TRAINING YOUR APPRENTICE
Understand your role as an employer, how apprenticeship training fits around the working week and the support your apprentice needs throughout their programme.
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YOUR ROLE AS AN EMPLOYER
An apprenticeship combines structured training with practical experience, giving your apprentice the opportunity to develop new knowledge, skills and professional behaviours while carrying out their role.
As the employer, you provide the day-to-day experience, supervision and workplace support that allows those skills to develop in practice, while the training provider delivers the structured learning required by the apprenticeship.
Working together helps ensure that learning is relevant to the apprentice’s role and that they have opportunities to apply what they learn within the workplace.
HOW TRAINING WORKS
Successful apprenticeship training relies on all three parties understanding their responsibilities and working together throughout the programme.
Give your apprentice appropriate supervision, experience and opportunities to develop the skills needed to perform their role effectively.
Your apprentice will complete structured learning during their normal working hours to develop the knowledge, skills and behaviours required by their apprenticeship standard.
Regular communication and progress reviews help ensure training remains relevant, identify areas for development and keep the apprentice moving towards successful completion.
OFF-THE-JOB TRAINING
Off-the-job training gives apprentices dedicated time during their normal working hours to learn the new knowledge, skills and behaviours required by their apprenticeship.
Training does not necessarily mean spending a full day away from the workplace. Depending on the programme, learning may include provider-led sessions, online learning, mentoring, independent study, assignments or practical learning activities.
The employer, apprentice and training provider agree how this learning will be delivered, allowing the training schedule to work effectively alongside the apprentice’s role and the needs of the organisation.
BEFORE TRAINING BEGINS
Before an apprenticeship begins, the employer and apprentice must have an apprenticeship agreement, setting out the employment and training arrangements.
A training plan is also agreed between the employer, apprentice and training provider, covering the planned training, what each party is responsible for and how the apprenticeship will be supported.
Gateway can help employers understand these arrangements and what needs to be in place before training starts.
ADDITIONAL LEARNING
Depending on the apprentice and the requirements of their programme, additional English and maths learning may also form part of their apprenticeship journey.
Where this is required, employers must allow appropriate time during normal working hours for the apprentice to complete this learning.
Alongside formal training, providing regular feedback, mentoring and opportunities to take on greater responsibility can help apprentices develop confidence and become increasingly capable within their role.
SUPPORT YOUR APPRENTICE
Gateway can help you understand your responsibilities, work effectively with the training provider and put the right support in place throughout the apprenticeship.