An Employers' Guide to Apprenticeships

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The Facts About Apprenticeships

If you employ young adults aged 16-24 or maybe you're thinking of recruiting within this age range, an Apprenticeship programme could answer their training needs.

In addition, Axia can now offer Adult Apprenticeship programmes for individuals over the age of 25. These schemes are attractive to employees who have existing skills but lack formal qualifications.

These programmes are work-based and provide individuals with the opportunity to gain valuable work experience within your organisation whilst working toward a range of qualifications relevant to their job roles.

A variety of Apprenticeship programmes are available, all of which are government funded and, as such, are delivered without cost to employers.

Training and Qualifications

What's involved?

Apprenticeship programmes give individuals the opportunity to combine nationally recognised qualifications with work-based learning.

Your workplace supervisors/managers are integral to the learning process as programmes are designed to meet the needs of the individual learner and those of the business. One of our qualified assessors will visit your premises throughout the duration of the programme to assess learner competency and to ensure that you, the employer, is satisfied with the progress being made.

NATIONAL VOCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS (NVQS)

NVQs are not based on examinations but on the assessment of the practical skills and knowledge that you have learned in the workplace and are, therefore, a measure of how competently you do your job. NVQs are achieved by successfully completing a series of units to nationally recognised standards and are assessed in the workplace.

KEY SKILLS

Key Skills are achieved at different levels dependant upon the Framework being undertaken. They are known as transferable skills and are important in everyday life and recognised by employers.

TECHNICAL CERTIFICATES

Technical Certificates are vocationally related qualifications aimed at developing your underpinning knowledge in support of your chosen vocational area. The training is usually delivered in off-the-job sessions and you will acquire skills that are useful within your job role.