Are you an individual aged 16+ looking to start an apprenticeship? Please visit our apprenticeships for individuals page or view our current apprenticeship vacancies.
Apprenticeships are training programmes lasting between 12 and 30 months providing the apprentice with practical, on-the-job experience and qualifications and providing you with loyal employees to fill a skills gap cost-effectively, or upksill your current staff.
Your apprentice must:
Off-the-job training
All apprenticeships must include six hours off-the-job training minimum per week to reinforce practical, work-based learning with theory. It’s training received by the apprentice, during the apprentice’s regular working hours, for the purpose of achieving their apprenticeship. Contact us to find out more about what this entails and how it is implemented.
You can get government funding to cover some of the cost of training and assessing an apprentice if you’re in England.
FAQS: Apprenticeship Levy Payers and Apprenticeship Non-Levy Payers and Apprenticeship levy for schools
As a national training provider, our experience, expertise and dedication to providing positive outcomes means we are best placed to provide apprenticeships for your business needs across a wide variety of departments within your organisation.
Working alongside you, we will jointly identify current training opportunities and facilitate future training needs.
We provide a service level agreement detailing our commitment to you as your training provider.
The total price agreed between the employer and provider as the cost to the provider for delivery of the apprenticeship programme, to calculate government funding for apprenticeship programmes and to monitor apprenticeship programme costs.
Apprenticeships are suitable for any sector, from education to construction to health and social care.
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As an employer you fall into one of two groups: levy payers and non-levy payers. If you’re an employer with a pay bill over £3million each year, you must pay the Apprenticeship Levy, employers with a pay bill of less than £3 million a year will not need to pay the levy.
As an employer, you’ll have to pay Apprenticeship Levy each month if you have an annual pay bill of more than £3 million - Apprenticeship Levy is charged at 0.5% of your annual pay bill. You’ll receive funds to spend on training and assessing your apprentices. The government will add 10%.
You pay 5% towards the cost of training and assessing your apprentice. You need to: agree a payment schedule with the training organisation and pay them directly for the training. The government will pay the rest (95%) up to the funding band maximum. They’ll pay it directly to the training organisation. You could be eligible for extra funding depending on both your and your apprentice’s circumstances.
of companies said apprenticeships were more loyal employees than non-apprentices.
Source: National Apprenticeship Service
boost to productivity that an apprenticeship brings to a business
Source: Cebr
of employers believe hiring apprentices leads to a more motivated and satisfied workforce.
Source: National Apprenticeship Service
Meet your business goals and maximise productivity – from administrators to managers, our apprenticeships will ensure every department within a business is performing at optimal levels.
We have apprenticeships available to support careers and employability practitioners in a number of educational settings from schools to colleges and universities, or for those looking to help break down barriers for those furthest from the job market. Make a difference in someone’s life by supporting them to succeed.
Build careers in construction with formal qualifications and training that build up skills in your workforce, with apprenticeships that span from Level 2 to Level 6.
An apprenticeship in construction ensures your team have the practical knowledge and training needed to perform in their role effectively, and develop a loyal and talented workforce in the process.
Businesses are judged on their quality of interactions with customer service teams. Ensure your staff are providing great customer service across different platforms that will see you grow your business and ensure your customers return again and again.
Ensure your marketing team are leveraging the best channels, platforms and strategies. Digital marketing is always evolving – don’t let your staff and your organisation get left behind.
Apprenticeships are a great way for schools to improve the skills base of their employees. They are a tried and tested way to recruit new staff, and to retrain or upskill existing staff of all ages and levels of experience, in a wide variety of roles. You can use apprenticeships to provide training that is tailored to the needs and requirements of your school, with learning in the workplace as well as through formal training, to minimise disruption and maximise impact.
We provide a number of apprenticeships to support the upskilling of your current staff and to ensure you make the full use of your levy. Our apprenticeships cover your teaching staff, business staff and support staff.
Develop skills relevant to the needs of your business with our apprenticeships – directly impact productivity, staff morale and reduce staff turnover by investing in your most valuable asset – your people.
Ensure your frontline staff have the necessary skills, practical experience and knowledge to provide life-changing care and support for vulnerable adults that you have responsibility for.
IT is a pivotal role within any organisation, and our apprenticeships will help your staff bring technology to life, in-house or remotely. Now is the time to ensure you’re connected, communicating and committed to staff development within IT.
Retail offers a number of roles spanning from being on a shop floor helping customers face-to-face, supporting sales on the phone or online to market researcher, marketing, design and warehousing. Cover your staff training cost-effectively with an apprenticeship that cover a number of roles within retail.
How skilled are your sales team at selling? Do you want to exceed your targets? Upskill your current staff and/or attract new talent into sales and telesales and and meet your skills priorities with apprenticeship frameworks that have been developed in collaboration with BT and The Institute of Sales and Marketing Management.
Please complete the form below and one of our engagement team will get in touch with you to discuss further.
Alternatively please contact Asma Jabeen, Business Development Manager on 07518 904 991 or asma.jabeen@ixionholdings.com.
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