Apprenticeship - Trading Standards Professional - Level 6 - CMB

Salary: From September 2026 – £8.00 per hour – Apprenticeship Wage – during first 12 months. (If 19 years old or over, after 12 months your salary will increase to minimum wage for your age)

Hours: 37 hours per week

Location: Carlisle area (to be discussed with the successful candidate)

Contract: Apprenticeship

Start Date: From September 2026 onwards

Apprenticeship Duration: Typically 33 to 41 months

Closing Date: 9th March 2026

Interviews: 30th March – 20th April 2026

Do you want to pursue a career in Trading Standards? Do you want to achieve a nationally recognised qualification and benefit from on-the-job work experience? Then an apprenticeship with Cumberland Council could be for you!

Are you ready to start your career in a role where every day is different and your work helps to keep communities safe and businesses thriving? We have an exciting opportunity for a Level 6 Trading Standards Professional apprentice. Kickstart your career working with an experienced and supportive team who’ll help you to develop a variety of skills and knowledge in investigative and enforcement work.

You’ll work across all areas of Trading Standards activity, including product safety, misleading descriptions, food standards, tackling illegal tobacco and vapes, counterfeit products, animal health and welfare, fair trading and weights and measures. The work is interesting and varied and gives you the chance to learn, develop and embark on a rewarding career path with Trading Standards. This is more than just a job, your work will have a real and lasting impact on communities across Cumberland.

We’d love to hear from you if you’re confident in verbal and written communication with a wide range of people, interested in law, investigations and consumer protection, highly organised with good attention to detail and keen to learn and take on new challenges. If you enjoy problem solving and want a career with purpose, this apprenticeship could be for you.

A full, clean UK driving licence is essential for this role.

Training Provider: To be confirmed

Study Method: A mix of workplace learning, practical training, online training sessions and independent study.

Off‑the‑Job Training: 20% of your working hours dedicated to structured learning.

Qualification Gained: Trading Standards Professional Level 6 Apprenticeship

• Online modules
• Online classroom sessions with training provider
• Practical assessments
• Portfolio building

• Please complete the online application form and read all the Supporting Information including the Apprenticeship Description carefully to help you complete your application.
• Ensure you have answered the three questions telling us why you’re interested and how you have or would develop the essential skills, qualities and behaviours and give examples. Please remember to indicate which apprenticeship you are applying for – it could be both!
• List all your qualifications, including any predicted exam grades.
• If you have any additional information you’d like to provide to support your application, for example a copy of your CV or a covering letter, please upload with your application form.

Eligibility Checks: Training providers will carry out eligibility checks. Some of the details you have included in your application form i.e. name; date of birth; home address; email address; telephone/mobile number and qualifications will be shared with commissioned apprenticeship training providers for the purpose of the recruitment, training and management of the apprenticeship programme.

We believe in cultivating potential over perfection. If this apprenticeship sounds like you and you resonate with our values, we encourage you to apply or contact earlycareersandappre for an informal chat prior to your application.

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