Enrolment and starting the apprenticeship
This is the easy bit of the process!
Once you have decided to enrol a member of staff onto our apprenticeship programme, we ask you to complete an enrolment request form (you can download this by clicking on the button below) and then submit it to us!
Our programmes are “roll-on-roll-off”, so your member of staff can start their apprenticeship at any time of the year. The duration will also be flexed to suit the requirements of both you and your Apprentice (also taking into account the potential progression plans).
On receipt of the enrolment request form:
- We will issue the apprenticeship funding paperwork to you and your Apprentice and initial assessment documentation to your Apprentice.
- We will also organise an introductory phone call with you to discuss your requirements in detail so that we can structure the apprenticeship programme, flexed to your needs.
- Following this we will then organise a “sign-up” visit. Although we prefer to do this on site, with you and your Apprentice, we are also able to complete this on a remote basis using Microsoft Teams (for the group video call) and our Apprenticeship platform, Bud, for completion of the required documentation and for obtaining digital signatures.
- One of the requirements of the “sign-up” is the completion of a Health & Safety checklist.
- The procedural elements of this can be completed over the phone or by email, however, the physical check of the workplace should be in person. However, these rules would not apply where you are working from home, for example under the Covid-19 pandemic.
- We can arrange physical attendance of the workplace after the lockdown restrictions have ended.
If you are a levy payer:
You will need to access your DAS (Digital Apprenticeship Service) account to invite us to deliver the apprenticeship. For instructions on how to do this please download our “Guide for Levy Paying Employers” here:
If you are an SME and a non-levy payer:
We can now access funding from the DAS for your training, in a similar way to levy payers. When you contact us, we will send you a guide on how to access the DAS in order to authorise us to progress the apprenticeship for you.
Alternatively, you may wish to download our “Guide For SMEs” here:
