One person, most of the trades
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
Apprentices without level 2 English and Maths may need to achieve this level prior to taking the end-point assessment. Employers may set their own criteria.
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.
Day-to-day maintenance that keeps a range of properties in a good state of repair.
Carpentry, joinery, plumbing, plastering, brick and block work, external works, and finishing trades including tiling, painting and decorating.
Covers carpentry and joinery, plumbing, plastering, brick and block, tiling, painting and decorating
Routine maintenance tasks, and minor planned and responsive repairs, using a wide variety of hand and power tools, materials, components and fittings.
Covers routine maintenance, planned and responsive repairs, hand and power tools
The key principles of buildings and their construction, and the building services that support them: electrical, plumbing, plant, safety systems and equipment.
Covers building construction principles, building services, safety systems
Keenly aware of the limits of their own competence, and responding to and reporting faults and defects to others as necessary. On maintenance work this is the difference between safe and dangerous.
Covers limits of competence, reporting faults and defects, health and safety compliance
All apprentices must undertake an independent end-point assessment which is a synoptic 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 0800 358 7575
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.
