Apprenticeships

What is an Apprenticeship?

Apprenticeships are essentially a job with training. They are a fantastic way to gain a qualification through work-based learning, whether you’re starting or changing your career, or if you’re looking to upskill.

Apprenticeships are linked to specific job roles and ensure you develop the necessary knowledge, skills and behaviours necessary to succeed and excel in your chosen career. They include an industry-relevant professional qualification and take between one and four years to complete through a combination of work-based assessment , practical workshops, progress reviews and classroom lessons.

At the end of your Apprenticeship, you will demonstrate all you have learned in an independent assessment which will prove competence in your job role and help you progress in your career.

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How does it work?

Apprenticeships are designed to develop core knowledge, skills and behaviours necessary to demonstrate competence in a chosen job role. Much of this knowledge is gained from day-to-day working duties, however, Apprentices must spend 20% of their time on the programme in training and development. This doesn’t mean they need to be out of the office one day a week but can include study for a professional qualification, skills-based workshops or developmental 1-2-1s.

At the end of their programme Apprentices need to take an Independent End Point Assessment which will include at least two forms of assessment and demonstrate competence across the whole Apprenticeship.

By studying and working at the same time, Apprentices gain experience at the same time as acquiring essential knowledge, giving them greater confidence in the workplace.