How Do I Apply

Have a look at our current apprenticeship and training opportunities.

You can apply for as many vacancies as you like.

If there aren’t any that meet your needs at the moment then you can submit a General Application for Engineering, Business Support or Teaching Assistant Apprenticeships or for a Step In2 programme. Once your application is ready, we’ll make sure that it’s available for employers to review.

If you’ve not already done so, you’ll need to register.

Make sure you register with an email address that you can access regularly, as we’ll be in touch to send you updates and vacancy information.

Please use your own email address rather than a parent/carer’s email address or a school address. Remember, your potential employers will see your email address so make sure it’s professional! Use your full name, if possible.

Education Record:

Please list all the qualifications you have achieved or are working towards. This includes their name, level and your actual or predicted grades.

Qualifications:

Use this section for any other qualifications you want to tell us about. For example, First Aid training.

Employment/ Work Experience:

Please tell us about all work placements and employment you have completed. Don’t forget to include any unpaid work experience too. Include names of employers, how long you were there for, what your role was and the skills you have used in the role.

Skills, qualities and interests:

This is the part where we want to hear about you – think of it as your personal statement. This is your opportunity to show employers that you’re more than just your academic grades.

Some points to cover are:

• Why you’re interested in an apprenticeship (rather than sixth form/college or university)
• The skills and qualities you currently have that are going to make you a great apprentice. Think about team working, communication, resilience, problem solving – and try to give examples of how you’ve developed these skills.
• Any clubs/hobbies or extra-curricular activities you participate in that could tell us more about you and why you would be a good fit for an apprenticeship.

We recommend that you write around 150-300 words to make sure you cover everything.

Trade Choice Explanation:

Use this section to talk about why you’re interested in the apprenticeship.

If you’re applying for a specific apprenticeship vacancy, use the job description to help answer this section.

Think about:

• What excites you about the study area you’re applying for ?
• Have you got any work experience that might help you?
• What other relevant experiences have you got?
• What life experiences have you had that you could talk about?
• What skills do you have that make you perfect for the apprenticeship?
• What plans and ambitions do you have for your future career?

For General Applications, if you want to choose more than one trade, please choose your first choice from the drop down box, but then explain why each trade interests you and what relevant skills/qualities you have.

Hobbies/Interests:

Use this section to talk about any other activities you do. Your hobbies and interests show more about who you are as a person and can demonstrate lots of useful skills for an apprenticeship.

Step 4 – Wait for feedback

Before we make your application ‘live’ for employers, we’ll check it over for you. Keep an eye on your emails for any updates and make any suggested edits as soon as you can.

As an apprentice employer your commitment would include:

• Employing the apprentice from day one, providing at least the minimum national apprenticeship wage
• Allow the apprentice to complete 6 hours a week off-the-job Job training.
• Provide a suitable work environment with a work place mentor that allows the apprentice to meet the criteria of their apprenticeship

The Apprenticeship Levy was introduced in 2017 and is a UK tax on employers which can be used to fund apprenticeship training. Currently it is payable by all employers with an annual pay bill of more than £3 million at a rate of 0.5% of their total pay bill.

The levy due by an employer is paid to HMRC and is held in a 'digital fund' that employer can use to pay for apprenticeship training.

Funds in the ‘digital fund’ remain available for 24 months from the date of payment. Any amount that remains unspent after that period will expire and will be reclaimed by HMRC.

Payment from the digital fund is made directly to training providers on a monthly basis, for as long as the apprentice remains on the scheme (i.e., until the apprenticeship is completed or the apprentice leaves).

Our Business Development Team have been working with employers since its introduced in 2017 and can help guide you through the process. Find out more by contacting our team.