What are Apprenticeships?

Apprenticeship – a definition

An Apprenticeship is a form of vocational training based on a mixture of work-based and theoretical learning.

There are four core participants in any Government funded Apprenticeship:

• The employer the primary provider of learning in the workplace, pays the apprentice a wage.
• The apprentice expected to contribute to the productivity of the employer and to carry out the required learning.
• The training provider provides off-the-job tuition and completes the paper work associated with the apprenticeship.
• The Government – provides funds to cover training in some cases but not wages.