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Apprenticeships

Engineering apprenticeships

An apprenticeship is a real, paid job. You work for an employer and train with us at the same time, and come out with a nationally recognised qualification and the experience to go with it.

I'm an employer I want to be an apprentice

The standards

Eleven standards. Start where the job is.

The widest offer on this campus, and the one closest to the region's employers. Welding and fabrication, electrical installation and maintenance, machining, design and draughting, and the maintenance and operations technicians who keep plant running.

For employers

How it actually works

Six steps, from the first conversation to somebody else marking the result. It is the same on every apprenticeship we run.

1

We help you write the role

Your Employer Relationship Officer checks the job genuinely covers the standard before anyone signs anything.

2

We help you recruit

Advertise the vacancy through us, or enrol a member of staff you already have.

3

Your apprentice gets a named tutor

A person, who visits your workplace, and who you can email directly.

4

Training runs around the job

Timetabled teaching plus work completed in post, on a schedule you have from day one.

5

A review every 8 to 10 weeks

You, your apprentice and the tutor. Half an hour. Progress, targets, and anything getting in the way.

6

Somebody else marks the result

An independent end-point assessment, by an organisation with no connection to us or to you.