Our apprenticeship scheme
We believe that apprenticeships are a way of attracting talented and enthusiastic employees to come and work for Lincolnshire Co-op.
Apprenticeships also give young people who want to develop their skills the chance to earn a wage while they learn, both on the job and through training.
We have a number of apprentices in our business working in areas including food, pharmacy and transport.
The training programmes, which the Society runs alongside Boston College and Nottinghamshire Castle College, vary between 18 months and two years.
On-the-job training for food retail and pharmacy apprentices includes working at different stores and branches in Society’s trading area. They also spend time in alternative parts of the business, like our home stores and head office, to learn more about Lincolnshire Co-op as a whole.
All the apprentices take internal courses in relevant subjects including alcohol awareness, food hygiene, customer service skills and first aid at work. They study for nationally recognised qualifications as well. In food, that’s a Advanced Apprenticeship in Retail Skills and in pharmacy, it is a BTEC Level 3 in Pharmaceutical Science.
See what two of our apprentices have got to say about the programme by clicking on the links about Adam Smith and Anna Dunn. And you can also find out what happened when apprentice Esther Odunewu got to spend the day with our Chief Executive Ursula Lidbetter.
If you’re interested in becoming an apprentice, go to our current vacancies page to find out more.
- Retail apprentice - Adam Smith
Adam is an apprentice at our Scotter Foodstore. Here he tells us what it's like working in our Food division. - Pharmacy apprentice - Anna Dunn
Anna is an apprentice at The Forum Pharmacy in North Hykeham. Here we find out what it's like working in a busy pharmacy. - Pharmacy apprentice - Will Hodson
Will is a pharmacy apprentice and is working towards becoming a pharmacist. - Retail apprentice - Esther Odunewu
Retail apprentice Esther Odunewu got a taste of life in the boardroom when she shadowed Lincolnshire Co-op’s Chief Executive Ursula Lidbetter for the day. - Recruitment
Our retail and pharmacy apprenticeships are long-term programmes which allow candidates to learn and gain qualifications whilst they work.
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