Modern Apprenticeships offer you a way to harness new talent, providing your workforce with the practical skills and experience needed now and in the future.

With so many different types of Modern Apprenticeships, there’s bound to be a place for an apprentice in your organisation. Read more...

On-the-Job Training

Developing the skills your business needs.

 

Valued by Businesses

Research shows that lots of businesses actually find skills shortages and recruitment difficulties a bigger threat to performance than soaring oil prices and declining customer spending. But did you know that more than a quarter of these business rate apprenticeships higher than any other qualification?

Benefits an apprentice can bring:

• Improve your business performance - because apprentices get relevant training, they can make a real and meaningful contribution to your business. Their training is ‘on-the-job’, so add to your productivity while gaining directly from the skills and experience of those around them.
• Motivate your workforce – Modern Apprenticeships are available to both new and current employees. They tend to be more enthusiastic and keen to know more as a result of their training. It also makes them feel more valued so it can be easier to retain them in the long term.
• Give you relevant skills – Modern Apprenticeships can provide your business with skills that are not only specific to your industry, but also relevant to your business. They are designed around business needs by industry specialists who genuinely understand what your industry does.
• Help you avoid skills shortages – as you know change and innovation are always with us. By taking on apprentices, your workforce could develop the specialist skills needed to keep up with the latest technology and working practices in your industry.