Apprenticeships

IT PAYS TO Learn

If studying full-time is not for you, then work-based learning could be exactly what you are looking for. There are programmes to suit everyone! Work-based learning gives you the chance to gain experience in a real job, plus job-specific qualifications while earning money. Opportunities vary depending on the programme.

The routes are: qAccountancy q Agriculture qAgricultural Mechanics q Care qBusiness Administration q Childcare & Playwork qConstruction q Customer Service qEngineering q Hospitality & Catering qMotor Vehicle q Retail qTeam Leading q Vehicle Body Repair qManagement

Jobs Growth Wales+

If you are aged 16-18 years, Jobs Growth Wales+ offers learning programmes to support you to build work-related skills and identify career choices. This is a very flexible programme designed around you to develop new skills and gain recognised qualifications to boost your career options until you venture onto your apprenticeship, college or work journey. To apply you must be: M Between 16-18 years old; and M Living in Wales; and M Are not in full-time education, employment or training

What will it offer me? M Receive ongoing training support from a designated contractor M Evidence to state on career related applications and CVs M Free training and work experiences M Build your confidence as you grow your skills and experience M Get a foot in the door and access to jobs with local employers.

What support is available through Jobs Growth Wales+? Jobs Growth Wales+ has three strands of support: M Jobs Growth Wales Plus Engagement M Jobs Growth Wales Plus Advancement M Jobs Growth Wales Plus Employment.

Why become an apprentice?

q Earn while you learn - be paid a salary q Gain skills, knowledge, experience and face new challenges q Gain a nationally recognised qualification q Excellent progression opportunities.

What types of apprenticeships are there? q There are three types of apprenticeships you can apply for depending on current skills and qualifications: q Foundation apprenticeship - Level 2 q Apprenticeship - Level 3 q Higher apprenticeship - Level 4+.

Apprenticeships

You will be on placement with an employer and possibly attend College for one day a week. You will be assessed in the workplace and helped to gather evidence for your portfolio.

An apprenticeship is a work-based learning programme where you can earn a wage while you learn. If you live in Wales and are over 16 and not in full-time education, you can apply for an apprenticeship.

Degree Apprenticeships

NPTC Group of Colleges and Wrexham Glyndŵr University (WGU) have recently been awarded funding under the new Degree Apprenticeship Pilot Programme for Wales. Reflecting the skills needs of Wales, universities and other degree awarding institutions were asked to design a new suite of digital programmes to enable Welsh organisations to upskill their existing employees or recruit new talent in areas such as software engineering, cyber security and data science for the new digital degree apprenticeships framework.

Interested?

Please contact the team by emailing us: pathwaystraining@nptcgroup.ac.uk Or call us on: 0330 818 9442

Dyfrig Micah

Apprentice Level 3 Agricultural Engineering:

"Completing my level 2 qualification and now near to completing my level 3 Apprenticeship in Land-based Service Engineering has been a fantastic experience. One I would recommend to anyone."

Tim Hughes

Director for Smithfield Tractors Builth Wells:

"We greatly value the knowledge gained by Dyfrig going to Newtown College covering Agricultural Engineering. He is now a very valued member of our workshop engineering team."

Jake Carter & Liam Rowlands

Apprentices Level 3 Fabrication & Welding Engineering:

"My apprentices Jake Carter and Liam Rowlands have become friends since starting on the course in September. They have said that coming to college as part of their apprenticeship has given them the opportunity to not only learn their craft and obtain their L2 qualification, but have met new people that they might not have met outside of college as they work for different organisations."

Ashley Bryant

Apprentice Level 3 Health & Social Care:

"Completing my Health and Social Care Adults Level 3 qualification was such an amazing experience. It provided me with the knowledge and experience needed to grow and progress, which has opened up the doors to a new career opportunity."

Ashley has progressed to become a L3 Health & Social Care Assessor for Pathways Training Newtown

Ben Randell & Sam Crumpton

Apprentices Level 2 Plumbing:

“Every day we work in different places and see different people and completing an apprenticeship in plumbing is filling a vital gap in the construction sector. Learning and earning money is a great way to achieve a professional trade and it's also good for my mental health.”

Phoebe

Apprentice Level 3 Business Administration:

"Doing an apprenticeship has given me the opportunity to work for a local business that cares about the community. With the support of my employer, colleagues and NVQ Assessor I am learning about Business Administrations and Customer Service with the opportunity to put these new skills into practice."