Summary
This is your chance to gain valuable skills, earn recognised qualifications, and kickstart your future—all while earning. From day one, you’ll receive exceptional career support and guidance, helping you grow in a friendly and supportive environment where you can be your authentic self and achieve your best. Lets brew an incredible future together.
Wage
£19,000 a year
Yearly salary increases for performance
Training course
Food and drink technical operator (level 3)
Hours
Be prepared for a dynamic work environment, including 12-hour shifts, alternating between days and nights. Days and shifts to be confirmed.
37 hours a week
Start date
Monday 1 September 2025
Duration
2 years 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
* Controlling our manufacturing processes through equipment or process operation
* Frontline fault diagnosis and resolution
* Asset care, and basic maintenance tasks
* Upholding food safety standards by monitoring Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points (HACCP) and accurately recording results
* Manufacture safe and compliant products
Where you’ll work
HP Bulmers Ltd
The Cider Mills
Plough Lane
Hereford
HR4 0LE
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN
Your training course
Food and drink technical operator (level 3)
Equal to A level
Course contents
* Interpret, follow and implement food and drink production SOPs.
* Interpret, follow and implement quality assurance procedures.
* Monitor production performance, stock usage and rotation.
* Operate or use food and drink production tools and equipment.
* Identify hazards (Critical Control Points) and control measures to mitigate risks.
* Comply with food safety regulations and procedures.
* Comply with health and safety regulations and procedures.
* Comply with environment and sustainability regulations and procedures. Segregate, recycle and dispose of waste.
* Monitor and inspect production machinery.
* Apply basic maintenance practices. For example, check levels, parts wear, pressure, and sensors, and grease and lubricate.
* Select and use maintenance hand tools.
* Follow food safe engineering standards and practices. For example, use of food safe chemicals, check out and in of components.
* Follow site isolation and lock off procedures (lockout, tagout).
* Diagnose and resolve issues. Escalate issues.
* Apply fault-finding and problem-solving techniques.
* Apply continuous improvement techniques. Devise suggestions for improvement.
* Collect and interpret information. Use data to apply changes
* Record information - paper based or electronic.
* Use information technology. Comply with GDPR.
* Plan and organise self, others and resources.
* Communicate with colleagues and stakeholders visually and verbally.
* Communicate in writing.
* Identify training needs. Train and buddy team members in the workplace.
* Interpret, follow and implement food and drink production SOPs.
* Interpret, follow and implement quality assurance procedures.
* Monitor production performance, stock usage and rotation.
* Operate or use food and drink production tools and equipment.
* Identify hazards (Critical Control Points) and control measures to mitigate risks.
* Comply with food safety regulations and procedures.
* Comply with health and safety regulations and procedures.
* Comply with environment and sustainability regulations and procedures. Segregate, recycle and dispose of waste.
* Monitor and inspect production machinery.
* Apply basic maintenance practices. For example, check levels, parts wear, pressure, and sensors, and grease and lubricate.
* Select and use maintenance hand tools.
* Follow food safe engineering standards and practices. For example, use of food safe chemicals, check out and in of components.
* Follow site isolation and lock off procedures (lockout, tagout).
* Diagnose and resolve issues. Escalate issues.
* Apply fault-finding and problem-solving techniques.
* Apply continuous improvement techniques. Devise suggestions for improvement.
* Collect and interpret information. Use data to apply changes
* Record information - paper based or electronic.
* Use information technology. Comply with GDPR.
* Plan and organise self, others and resources.
* Communicate with colleagues and stakeholders visually and verbally.
* Communicate in writing.
* Identify training needs. Train and buddy team members in the workplace.
Your training plan
Throughout the duration of your apprenticeship, you’ll be learning from technical experts of our manufacturing processes and our current Technical Operators who have decades of experience within our breweries.
As part of the apprenticeship, you’ll attend blocks of off-site learning and training with our best-in-class training provider, Lincoln University. You’ll spend up to 3 weeks per academic year at their state-of-the-art campus, gaining underpinning knowledge of our processes which you’ll then apply back on-site.
Be prepared for a dynamic work environment, which will include 12-hour shifts, alternating between days and nights.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
* English (grade 4)
* Maths (grade 6)
Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.
Skills
* Communication skills
* Attention to detail
* Organisation skills
* Problem solving skills
* Logical
* Team working
* Initiative