Support during apprenticeship programmes

Hello

We are currently looking for Engineering Apprentices and have a very close and "hands on" mentoring ethos. We offer a three year apprenticeship, where students will gain ILM Level 2 as well as their engineering qualification. Once this is completed, we are happy to support in further development; to degree level if wanted.

British Marine have developed a mentoring programme for its members who employ apprentices. It is a 1 day workshop followed by a 1/2 day follow up a few months later. It provides a bases for mentor and apprentice to work from and both get the most out of the Apprenticeship.

At Severn Trent we combine intensive, on-the-job learning with formal training that will help our apprentices gain nationally-recognised qualifications.

We also understand the importance of offering support all the way, our apprentices recieve:

• Induction event – a two-week tailored induction to introduce you to Severn Trent, show you how we work and help you get the best possible start to your career.

• Apprentice Mentor – being an expert in their skill, your apprentice mentor will be passing on their knowledge and experience of the role, setting you new challenges and preparing you for when you complete your scheme.

• An Apprentice Champion – one of our second or third year apprentices, someone to share their experiences with you and to support you in achieving your ambitions.

• A personal development plan – clearly-defined goals, based on your needs and abilities, with
a clear strategy for achieving them (including regular performance reviews with your manager).

• National qualifications – we’ll help you to get nationally-recognised qualifications, such as
NVQs and, if you want to take things further, degree-level certificates.

Good afternoon,

Our programme offers an apprenticeship & a career at the dealership near to their current residence, where they have a full time job and are on block release training in Milton Keynes (National Learning Centre and Apprentice-only hotel with fantastic facilities. Food, travel & accommodation to and from all locations are all paid for and arranged between the programme and the dealership in question). So a safe & fun environment of learning is provided when away on training with the Volkswagen Group.
They are also provided with two mentors - the first being their mentor at the dealership who is often a Master Technician or of a higher role, as well as a Vocational Learning Advisor for the area & specialism who visits the apprentices once every 12 weeks as a minimum to provide that extra training, support & mentoring.

They will also have a manager overseeing the behind-the-scene details of their apprenticeship.

As a recruiter, we are also here to help them through the interview stages, as we all know, it is a nerve wracking experience.

I hope this helps to answer your questions.

All we ask of our candidates is a C-grade in English, Maths & Science (or equivalent science-based subject) at GCSE (or equivalent qualification) to be considered for a role.

I hope this helps to answer some questions you have.

We have a fantastically supported apprenticeship programme here at Cadent. My team run the programme and are a dedicated programme manager to all the apprentices in their discipline. They have regular catch ups with the apprentice and support them through their programme, checking how they are getting on at college, in training and on job experience.
They also have a mentor who tends to be the supervisor out 'on patch' - they help the apprentice to get the experience of doing the actual job.
Their coach is an experienced engineer who is doing the job that the apprentice is training to do. The apprentice goes out with the coach when they are learning about the job.
The apprentice also gets their line manager to support them too.
Our apprentices will meet different senior managers as they go through their programme too, in order to get support from them about their career.

The Engineering profession has a well-established support structure for engineering apprentices at all levels.
From technician to graduate level, all engineering apprentices are entered onto a structured training programme involving periods of both classroom-based further learning, to provide key engineering underpinning knowledge, and on-the-job task training with experienced technicians/engineers.

All apprentices are allocated a mentor to provide support and oversee their training and development throughout the entire period of their apprenticeship to ensure their training is effective and that the required levels of competence are achieved.