Safety, Health and Environment Technician Apprentice

Historic Royal Palaces (HRP) is the independent charity that cares for six of the most iconic palaces in the world: the Tower of London, Hampton Court Palace, the Banqueting House, Kensington Palace, Kew Palace, and Hillsborough Castle, and their magnificent historical gardens. We preserve these historic sites and share their stories with millions of people, inspiring audiences through creativity, innovation, and world‑class experiences.

We want everyone to find themselves in the spaces and stories we share. To find out more, please visit our strategy page: Our strategy | Historic Royal Palaces

We are recruiting for a Safety, Health and Environment Technician Apprenticeship at Hampton Court Palace, giving you a fantastic opportunity to grow your Health and Safety Support skills whilst working at the beautiful Hampton Court Palace.

Being an apprentice is an exciting challenge – often demanding but hugely rewarding. You will be training within a heritage environment, working alongside and learning from our experienced and dedicated team, developing skills and knowledge.

The role will involve assisting the Senior Health, Safety and Environment Advisor in monitoring safety enquiries, including maintaining HRP incident database and following up with investigations & gathering evidence. This role will require you to communicate effectively with your colleagues and supporting audit programmes.

Whilst Studying Towards Your Apprenticeship You Will Also

• Monitoring safety enquiries to the central safety inbox and, where necessary review relevant security control room daily logs
• Assisting with maintaining the HRP accident/ incident database and associated
  
  

correspondence, following up with investigations where necessary.

• Assisting with near miss, accident and dangerous occurrence investigations by
  
  

interviewing and gathering evidence.

• Updating records of Fire, HSE information held on the Health & Safety
  
  

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• Attending safety committees, and other meetings, taking minutes and notes and
  
  

circulating agendas

• Assisting with fire drills and other emergency training exercises
• Supporting audit programmes and regulatory/ insurance inspections
• Maintaining the risk action database
• Undertaking information gathering and research activities
• Providing excellent customer support across all relevant areas of the business
  
  

We do have some essential criteria in order to be successful in your application:

• You must be 18 years old or over
• You must not have completed a degree or equivalent level qualification in the UK or elsewhere.
• You must be able to commute to your assigned place of work
• Must be able to commit to the full duration of the apprenticeship
  
  

Closing date: 7th May 2026, 00:00.