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  • Direct access to local talent pools

  • Opportunity to shape future workforce skills

  • Platform to showcase company culture and opportunities

  • Simplified process for participating in school events and offering work experience

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Working with schools

How do we connect with schools?

How do we connect with schools?

Does Workplus offer Careers talks?

Yes, we deliver presentations about Work+ apprenticeships to groups of 30+ students, usually Years 12–14. Contact us through the yellow chat–box on the Work+ website to arrange a careers talk at your school or college. We can also attend Careers fairs and speak at Parents’ Evenings.

Why apply for an apprenticeship?

Working and learning at the same time makes sense. Reading textbooks of information isn’t the best way for most people to learn. Putting our learning into practice helps us grow and develop. Apprentices are earning a good salary and gaining a qualification at the same time, without the student debt.

How does an apprenticeship work?

To be an apprentice, you must have:

  • a job position (on–the–job learning); and

  • a place on the training provider’s course (off–the–job learning).

You can apply for the apprenticeship job through Work+ (during the Work+ application campaigns – see website for dates and deadlines) and you must also apply separately to the specific training course, usually through the training provider’s own website. We recommend doing both of these applications in parallel (i.e. around January/February time). It is the applicant’s responsibility to apply to and get a place on the training course.

What do apprentices get paid?

Based on previous campaigns, here is a rough guide of what employers might choose to pay their apprentices:

  • Level 2, £13,000

  • Level 3, £15,000

  • Level 4, £16,500

  • Level 5, £18,000

  • Level 6, £19,000

  • Level 7, £21,000

Salaries are at the employer’s discretion. During our application campaigns, employers state the salary for that particular job role.

Is there an apprenticeship fee for apprentices?

No – if eligibility requirements are met, the apprenticeship is fully funded by government. Therefore, you won’t need to take out a student loan or rack up a pile of debt. What’s even better is you get paid by the employer to do the apprenticeship! 

Do you have an apprenticeship in X?

Apprenticeships are a great way to match people with the skills–gap areas in the Northern Irish economy. These areas include software, computing, engineering, accounting, business, admin, marketing, warehousing, logistics and many more!

More courses are being developed each year – check out the Work+ website during our application campaigns for up–to–date information on specific apprenticeship opportunities.

What are the apprenticeship levels?

If you have (or are currently working towards) GCSE or equivalent qualifications, Level 2 or Level 3 apprenticeships are best–suited.

If you have (or are currently working towards) A–level or equivalent qualifications, Level 5 (Foundation degree) or Level 6 (Bachelor’s degree) apprenticeships are a good fit.

What is the balance between work and study?

While each training course has a different teaching pattern, apprentices typically spend 4 days a week at work and 1 day a week at the training provider (college, training organisation or university).

What is the balance of on–the–job and off–the–job learning?

Typically, apprentices do their off–the–job training on ‘day release’ each week.

The Department for the Economy states: “The Apprentice must be contracted to work a minimum of 21 hours per week with one employer and will, under ‘day release’ undertake directed training which is paid as part of the apprentice’s contracted hours.”

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