A simple five step guide to apprenticeships

1. Apprenticeships must be aligned with the business strategy

Take a strategic view of your business needs for the future to enable you to identify the skills you require.

2. ‘Mind the Gap’

How can you prepare for the future if you don’t know where your current skill gaps are within your business? The results from carrying out a skills analysis will identify the training required to fill these gaps.

3. The integrated approach

Take a look at your existing training programmes and map these to the available apprenticeship standards. This will enable you to see which courses, you would normally have to pay for, can be replaced by using the apprenticeship standards whilst taking advantage of the apprenticeship levy.

If you don’t pay the apprenticeship levy, that’s ok, you will only need to pay 5% of the cost of the standard!

4. Finding the right training provider for your needs

Take the time to compile a broad range of questions for the training provider, having this information will enable you to assess if they will be able to meet your needs.

5. Communicate and engage your employees

Running apprenticeship programmes is a team effort, it is so important to make sure the support is there throughout the business, and it is key to engage your employees from the outset and keep them up to date with how things are going.

If you are keen to find out more about running an apprenticeship programme within your business, please feel free to contact Sue via the website or info@spottertalent.com