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Customer Service Apprentice

TRICEL (WESTON) LIMITED

Apprenticeship
North Somerset£24,751 per yearA-levels or equivalentSales & Customer ServicePosted 26 March 2026
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About this role

Wage: £24,751 a year
Training course: Customer service specialist (level 3)
Hours: Monday - Thursday 8.30 am - 5.00 pm & Friday 8.30 am - 4.00 pm
Start date: Monday 4 May 2026
Duration: 1 year 3 months
Positions available: 2

Summary

Join us for an exciting opportunity to launch your career while achieving a Customer Service Specialist qualification. As part of our growing team, you’ll experience every stage of the customer journey and gain valuable skills to build a strong future in customer service and sales.

Wage £24,751 a year Check minimum wage rates (opens in new tab) Training course Customer service specialist (level 3) Hours Monday - Thursday 8.30 am - 5.00 pm & Friday 8.30 am - 4.00 pm 37 hours 30 minutes a week Start date Monday 4 May 2026 Duration 1 year 3 months Positions available 2

What you'll do at work

You will receive hands‑on training and support to gain experience across:

Responding to customer enquiries Guiding customers through the sales process Preparing and processing orders Supporting dispatch and after‑sales communications Building strong product and systems knowledge Working collaboratively with the internal and external sales

Where you'll work

Tricel WestonWinterstoke RoadWeston-Super-MareNorth SomersetBS24 9AN

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

What you'll learn

Course contents Business focused service delivery: Demonstrate a continuous improvement and future focussed approach to customer service delivery including decision making and providing recommendations or adviceBusiness focused service delivery: Resolve complex issues by being able to choose from and successfully apply a wide range of approachesBusiness focused service delivery: Find solutions that meet your organisations needs as well as the customer requirementsProviding a positive customer experience: Through advanced questioning, listening and summarising negotiate mutually beneficial outcomesProviding a positive customer experience: Manage challenging and complicated situations within your level of authority and make recommendations to enable and deliver change to service or strategyProviding a positive customer experience: Use clear explanations, provide options and solutions to influence and help customers make choices and agree next stepsProviding a positive customer experience: Explore and interpret the customer experience to inform and influence achieving a positive result for customer satisfactionProviding a positive customer experience: Demonstrate a cost conscious mind-set when meeting customer and the business needsProviding a positive customer experience: Identifying where highs and lows of the customer journey produce a range of emotions in the customerProviding a positive customer experience: Use written and verbal communication to simplify and provide complex information in a way that supports positive customer outcome in the relevant formatWorking with customers/customer insights: Proactively gather customer feedback, through a variety of methods. Critically analyse, and evaluate the meaning, implication and facts and act upon itWorking with customers/customer insights: Analyse your customer types, to identify or anticipate their potential needs and expectations when providing your serviceCustomer Service performance: Maintain a positive relationship even when you are unable to deliver the customer’s expected outcomeCustomer Service performance: When managing referrals or escalations take into account historical interactions and challenges to determine next stepsService Improvement: Analyse the end to end service experience, seeking input from others where required, supporting development of solutionsService Improvement: Make recommendations based on your findings to enable improvementService Improvement: Make recommendations and implement where possible, changes in line with new and relevant legislation, regulations and industry best practice

Training schedule

Attendance of 1 workshop a month Assessor visits to the workplace once the workshops have finished to prepare you for your End Point Assessment If you have not already achieved a C/4 + in both maths and English (or equivalent) and cannot provide evidence in the form of a certificate, you will also need to achieve Functional skills at Level 2, in both maths and English. This will include sitting an exam You will be given some of your working week dedicated to your apprentice study, or Off the Job Training, to carry out self-supported study, compiling your portfolio or completing work set by your assessor End point assessment to achieve your final apprenticeship grade

Desirable qualifications

GCSE in:

English (grade C/4)Maths (grade C/4)

Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.

Skills

IT skillsAttention to detailCustomer care skillsProblem solving skills

About this employer

Tricel is a global market leader in the manufacture and installation of large- and small-scale water storage tanks, fire sprinkler tanks and biofilters. With over 60 years’ experience, our manufacturing and distribution abilities allow us to provide our product solutions throughout the United Kingdom and worldwide. Part of the Tricel group who are a global provider of high-performance solutions for the Water, Environmental, Construction and Materials industries. Our company ethos “Generations of Innovation” is built around three interlinking themes: Innovation, Quality and Heritage.

At Tricel, the customer is at the heart of everything we do. As a Customer Sales Apprentice, you’ll be a valued member of a supportive, fast‑paced team where you can learn, grow, and thrive.

Company benefits

24 days annual leave + bank holidays Employee Assistance Programme & wellbeing support Annual bonus scheme Company pension Employee Recognition Scheme Christmas voucher

After this apprenticeship

Potential to progress into a department and secure an in-house role.

What you need

  • IT skillsAttention to detailCustomer care skillsProblem solving skills

What you get

  • 24 days annual leave + bank holidays
  • Employee Assistance Programme & wellbeing support
  • Annual bonus scheme
  • Company pension
  • Employee Recognition Scheme
  • Christmas voucher
  • After this apprenticeship
  • Potential to progress into a department and secure an in-house role.

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