All You Need To Know About Becoming An Apprentice

With an apprenticeship, you have a fantastic opportunity to earn while you learn and gain industry desired skills and knowledge and behaviours in the workplace. You can be employed as a new apprentice by a company on a fixed term contract or you can be an existing member of staff who would like to up-skill or retrain.

Once you've started your apprenticeship, you will be allocated a Skills & Development Coach from Dynamic Training, who will support you for the duration of your training and ensure you are ready for end point assessment. In addition, your organisation will provide you with an in-house mentor who is normally a senior member of staff, but who is not your direct manager.

For existing staff members for whom your employer is offering the opportunity to undertake an apprenticeship to either up-skill or retrain, your existing rate of pay will not be affected.

For new entrant employed as an apprentice, The National Living Wage now applies to those aged 23 and over.

You are entitled to the National Minimum Wage, the current minimum rate for an apprentice is £5.28 per hour (as of April 2023). This rate applies to apprentice's aged 16 to 18 and those aged 19 or over who are in their first year of their apprenticeships.

If you are over 19 and have completed the first 12 months of your apprenticeship programme you will be entitled to the current National Minimum Wage rate for your age.

You must be paid for your normal hours of work and any training that is part of your apprenticeship.

Year	23 and over	21 to 22	18 to 20	Under 18	Apprentice
April 2023	£10.42	£10.18	£7.49	£5.28	£5.28

Example A

An apprentice aged 22 in the first year of their apprenticeship is entitled to a minimum hourly rate of £5.28.

Apprentices are entitled to the minimum wage for their age if they:

• are aged 19 or over and have completed the first year of their apprenticeship

Example B

An apprentice aged 22 who has completed the first year of their apprenticeship is entitled to a minimum hourly rate of £10.18.

Qualifications, while integral to some apprenticeships, are not a component of all apprenticeships. With the introduction of apprenticeship standards, the focus has shifted towards acquiring new skills, knowledge, and behaviours. It's important to review the details of each apprenticeship standard to determine if an accredited qualification is included. For example, the Senior Healthcare Support Worker Level 3 apprenticeship incorporates the Diploma in Healthcare Support Level 3.

You will be entitled to the same holiday as the rest of the employees, typical entitlement for an apprentice working five days per week is a minimum of 28 days paid holiday (this can include bank holidays)

Apprenticeships have equivalent educational levels. This means for example, if you are completing a Level 3 apprenticeship, you will be learning at the equivalent level of someone who is being taught A Levels.

Name	Level	Equivalent educational level
Intermediate	2	GCSE
Advanced	3	A level
Higher	4,5,6 and 7	Foundation degree and above
Degree	6 and 7	Bachelor’s or master’s degree

 

Information From https://www.gov.uk/apprenticeships-guide

Apprenticeships are open to anyone aged 16 or over, entitled to live in England and who are no longer in full time education. Whether you are starting your working career or are already in the workplace looking to up-skill or retrain, apprenticeships can provide you an opportunity to increase your skills and knowledge. As there is no upper age limit, apprenticeships can be a great way for working professionals to help achieve career progression or for career changers to learn a new profession.

With the introduction of standards, Higher apprenticeships are now accessible to degree holders as long as the apprenticeship is in an unrelated subject to the existing degree.

Dynamic Training partners with employers to assist in the recruitment of apprentices and our current apprenticeship vacancies are listed on our website under apprenticeship vacancies.

Alternatively, you are able to search and apply for all apprenticeship vacancies using the National Apprenticeship Service website

Already Working: If you are looking to complete your apprenticeship at your current employer, firstly talk to your line manager about the opportunity to start an apprenticeship. We will gladly then talk to your employer about the options available to get you started.