Life Sciences and Chemical Science Professionals Apprenticeship (Level 4)

What type of work will I do and what qualifications will I gain?

Although apprenticeships will vary depending on your entry level and your employer, you will gain a range of skills from the varying tasks you complete, these could include:

• Develop and maintain a healthy and safe work environment for scientific or technical activities
• Maintain effective and efficient working relationships for scientific or technical activities
• Assure quality processes and procedures for scientific or technical activities
• Carry out risk assessments on scientific or technical activity

• Plan and run scientific or technical projects for workplace activities
• Develop and provide training for scientific or technical activities in the workplace
• Plan and conduct scientific or technical investigations
• Plan and monitor small scale processing activities
• Manage and monitor the work of scientific or technical teams
• Write scientific or technical reports for workplace activities
• Manage scientific or technical business processes for workplace activities
• Prepare and manage budgets for scientific or technical workplace activities
• Assess their own scientific or technical knowledge and skills for workplace activities

You will also gain the following qualifications:

• BTEC Level 4 HNC Diploma in Chemical Science for Industry
• Employee Rights and Responsibilities
• What skills and qualities will I need for this apprenticeship?
• Excellent communications skills
• Willingness to learn and develop your skills and knowledge
• Ability to work within a team and on own initiative
• Good practical and technical skills
• Methodical approach to your work
• Ability to organise your workload and meet deadlines