Warehousing and Logistics
Kickstart your career in Warehousing and Logistics
The warehousing and storage industry offers a wide and varied range of job opportunities, with plenty of chances to progress up the career ladder.
Our Warehousing and Logistics programmes provide the skills and knowledge you need to excel in a fast-paced sector that keeps goods moving across the world.
From inventory management to transport operations, our courses are designed to equip you with hands-on experience and industry-relevant qualifications. Whether you're starting fresh or looking to advance, we have a program tailored to your goals.

Apprenticeships
Annual Openings:
146
Current employment:
3354
Median Earnings:
£33,066.00
Educational requirements:
Level 3 NVQ
A Levels
Age demographics
The graph shows the distribution of people in Manager in Storage or Warehousing by age group.
Age group | % |
16-24 years: | 4.42% |
25-34 years: | 22.17% |
35-44 years: | 27% |
45-54 years: | 27.9% |
55-64 years: | 16.27% |
65+ years: | 2.2% |
Annual earnings
The graph shows the annual earnings of people in Manager in Storage or Warehousing by amount.
Percentile | Earnings £ |
10%: | £19,281 |
25%: | £24,622 |
50%: | £33,066 |
75%: | £37,829 |
90%: | £53,407 |
Core tasks
- Decides on storage conditions for particular items, allocates warehouse space and arranges for regular stock inspections to detect deterioration or damage.
- Prepares reports on expenditure and advises on materials and parts standardisation, future stores and stock control policies.
- Advises purchasing department on type, quality and quantity of goods required and dates by which they must be available.
- Reviews, develops and implements stock control, handling and distribution policies to maximise use of space, money, labour and other resources.
- Liaises with production, maintenance, sales and other departments to determine the materials and other items required for current and future production schedules and sales commitments.
Education Attainment Levels
The graph shows the education level of people in Manager in Storage or Warehousing.
Level | % |
Level 0: | 4.64% |
Level 1: | 7.20% |
Level 2: | 29.95% |
Level 3: | 29.30% |
Level 4-5 (Higher Education): | 8.31% |
Level 6 (Bachelors): | 18.64% |
Level 7 (Masters or equivalent): | 1.96% |
Employment numbers by year
The graph shows the employment numbers in Manager in Storage or Warehousing by year.
Year | Employment |
2022: | 3414 |
2023: | 3308 |
2024: | 3354 |
2025: | 3391 |
2026: | 3418 |
2027: | 3437 |
2028: | 3453 |
2029: | 3464 |
2030: | 3471 |
2031: | 3477 |
2032: | 3480 |
2033: | 3483 |
Hourly earnings
The graph shows the hourly earnings of people in Manager in Storage or Warehousing by amount.
Percentile | Earnings £ |
10%: | £11.97 |
25%: | £13.42 |
50%: | £15.7 |
75%: | £18.97 |
90%: | £22.65 |
Knowledge
Skills
Workforce demographics
The graph shows the male/ female split in Manager in Storage or Warehousing.
Male | 77.19% |
Female | 22.8% |
Annual Openings:
54
Current employment:
1295
Median Earnings:
£40,182.00
Educational requirements:
Level 3 NVQ
A Levels
Age demographics
The graph shows the distribution of people in Manager in Logistics by age group.
Age group | % |
16-24 years: | 2.13% |
25-34 years: | 23.76% |
35-44 years: | 29.06% |
45-54 years: | 29.42% |
55-64 years: | 13.35% |
65+ years: | 2.25% |
Annual earnings
The graph shows the annual earnings of people in Manager in Logistics by amount.
Percentile | Earnings £ |
10%: | £23,494 |
25%: | £32,343 |
50%: | £40,182 |
75%: | £49,984 |
90%: | £66,922 |
Core tasks
- Ensures that regulations regarding hours of work, the licensing of crews and transport equipment, the operational safety and efficiency of equipment, the insurance of vehicles and other statutory regulations are complied with.
- Advises purchasing department on type, quality and quantity of goods required and dates by which they must be available and negotiates contracts with suppliers.
- Monitors the distribution of goods and stock levels to ensure the organisation's needs are met and reports on overall performance.
- Co-ordinates the transportation and storage of goods.
- Management and planning of supply chains from source to the point of consumption to ensure goods get from suppliers to distribution centres as efficiently as possible.
Education Attainment Levels
The graph shows the education level of people in Manager in Logistics.
Level | % |
Level 0: | 1.33% |
Level 1: | 12.62% |
Level 2: | 15.73% |
Level 3: | 21.44% |
Level 4-5 (Higher Education): | 4.74% |
Level 6 (Bachelors): | 29.37% |
Level 7 (Masters or equivalent): | 13.94% |
Level 8 (Doctorate): | 0.82% |
Employment numbers by year
The graph shows the employment numbers in Manager in Logistics by year.
Year | Employment |
2022: | 1280 |
2023: | 1286 |
2024: | 1295 |
2025: | 1307 |
2026: | 1317 |
2027: | 1325 |
2028: | 1332 |
2029: | 1336 |
2030: | 1339 |
2031: | 1341 |
2032: | 1343 |
2033: | 1344 |
Hourly earnings
The graph shows the hourly earnings of people in Manager in Logistics by amount.
Percentile | Earnings £ |
10%: | £16.07 |
25%: | £20.57 |
50%: | £25.8 |
75%: | £32.6 |
90%: | £42.52 |
Knowledge
- Administration and Management: Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modelling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
- Customer and Personal Service: Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
- Personnel and Human Resources: Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labour relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems.
- Production and Processing: Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.
- Mathematics: Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
- Education and Training: Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
- Clerical: Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology.
- Transportation: Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including the relative costs and benefits.
- English Language: Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
- Psychology: Knowledge of human behaviour and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioural and affective disorders.
- Public Safety and Security: Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.
- Computers and Electronics: Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
- Economics and Accounting: Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking and the analysis and reporting of financial data.
- Law and Government: Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.
- Geography: Knowledge of principles and methods for describing the features of land, sea, and air masses, including their physical characteristics, locations, interrelationships, and distribution of plant, animal, and human life.
- Engineering and Technology: Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services.
- Communications and Media: Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media.
- Mechanical: Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
- Sales and Marketing: Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services. This includes marketing strategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems.
- Sociology and Anthropology: Knowledge of group behaviour and dynamics, societal trends and influences, human migrations, ethnicity, cultures and their history and origins.
- Design: Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.
- Therapy and Counselling: Knowledge of principles, methods, and procedures for diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of physical and mental dysfunctions, and for career counselling and guidance.
- Food Production: Knowledge of techniques and equipment for planting, growing, and harvesting food products (both plant and animal) for consumption, including storage/handling techniques.
- Foreign Language: Knowledge of the structure and content of a foreign (non-English) language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition and grammar, and pronunciation.
- Telecommunications: Knowledge of transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems.
- Building and Construction: Knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in the construction or repair of houses, buildings, or other structures such as highways and roads.
- Philosophy and Theology: Knowledge of different philosophical systems and religions. This includes their basic principles, values, ethics, ways of thinking, customs, practices, and their impact on human culture.
- Chemistry: Knowledge of the chemical composition, structure, and properties of substances and of the chemical processes and transformations that they undergo. This includes uses of chemicals and their interactions, danger signs, production techniques, and disposal methods.
- Physics: Knowledge and prediction of physical principles, laws, their interrelationships, and applications to understanding fluid, material, and atmospheric dynamics, and mechanical, electrical, atomic and sub- atomic structures and processes.
- Medicine and Dentistry: Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures.
- History and Archaeology: Knowledge of historical events and their causes, indicators, and effects on civilizations and cultures.
- Biology: Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment.
- Fine Arts: Knowledge of the theory and techniques required to compose, produce, and perform works of music, dance, visual arts, drama, and sculpture.
Skills
- Speaking: Talking to others to convey information effectively.
- Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
- Monitoring: Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
- Reading Comprehension: Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
- Active Listening: Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
- Writing: Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
- Active Learning: Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
- Learning Strategies: Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
- Mathematics: Using mathematics to solve problems.
- Science: Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems.
Workforce demographics
The graph shows the male/ female split in Manager in Logistics.
Male | 76.51% |
Female | 23.48% |
Annual Openings:
160
Current employment:
3974
Median Earnings:
£29,016.00
Educational requirements:
Level 2 NVQ
GCSE at grades A*-C
Age demographics
The graph shows the distribution of people in Fork-lift Truck Driver by age group.
Age group | % |
16-24 years: | 8.03% |
25-34 years: | 17.43% |
35-44 years: | 22.63% |
45-54 years: | 25.3% |
55-64 years: | 23.86% |
65+ years: | 2.71% |
Annual earnings
The graph shows the annual earnings of people in Fork-lift Truck Driver by amount.
Percentile | Earnings £ |
10%: | £22,681 |
25%: | £25,754 |
50%: | £29,016 |
75%: | £35,953 |
90%: | £45,753 |
Core tasks
- Cleans, oils and greases machine.
- Keeps records of work undertaken.
- Ensures that truck is connected to charger or is correctly refuelled for use.
- Drives truck to unloading point and lowers forks to correct position on stack or ground.
- Operates controls to pick up load on forks.
Education Attainment Levels
The graph shows the education level of people in Fork-lift Truck Driver.
Level | % |
Level 0: | 9.37% |
Level 1: | 28.84% |
Level 2: | 41.46% |
Level 3: | 14.91% |
Level 4-5 (Higher Education): | 3.32% |
Level 6 (Bachelors): | 2.11% |
Employment numbers by year
The graph shows the employment numbers in Fork-lift Truck Driver by year.
Year | Employment |
2022: | 3814 |
2023: | 3937 |
2024: | 3974 |
2025: | 4020 |
2026: | 4060 |
2027: | 4096 |
2028: | 4129 |
2029: | 4148 |
2030: | 4161 |
2031: | 4170 |
2032: | 4176 |
2033: | 4181 |
Hourly earnings
The graph shows the hourly earnings of people in Fork-lift Truck Driver by amount.
Percentile | Earnings £ |
10%: | £11.68 |
25%: | £12.28 |
50%: | £13.45 |
75%: | £15.12 |
90%: | £18.61 |
Knowledge
- Production and Processing: Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.
- Mathematics: Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
- Mechanical: Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
- Customer and Personal Service: Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
- Computers and Electronics: Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
- English Language: Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
- Transportation: Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including the relative costs and benefits.
- Public Safety and Security: Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.
- Administration and Management: Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modelling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
- Education and Training: Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
- Clerical: Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology.
- Psychology: Knowledge of human behaviour and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioural and affective disorders.
- Engineering and Technology: Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services.
- Physics: Knowledge and prediction of physical principles, laws, their interrelationships, and applications to understanding fluid, material, and atmospheric dynamics, and mechanical, electrical, atomic and sub- atomic structures and processes.
- Chemistry: Knowledge of the chemical composition, structure, and properties of substances and of the chemical processes and transformations that they undergo. This includes uses of chemicals and their interactions, danger signs, production techniques, and disposal methods.
- Building and Construction: Knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in the construction or repair of houses, buildings, or other structures such as highways and roads.
- Food Production: Knowledge of techniques and equipment for planting, growing, and harvesting food products (both plant and animal) for consumption, including storage/handling techniques.
- Design: Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.
- Personnel and Human Resources: Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labour relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems.
- Law and Government: Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.
- Economics and Accounting: Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking and the analysis and reporting of financial data.
- Communications and Media: Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media.
- Foreign Language: Knowledge of the structure and content of a foreign (non-English) language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition and grammar, and pronunciation.
- Medicine and Dentistry: Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures.
- Telecommunications: Knowledge of transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems.
- Sales and Marketing: Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services. This includes marketing strategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems.
- Geography: Knowledge of principles and methods for describing the features of land, sea, and air masses, including their physical characteristics, locations, interrelationships, and distribution of plant, animal, and human life.
- Sociology and Anthropology: Knowledge of group behaviour and dynamics, societal trends and influences, human migrations, ethnicity, cultures and their history and origins.
- Therapy and Counselling: Knowledge of principles, methods, and procedures for diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of physical and mental dysfunctions, and for career counselling and guidance.
- Philosophy and Theology: Knowledge of different philosophical systems and religions. This includes their basic principles, values, ethics, ways of thinking, customs, practices, and their impact on human culture.
- History and Archaeology: Knowledge of historical events and their causes, indicators, and effects on civilizations and cultures.
- Biology: Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment.
- Fine Arts: Knowledge of the theory and techniques required to compose, produce, and perform works of music, dance, visual arts, drama, and sculpture.
Skills
- Active Listening: Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
- Speaking: Talking to others to convey information effectively.
- Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
- Monitoring: Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
- Reading Comprehension: Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
- Writing: Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
- Active Learning: Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
- Learning Strategies: Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
- Mathematics: Using mathematics to solve problems.
- Science: Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems.
Workforce demographics
The graph shows the male/ female split in Fork-lift Truck Driver.
Male | 98.64% |
Female | 1.35% |
Annual Openings:
964
Current employment:
21552
Median Earnings:
£25,199.00
Educational requirements:
Level 1 NVQ
GCSE at grades D-G
Age demographics
The graph shows the distribution of people in Warehouse Operative by age group.
Age group | % |
16-24 years: | 18.09% |
25-34 years: | 24.39% |
35-44 years: | 20.98% |
45-54 years: | 19.67% |
55-64 years: | 14.57% |
65+ years: | 2.27% |
Annual earnings
The graph shows the annual earnings of people in Warehouse Operative by amount.
Percentile | Earnings £ |
10%: | £14,089 |
25%: | £21,401 |
50%: | £25,199 |
75%: | £30,232 |
90%: | £36,686 |
Core tasks
- Cleans and maintains warehouse.
- Checks goods for damage or missing stock and maintains an inventory of stock.
- Retrieves stored items as listed on order sheets, makes up orders against requisitions and prepares goods for despatch.
- Packs furniture and household goods into crates and cartons for storage.
- Undertakes the loading and unloading of goods and conveys goods about storage area.
Education Attainment Levels
The graph shows the education level of people in Warehouse Operative.
Level | % |
Level 0: | 12.08% |
Level 1: | 16.59% |
Level 2: | 30.86% |
Level 3: | 27.13% |
Level 4-5 (Higher Education): | 4.21% |
Level 6 (Bachelors): | 8.43% |
Level 7 (Masters or equivalent): | 0.70% |
Employment numbers by year
The graph shows the employment numbers in Warehouse Operative by year.
Year | Employment |
2022: | 20384 |
2023: | 21096 |
2024: | 21552 |
2025: | 21978 |
2026: | 22316 |
2027: | 22596 |
2028: | 22835 |
2029: | 22982 |
2030: | 23081 |
2031: | 23150 |
2032: | 23199 |
2033: | 23233 |
Hourly earnings
The graph shows the hourly earnings of people in Warehouse Operative by amount.
Percentile | Earnings £ |
10%: | £11.53 |
25%: | £12.03 |
50%: | £12.97 |
75%: | £14.62 |
90%: | £17.12 |
Knowledge
- Public Safety and Security: Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.
- Mechanical: Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
- Transportation: Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including the relative costs and benefits.
- Mathematics: Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
- Customer and Personal Service: Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
- Education and Training: Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
- Production and Processing: Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.
- English Language: Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
- Administration and Management: Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modelling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
- Clerical: Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology.
- Building and Construction: Knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in the construction or repair of houses, buildings, or other structures such as highways and roads.
- Computers and Electronics: Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
- Communications and Media: Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media.
- Psychology: Knowledge of human behaviour and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioural and affective disorders.
- Physics: Knowledge and prediction of physical principles, laws, their interrelationships, and applications to understanding fluid, material, and atmospheric dynamics, and mechanical, electrical, atomic and sub- atomic structures and processes.
- Personnel and Human Resources: Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labour relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems.
- Economics and Accounting: Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking and the analysis and reporting of financial data.
- Geography: Knowledge of principles and methods for describing the features of land, sea, and air masses, including their physical characteristics, locations, interrelationships, and distribution of plant, animal, and human life.
- Sales and Marketing: Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services. This includes marketing strategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems.
- Foreign Language: Knowledge of the structure and content of a foreign (non-English) language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition and grammar, and pronunciation.
- Law and Government: Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.
- Sociology and Anthropology: Knowledge of group behaviour and dynamics, societal trends and influences, human migrations, ethnicity, cultures and their history and origins.
- Telecommunications: Knowledge of transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems.
- Engineering and Technology: Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services.
- Therapy and Counselling: Knowledge of principles, methods, and procedures for diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of physical and mental dysfunctions, and for career counselling and guidance.
- Design: Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.
- History and Archaeology: Knowledge of historical events and their causes, indicators, and effects on civilizations and cultures.
- Philosophy and Theology: Knowledge of different philosophical systems and religions. This includes their basic principles, values, ethics, ways of thinking, customs, practices, and their impact on human culture.
- Food Production: Knowledge of techniques and equipment for planting, growing, and harvesting food products (both plant and animal) for consumption, including storage/handling techniques.
- Biology: Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment.
- Medicine and Dentistry: Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures.
- Chemistry: Knowledge of the chemical composition, structure, and properties of substances and of the chemical processes and transformations that they undergo. This includes uses of chemicals and their interactions, danger signs, production techniques, and disposal methods.
- Fine Arts: Knowledge of the theory and techniques required to compose, produce, and perform works of music, dance, visual arts, drama, and sculpture.
Skills
- Learning Strategies: Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
- Reading Comprehension: Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
- Monitoring: Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
- Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
- Active Listening: Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
- Active Learning: Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
- Writing: Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
- Mathematics: Using mathematics to solve problems.
- Speaking: Talking to others to convey information effectively.
- Science: Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems.
Workforce demographics
The graph shows the male/ female split in Warehouse Operative.
Male | 81.11% |
Female | 18.88% |



Reasons to join us at Barnsley College
1)
We work work collaboratively with a variety of employers in the warehousing and logistics industry, helping apprentices develop the most relevant knowledge and skills required for the industry.
2)
The apprenticeship programmes include practical training and insights from industry experts. Guest speakers from the industry also provide specialist input into the apprenticeship programme, ensuring you gain valuable skills and knowledge that employers are looking for.
3)
Apprentices gain expertise in areas such as deliveries, stock management, order dispatch and the use of relevant equipment and technology. This on-programme training ensures that apprentices are well-prepared for various roles within the supply chain sector.