Apprenticeships for Business
If you are looking to take on a trainee in your business and you’d like an apprentice, we can help advertise the vacancy, provide you with interested applicants from our Talent Bank and support you through the recruitment process. We will also provide all new apprentices with an induction session and assess their English and maths skills to ensure they are at the appropriate level to be able to manage the apprentice programme.
We will advertise your vacancy on the college website, the local jobs board, LoveLocalJobs and the Find an Apprenticeship .gov website to ensure you receive a wide exposure of your opportunity.
If you would like to advertise a vacancy, please download the Apprentice Vacancy form here and complete the form with as much information as you possibly can about the type of work and the type of person you would like to recruit. The more information you put into the person specification, the better the application you will receive. You can train and develop somebody’s skills but it is the type of person you want to recruit that really makes the difference.
Please have a look at our Terms of Reference here.
Once you have completed the form return it to: apprenticeships@escg.ac.uk and we will be in touch with you to support you with the recruitment process.
For more information go to 'How does the learning programme work?'
The apprenticeship programme is ideal for developing existing members of your teams.
If we are able to offer a suitable apprenticeship for your role then either contact us or download the starter form and complete all the information in section 1 and 2 and return it to us at apprenticeships@escg.ac.uk. If you are unsure about which apprenticeship is suitable, please contact us.
Health and safety is very important to us and in order to ensure that your employee is properly protected we will need a copy of your Employer’s Liability Insurance certificate.
Once we have received the starter form, the next step is for your team member to attend an induction session which includes an initial assessment in English, maths and sometimes IT. We deliver the induction session remotely so your employee won’t need to come to college. To book your employee on an induction session please call 030 300 39777.
How does it work?
Apprenticeships are an effective and affordable way to provide staff training. Our apprenticeship partnership will provide your apprentices with all the training they need.There are different funding arrangements for adult apprentices and for larger companies, so please get in touch for the details that may be relevant to your company.
If your business employs less than 50 people you benefit from 95% funding for all apprentices aged over 19.
If your business employs more than 50 people you benefit from 95% funding for all your employees who are on an apprenticeship programme no matter what age they are.
The government has introduced a new incentive for all new employees in the business between 1 April 2021 and 30 September 2021; for each new apprentice in your business, you will receive £3000.
For more information call 030 300 39777.
If your business is or is part of a large organisation with an overall pay bill in excess of £3 million p.a. you will be paying into the apprenticeship levy, in which case we would like to discuss how we can assist you in making the most of using this fund to develop your teams.
The apprenticeship learning programme has been developed by employers to match a particular job role and is designed to develop the skills, knowledge and behaviours required of the apprentice in that role.
Each apprenticeship has been developed to recognise the particular skills of the industry and the type of knowledge and behaviours that is required of a competent and confident worker. The apprentice will be encouraged to develop their skills by tutors and workplace coaches who are trained to impart their industry experience.
Each programme is tailormade to meet the needs of the apprentice and to recognise any previous knowledge or experience, and the employer is included at every step to ensure that the apprentice is able to demonstrate their skills in the workplace.
The apprenticeship may be the qualification in its own right and some also include a formal certificated qualification. Each programme finishes with an ‘end point assessment’ which is a combination of knowledge test, practical skill assessment and some include a professional discussion.