Opportunity Sheffield’s next Sector Routeways: Manufacturing & Warehousing course, in partnership with Magna, starts on Monday 7 October.
Course starts: Monday 7 October 2024
Time: 9:30am – 4pm
Venue: Magna Science Centre, Magna Way, Templeborough, Rotherham, S60 1FD
Course length: Initial 10 days of training
Proven success:
We are proud to share that 50% of candidates from our previous cohort have successfully secured employment or work placements in either manufacturing or warehousing industry. This course provides a stepping stone towards a promising career.
One participant said, “It’s got me the qualifications to get through the door. I now have improved skills to find a job”.
Why recommend our training course?
This programme will help participants to gain an insight into the various roles and opportunities within the sector:
- From shop floor to support roles
- From traditional manufacturing to advanced manufacturing and traditional warehousing to modern day logistics
- Provides you with the basic knowledge, understanding and skills to succeed in an industry role.
The training includes:
- Getting to know you and confidence building
- Insights into Manufacturing and Warehousing in the region
- Team building and problem solving
- Communication and basic technology in the workplace appropriate to the sector
- Insights into the Industry through tours and meeting employers/employees
- Interview and application support
- Health & Safety, risk management, health and wellbeing and manual handling including the opportunity to gain an accredited qualification
- Understanding business and your role in it
- Sector-specific knowledge including introducing Lean Manufacturing
- Work Experience preparation and support
Qualifications participants will gain:
- Level 1 in health, safety and welfare for workers
- Level 1 in manual handling
Candidates should meet the person specification below:
- Be adaptable, willing and enthusiastic to learn, with a good work attitude
- Able to work on your own initiative, and able to fit in and work as part of a team
- Be able to complete tasks within given timescales
- Good problem solving skills, with the ability to see a job through to completion
- Be flexible and prepared to work additional hours to support the team, if required
- Must be punctual, reliable and have a positive, can-do attitude
- For shop floor and warehousing roles, need to be able to work with your hands and use a variety of tools specific to the industry.
Eligibility:
To be eligible for the course, participants need to be aged 16+, live in South Yorkshire, be unemployed, not in full-time education, and have the right to work in the UK. They will need:
- Their National Insurance Number
- ID – Passport, NI letter, Birth Certificate or Biometric Residence Permit
- Phone login to your Universal Credit account or a recent UC letter
- If not on benefits, their proof of right to work – residence card/sharecode
To register your clients or for more information, please contact us on 0114 229 6188 or sectorrouteways@sheffield.gov.uk
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