Apprenticeship

Apprenticeships combine on-the-job training with formal education. Apprentices learn valuable skills in a real-world setting while earning a wage. Typical working hours vary depending on the industry and employer. Career paths are diverse, with many apprentices progressing into skilled trades, technical roles, or further education.

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Apprenticeships fall into a few main sections such as construction, accounting, business, healthcare, and creativity and design. Common careers people do an apprenticeship for are engineering, nursing, construction, however many careers have apprenticeship options. The main principle is that an individual can combine both work and studying to earn a wage and recognised professional accreditation. Qualifications could be GCSEs, A-levels, foundation degrees, bachelor's degrees, or master's degrees. Most of an apprenticeship, typically 80%, will involve working. This ensures an apprentice gets to work alongside experienced staff, gain job-specific skills, spend time in the classroom learning, complete formal assessments, earn a wage and get holiday pay with a set time for study.

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