to airbrushing. They can also spot, and in some cases treat, certain nail and skin diseases.

As a Nail Services apprentice, you’ll work as a junior nail technician. You'll assist senior nail technicians in performing manicures, pedicures, natural nail wraps, hand and nail treatments, nail extensions and basic nail art techniques. On the Advanced Level Apprenticeship, you could work as a nail technician or even a session and photographic nail artist. You’ll have the opportunity to develop specialist skills in creative nail work by planning, designing and creating images for nail art – you may even get involved with photoshoots or competitions. You’ll also learn how to maintain and repair a range of artificial nail systems.

Working as a nail technician requires social skills as technical ones – you’ll need to enjoy working with people in addition to managing appointments, creating new designs, and following strict health and safety procedures. This career offers opportunities to progress into salon management or sales and marketing for product companies.

The following providers offer this specialism:

East Riding College

Hull College

Retail covers a host of businesses from market stalls and independent shops to national chains and large superstores. This Apprenticeship covers a range of skills that can be used across this vast sector.

As an Intermediate Level Apprentice, your role will depend on your employer – you could be assisting customers on the sales floor of a high street store or handling their purchases. Alternatively, you could be working in a specialist department and become a product expert able to help with specific queries. An artistic flare could point you in the direction of visual merchandising, helping to create window and in-store displays. Or you could work behind the scenes in stock handling, ensuring products are received in the correct quantities and appropriately stored.

On the Advanced Level Apprenticeship, your training will focus on a more specific role to gain greater skills in your preferred specialty. You will handle more responsibility and gain important management skills. From organising displays to learning the crucial aspects of management, the skills gained from the Retail Apprenticeship are transferable to all retail companies. With a young workforce, the UK’s retail sector is vibrant and offers many opportunities for early career progression.

The following providers offer this specialism:

East Riding College

Hull College

YH Training

Hairdressing / Barbering

This Apprenticeship covers all the basics of hairdressing. As a Hairdressing apprentice, you’ll work as a salon junior, assisting senior staff while training as a junior stylist. Duties are likely to include booking appointments, shampooing, conditioning, drying and styling hair, and mixing and applying hair colouring.

You’ll study hairdressing topics such as hair and skin testing, the effects of chemicals on hair and skin, and the principles of hair colour selection – there’s also the option to learn about promoting products, perming, or relaxing different types of hair. Advanced Level Apprentices take their learning a step further by developing their cutting and colouring skills so they can carry out all the latest fashion techniques – and maybe even determine the fashion looks of the future.

On this Apprenticeship you’ll spend a lot of time on your feet, and it’s important that you look smart (and have an even better hairstyle). Good communication plays a role, too – you’ll need to understand exactly what your customer wants in order to make them happy.

Beauty Therapy

This Apprenticeship is about improving people’s wellbeing by making them look and feel better. Beauty Therapy covers a range of treatments, from simple facials and make-up jobs to waxing. As a Beauty Therapy Intermediate Level Apprentice, you’ll assist senior therapists and learn a range of skills and techniques, such as how to improve facial skin conditions, wax body hair, spray tan, shape and colour brows, perform hand and foot treatments, and apply make-up.

On the Advanced Level Apprenticeship, you’ll work as a beauty therapist, learning techniques like body massage as well as more complicated electronic treatments to remove unwanted hair or improve skin condition. You’ll work closely with clients and will need the ability to put them at ease, and generally be pleasant and personable.

Most therapists are based in salons, although some can work in hospitals, resorts, and even cruise liners. It can be a glamorous career choice: with further training you might become a make-up artist for film and TV, or help develop new products. In the future you might run your own salon, or work for individual clients. After successful completion of an Apprenticeship, you could go on to study specialist areas like massage, aromatherapy, hydrotherapy or reflexology

The following providers offer this specialism:

Barbering

Alcrest Academy

Hull College

Prospect Training

Hairdressing

Alcrest Academy

East Riding College

Grimsby Institute

Hull College

Prospect Training

Beauty Therapy

Alcrest Academy

This Apprenticeship deals with the movement and storage of goods, and is an essential part of logistics operations. However, there’s more to this job than just lifting and moving things around (although it does involve a fair bit of that, so you’ll need to be fit and learn how to lift things properly).

As a Warehousing and Storage apprentice, you might learn skills in operating specialist machinery to get things onto – and down from – high storage spaces; learn about keeping some goods at low temperatures; and improve your spatial awareness, so that you can quickly and efficiently load objects of different shapes and sizes. Your duties will depend on your employer, but you could manage stock; audit inventory; keep equipment in good working order; process returned goods; or manage the receipt, storage and dispatch of goods. You might even learn how to maintain the safety of hazardous goods and materials.

Good teamwork is important when you’re working to a tight schedule, such as loading or unloading a lorry that can only wait for a little while before it needs to go on to the next job. You’ll also learn how to maintain health and safety, and work towards a certificate in Logistics and Transport.

The following providers offer this specialism:

Chamber Training

East Riding College

Grimsby Institute

Hull College

YH Training