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Important information for employers
Release for college
All apprenticeships require 20% off the job training. We have allocated 'block releases' which are typically a week in length. This has a few benefits:
- Less disruption to apprentices
- Quicker completion of work
- 1:1 training and support
Off the job training
The inset days at college do not quite make up the full 20%. To that end, an apprentice will be required to spend roughly 5 hours per week doing off the job tasks. These could be working on projects set outside of work, updating portfolios, writing up about tasks, meetings, conversations, etc. that the apprentice has performed that week. Please see page 5 of the above document which will explain the definition of 'off the job training'.
The need to set projects
The responsibilities for training
It is an apprenticeship and not a job
Anything else they currently claim not to know about