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
£20,000 a year
Yearly salary increases for performance
Training course
Brewer (level 4)
Hours
Be prepared for a dynamic work environment, which may include 12-hour shifts, alternating between days and nights. Shifts TBC.
40 hours a week
Possible start date
Monday 1 September
Duration
1 year 9 months
Positions available
1
Work
As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.
What you’ll do at work
* Master the brewing process to craft high-quality drinks
* Learn cutting-edge automated equipment
* Master traditional brewing techniques
* Operate advanced process equipment
* Conduct equipment upkeep
* Analyse data
* Drive continuous improvement
Where you’ll work
The Brewery
Tadcaster
LS24 9SA
Training
An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.
College or training organisation
UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM, THE
Your training course
Brewer (level 4)
Equal to higher national certificate (HNC)
Course contents
* Control and safe operation of automated and/or manual plant and equipment required for brewing, fermentation, processing and packaging of beer taking appropriate personal and operational responsibility for health and safety to protect self and others at all times.
* Maintains accurate records for existing beer recipes and as part of day to day brewhouse and production requirements.
* Design and adjustment of beer recipes and specifications where necessary.
* Planning to ensure production schedules are met, with adjustments made in a timely way where necessary.
* Quality and safety control checks (microbiological, chemical, physical, sensory) and maintains records required for traceability.
* Monitoring quality control and consistency of ingredients, raw materials and product within the process and at final package and to demonstrate compliance with specification and regulations.
* Implementation and monitoring of cleaning and sanitation processes intended to ensure plant and process hygiene.
* Monitoring and maintenance of yeast hygiene, vitality and viability.
* Use of computer word processing and data manipulation packages.
* Contribution to CI activities to improve and optimise production processes and troubleshoot/problem solve operational issues.
* Promotion of the brewery and attributes and characteristics of key brands and styles, when hosting or attending private and/or public events.
Your training plan
Throughout the duration of your apprenticeship, you’ll be learning from technical experts of the brewing process and our current Brewing Technical Operators who have decades of experience within our breweries.
As part of the apprenticeship, you’ll participate in off-site learning and training with our best-in-class training provider, HIT Training who partner with Nottingham University for their brewing expertise. You’ll spend multiple days at their Nottingham campus, up to 4 times each year, learning the theory behind brewing and getting practical experience of each stage of the brewing process.
Be prepared for a dynamic work environment, which may include 12-hour shifts, alternating between days and nights.
More training information
* L4 Brewer Apprenticeship Standard
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
* IT skills
* Organisation skills
* Problem solving skills
* Number skills
* Analytical skills
* Logical
* Team working
* Initiative