Apprenticeship
Apprenticeships provide work related training opportunities for young people whether employed or non-employed.
They offer you the chance to gain a National Vocational Qualification up to level 2 (more), plus the skills and knowledge for your chosen industry.
The learning is to a structured programme laid down by the industry.
They help you to gain additional skills (known as key skills) in communication, application of number; information technology, working with others, and improving own learning.
Advanced Apprenticeship
Advanced Apprenticeships offer a structured learning programme for employed young people. The programme is laid down by the industry at national level to National Vocational Qualification level 3 including the technical skills and knowledge needed for your chosen career.
They help you to gain additional skills (known as key skills) in communication, application of number; information technology, working with others, and improving own learning.
They also offeryou the chance to gain a higher-level qualification necessary for management or technician jobs.
What QUALIFICATIONS will I achieve?
There are a variety of qualifications that can be achieved by you, the Apprentice, as well as individual course certificates obtained during training.
Any Apprenticeship must have an outcome of an NVQ 2 or 3, which is a competence-based assessment of ability to carry out a range of tasks.
In addition, there is a strong reliance within Vehicle Maintenance and Repair on Further Education via day release to IPS.
Trainees normally follow City and Guilds courses.
The outcome qualifications for a Modern Apprentice would be:
•        NVQ 2 or
•        NVQ 3
•        Level 1 or 2 Key Skills
•        City and Guilds or Institute for Motor Industry Technical Certificate
Candidate Recruitment Requirements
Most entrants to Apprenticeships will be 16 or 17 years old and will have completed compulsory education.
Previous experience and qualifications are not required.
Entrants to both Apprenticeships will be employed.
You will be invited for an aptitude test which includes the following tests:
•        Verbal Understanding
•        Numerical Reasoning
•        Mechanical Concepts
•        Fault Diagnosis
Those that pass the tests are then put forward to employers for interview
Key Skills
Key Skills are skills that are commonly needed for success in a range of activities in education, training, work and life in general.
Employers have taken a lead in promoting the importance of the key skills for employability.
The three primary key skills units are:
       Communication
       Information Technology
       Application of Number
These are portfolio based and also require an external assessment test
The three wider skills units are:
       Working With Others
       Improving Own Learning and Performance
       Problem Solving
These are portfolio and work based.
Diagnostic tests allow both you and your trainer to identify areas where you are competent and areas where you need further development.