Finding the right apprentice for your company can be a daunting task. Here at the Windsor Forest Colleges Group, we help smooth the path and ensure that you employ motivated, work-ready apprentices that will enhance your business.
Hiring an apprentice can help you grow your own talent by developing a motivated, skilled and qualified workforce. Apprenticeships are available to businesses of all sizes and sectors in the UK, and can last anywhere from 12 months to five years.
As an employer, you will be involved at every stage of the recruitment, planning and delivery of the training programme, and many apprenticeship programmes can be adapted to suit the individual needs of your business.
Apprenticeships are funded in a number of ways depending on the size of your business and whether you are required to contribute to the Apprenticeship Levy.
To be eligible for funding, apprentices must be employed on a normal contract of employment and must have 20% off-the-job training. Part-time employees with contracts between 16 -30 hours are still eligible, but the length of the apprenticeship will vary depending on the level and contracted hours.
These are organisations with a payroll of over £3 million who are required to pay the Apprenticeship Levy.
These organisations are not required to pay the Levy and can access funding to support their training.
A number of incentives are available for those recruiting people from disadvantaged groups.
Apprenticeships are delivered at both Slough & Langley College and BCA. Both colleges have a long history of delivering apprenticeships in their specialist areas and have extensive links with employers and local schools for recruitment.
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Apprenticeships can also be used to develop current employees, but employers may need to make a contribution towards the costs of their training, depending on the age of the employee.
There are a number of benefits to having an apprenticeship scheme. These include:
We provide a free apprenticeship recruitment service. We will help you advertise and pre-screen candidates on your behalf, and provide you with a list of candidates to interview via your own recruitment process.
This depends on the apprenticeship. All the training can be in the workplace, but some frameworks require day release or block release at college and others are a combination of attendance at college and assessment within the workplace.
