Apprenticeships

Partner with York College to embed apprenticeships in your training and development plans to reskill/upskill existing staff or attract and recruit new talent into your organisation.

York College can support you in developing your staffing strategy by supplying high-quality apprenticeship training. This could be identifying existing staff members to reskill, upskill or recruit new talent into the organisation. Apprenticeship programmes and their funding, whether that be for levy paying organisations or non-levy paying organisations, can enable your training budget to go further, whilst supporting key skills gaps, with high-quality, on-the-job learning.

York College can bring learning and earning together to deliver a skilled workforce for you.

LEVY PAYERS:

With the introduction of the Apprenticeship Levy by the Government, employers with a payroll of over £3 million are now required to contribute to the Apprenticeship Levy Fund, whereby money is set aside to supply the business with their apprenticeship provision.

NON-LEVY PAYERS:

Businesses not paying the Apprenticeship Levy (business payroll under £3 million) are eligible to receive a 95% contribution towards the cost of the apprenticeship.

All businesses employing 16-18 year olds are eligible for a generous incentive payment from the Government.

Whichever category you fit into, York College can help you develop apprenticeship programmes and provide guidance to access funding to help develop the skills you need for your workforce.

WHO CAN BE AN APPRENTICE? Apprenticeships are open to anyone aged 16 and over, not in full-time education, employed for over 30 hours per week and who meet the minimum academic entry requirements. Therefore, apprenticeships are not just for new starters, they can be accessed by both new and existing employees to gain new skills and knowledge. As a partner for your apprenticeship delivery, York College will support you to access funding, ensure that high-quality apprenticeship delivery standards are being met, carry out workplace progress assessments and support. We will also organise the apprentice’s End Point Assessment which allows them to achieve their qualification.

My two passions in life are art and anything heritage! Having worked as a portrait artist over the last few years, I was looking for a change in career to include both passions. An apprenticeship at Lincoln Cathedral seemed to be the perfect fit to enable me to develop my artistic skills in a heritage setting.

Rachael Wragg, Stonemasonry Apprentice

We offer apprenticeships in the following industry sectors:

• Business and Accounting

• Construction

• Digital Technologies

• Engineering

• Hairdressing

• Hospitality

• Science

See page 13 for a full list of apprenticeships offered at York College.

SUPPORTIVE APPRENTICESHIP RECRUITMENT SERVICE FOR BRINGING NEW TALENT INTO YOUR ORGANISATION

York College provides a FREE apprentice recruitment support service whereby we:

• Advertise your vacancy on our website, through the National

Apprenticeship Service website, via our social media channels and also internally at York College for our students to apply

• Hold regular Open Events and Apprenticeship Showcase Events where we also promote apprenticeship vacancies and invite you to come along to talk to potential candidates

• Carry out the initial sift of applications to ensure that you only receive suitable candidates for selection to interview

Some of the employers we work with include: