When the work is finished, it has to be safe to use
An apprenticeship is a real, paid job. The apprentice works for an employer and trains with us at the same time, and comes out with a nationally recognised qualification and the experience to go with it.
The short answer
Individual employers will set the recruitment and selection criteria for their Apprenticeships. In order to optimise success, candidates will typically have 4 GCSEs at Grade C/4 or equivalent, including Mathematics, English and a Science.
The employer sets the real bar, so treat this as a guide. If somebody is close but not quite there, it is still worth the conversation.
Industrial, commercial and domestic environments, indoors and out, working proficiently without immediate supervision.
Switchboards, motors, cables, fuses, thermal relays, fault current protection, heating, lighting, air conditioning and metering, plus crime and fire alarm systems and renewable energy technologies.
Covers switchboards, motors, cables, protection devices, heating and lighting, alarm systems, renewables
Setting out jobs from drawings and specifications and requisitioning the materials needed, rather than waiting to be told what to order.
Covers working from drawings and specifications, setting out, requisitioning materials
Installation, testing, commissioning and maintenance of low voltage electrical and electronic devices and appliances.
Covers installation, testing, commissioning, maintenance, low voltage systems
On completion the systems must be safe to use, and the work must be done without endangering themselves or anyone else. Everything else on this list depends on it.
Covers electrical safety, safe working practices
All apprentices must undertake an independent end-point assessment which is an assessment of the knowledge, skills and behaviours that have been learnt throughout the apprenticeship. The purpose of the assessment is to make sure the apprentice meets the standard set by employers and are fully competent in the occupation.
Work launched in class and completed in the job, building the evidence the assessor will look at.
The employer, the apprentice and the tutor. Half an hour. Progress, targets, and anything getting in the way.
Marked by a tutor who is not theirs, so the feedback is honest and the real thing holds no surprises.
Most of our apprentices carry on, usually with the same employer and usually into a wider role. Which route is right depends on the job being done, so it is worth a conversation rather than a guess.
Not sure what comes after this one? Tell us the role and we'll tell you honestly which of our apprenticeships, higher apprenticeships or university-level courses fits next.
It takes two, an employer and an apprentice. Pick your side.
Recruiting, or formalising the training of someone already in post? Start with a conversation. We'll check the role, sort the funding, and get them enrolled.
Speak to us today 01724 281111
Or advertise a vacancy through us and we'll handle the recruitment.
An apprenticeship is a job, so an employer has to take you on before you can start. Already employed in this kind of role? Your manager can put you forward directly.
No vacancy that suits? Register your interest and we'll tell you when one comes up.
