Apprenticeships are available in over 1,500 occupations across 170 industries. Businesses of all sizes and sectors in England can recruit an apprentice and they can last anything from 12 months to 5 years.
Apprenticeships should complement, and not be disruptive to, your college or service and should always be based on your business, and skills, needs.
Benefits for Apprentices
- Gain new knowledge.
- Learn new skills.
- Gain valuable on the job experience whilst in a working environment.
- Develop a greater understanding of the chosen industry/occupation area.
- Work based learning.
- Gain a recognised qualification.
- Develop transferable skills.
- Earn a competitive salary.
- Develop a portfolio of evidence.
- No training fees.
Benefits for the service area
- Upskill/Build skills capacity of the workforce.
- Apprentices bring a valued contribution.
- Support continuous development.
- Gain fresh perspectives and new ideas on projects.
- Promote the career pathways in your college/service as exciting choices for those entering employment.
- Wide range of development opportunities for current staff.
- Use Apprenticeships Levy to pay for training fees.
- Investing in future skilled trades and ensure existing skills are passed on and not lost.
- Apprenticeships are a great way to gain experience and get people into work.
- Provide line managers and mentors the opportunity to develop their management skills and experience helping people to develop new skills
- Have a positive impact on the rest of the workforce.
- Reduce recruitment costs.
- Reduce staff turnover – more loyal, remaining longer than non-apprentices.
- Improve productivity in the workplace.
Benefits to the University
- Build the Universities’ reputation as an employer of choice.
- Raise the profile of our services and the work we do.
- Promote career opportunities in Higher Education.
- Promote staff development.
- Meet our social responsibility to support young people and disadvantaged adults to be work ready when they enter the employment market.
- Enhance the diversity and social mobility of our workforce.
- Increasing employee satisfaction – investing in development of our new and existing staff.