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Apprenticeships are a great way for you to fund the development of your employees' skills and ensure they achieve not only their full potential, but gain industry recognised qualifications as well.

It also means your business can keep pace with the changes in standards and working practices, helping make it more effective, productive and competitive by addressing your skills gaps directly.

With much, if not all, of the training and assessment taking place in the workplace, apprentices learn how your company operates and develop the skills your business needs, meaning they can add more value much earlier.

Apprenticeships and your business

Our Apprenticeship programmes are designed to help you develop your teams to deliver outstanding service to your customers and, as a result, help increase profit for your business. They are also designed to motivate and enthuse your staff, all of which goes towards retaining them for longer.

An Apprenticeship comprises of a Certificate or Diploma (formerly NVQ), a Technical Certificate and Key Skills and is achieved through training and assessment in the workplace. Each learner will receive a visit from their Lifetime Regional Trainer every three to five weeks, with minimal disruption to your business.

The length of an Apprenticeship varies depending on the skill level of the employee, the qualification being obtained and industry sector. On average they take between 6 and 18 months to complete.

Apprenticeships UPSKILL your staff

Choose from a wide range of nationally recognised qualifications relevant to your business

Industry and role relevant training programmes delivering job-ready staff

More potential for staff career progression

Apprenticeships IMPROVE business performance

Improved staff retention

A more motivated and satisfied workforce

Improved customer service

Improved skills and knowledge to keep pace with the latest working practices

Widens your talent pool

Makes you more competitive

Apprenticeships ENHANCE your quality of service

Government funded training

Training apprentices is more cost-effective than hiring skilled staff

Motivated staff

Improved customer experience

Provide higher overall productivity

Provide a positive return on investment

What is an Apprenticeship?

An Apprenticeship is a work-based learning programme that enables the apprentice to earn a wage whilst gaining the experience and skills that lead to nationally recognised qualifications. With on-the-job training and assessment, eligible employees‡ will develop the skills and knowledge required for their chosen industry.

The most popular Apprenticeships are:

Apprenticeships (Level 2 - equivalent to five good GCSE passes) are designed for those who are just getting their foot on the career ladder and can take from 6 to 10 months to complete.

Advanced Apprenticeships (Level 3 - equivalent to two A level passes) are designed for those who have either completed a Level 2 Apprenticeship or have the relevant qualifications or experience. Advanced Apprenticeships take employees to a supervisory or technician level of competence and can take from 8 to 18 months to complete.

An Apprenticeship includes:

A Diploma (formerly an NVQ), the competence based element specific to the industry

A Technical Certificate, the knowledge based element

Transferable or Key Skills in communication, ICT and application of number

A module on employment rights and responsibilities

Personal learning and thinking skills

Apprenticeship programmes help your employees reach a high level of competency and performance. They learn on the job, building up industry relevant knowledge and skills and gain nationally recognised qualifications.

Apprenticeship programmes help your business find new talent and train your employees to specifically meet the needs of your business processes and services.

Working with Lifetime you can choose from a wide range of nationally recognised, government funded, Level 2 and Level 3 Apprenticeship programmes in children and young people's workforce, adult and elderly care, operations, fitness, sales, business and administration, customer service, food service and hospitality and reap the benefits of Apprenticeships in your workplace.

What are the benefits to your staff?

• They will work better and more effectively
• They have the opportunity to earn while they learn new skills
• They will experience new and different challenges
• Any existing skills and knowledge they have are recognised and can help them gain a qualification faster
• They can learn at their own pace and get support and encouragement throughout

How does it work?

As your training partner, Lifetime will work with you to achieve the very best results for your staff and your business.

• Lifetime delivers a free and bespoke training consultation and review to create the perfect training package for your business.
• Lifetime offers a unique qualifications mapping service to support and enhance your internal training and business impact measures, bringing bottom line benefits to your business.
• Once your Apprenticeships programme is agreed, our delivery team is trained to both assess your learner performance against the qualification frameworks and your company's standards.
• Our qualified Regional Trainers will then discuss the Apprenticeship programmes with your team and induct them onto their chosen programme using our bespoke and leading edge assessment technology that we call ePortfolio.
• The Regional Trainer will visit every three to five weeks, providing continuous assessment and support to your team with minimal disruption to your business.
• An Apprenticeship programme typically takes 6 to 14 months to complete depending on the sector, level and qualification. So your staff can be on their way to gaining nationally recognised qualifications in no time.

Team up with the best

Lifetime is a leading Apprenticeship provider working in a variety of sectors including; childcare and young people's workforce, adult and eldercare, active leisure, retail, business support services and food service and hospitality. Working with a wide range of clients from single site and regional operators through to some of the largest brands in their sectors. All of whom benefit from the same quality of training and service delivery.

As funding experts with the ability to gain government funding for our clients, we enable businesses to make team development more affordable and easier to realise.

93% of employers rated the impact of Lifetime's training on their business as 'good' or 'excellent'

We have retained 100% of our national clients

We train and assess over 15,000 learners a year

Lifetime has over 200 field-based trainers

We deliver role-relevant industry-endorsed qualifications

We have achieved Ofsted Grade 2. Working with a grade 2 Ofsted training provider gives you the confidence that your employees will receive the highest standards of training.

We have been awarded the Training Quality Standard 3 years running. TQS looks at an organisation's responsiveness, flexibility, expertise and commitment to continuous improvement of high quality and high impact training. It will help you improve the return on your training investments.

Matrix Accreditation. The Matrix Standard helps Lifetime identify and follow best practice in the delivery of information, advice and guidance. Working with a Matrix accredited provider ensures that your employees always receive the best information, advice and guidance before, during and after their course.

If you are looking to improve your business' performance through the development of the skills of your team, then Lifetime will work in partnership with you to find the right training solutions for your workforce and brand.

* Apprenticeships, survey conducted by Populus on behalf of the Learning and Skills Council, February 2009.

‡ Apprenticeships are subject to funding availability and can be applied for by employees aged 16 - 64, who do not have a Degree/HND, are notcurrentlyin full-time education and are contracted to work the minimum number of hours per week as directed by policy and guidelines of the SkillsFunding Agency (SFA). Additional eligibility criteria may apply and is subject to change as a result of government guidance and policy.