Active Apprentice

Apprenticeship Training Agency

Active Apprentice offers a new and unique approach to helping a business grow through taking on an apprentice. Our dedicated team provides on-going guidance to both the business and the apprentice within a supported Apprenticeship programme, ensuring businesses are matched with the right candidate and the apprenticeship programme generating real returns.

Hassle-Free Recruitment & Skills Brokerage

When you decide to employ an apprentice through Active Apprentice we will offer you a range of services that take the hassle out of recruitment; saving you expense and time. Your business will benefit from
the following:

• Completion of a Skills Bag (workforce development plan) tailored to your unique business needs
• A low risk solution: apprentice matching to employer vacancies.
• Apprentice payroll services: we employ your apprentice on your behalf, reducing the costs and the risks associated with direct employment.
• A personalised service: short listing, interviewing, mentoring.
• Specialist expertise: payroll, tax, NI, pension, holiday and paperwork.
• Fast and efficient service.
• A range of Apprenticeship Standards to complement your business needs.
• Increase business productivity and reduce hassle, cost and bureaucracy.
• Buy bespoke packages of deployment days from our multi skilled, motivated and local Active Apprentices, including the facility to share apprentices with other host employers.

Apprenticeship Programme Breakdown

Each Apprentice will receive a comprehensive programme of learning and development (circa 38 days per annum), delivered in partnership with Active Apprentice, other specialist training providers and the host employers. Active Apprentice work with partners (including National Governing Bodies of sport) to provide additional development training courses and support through mentoring. In addition, each apprentice will commit to 10 ‘give-back’ days which will be utilised by the local communities. The Apprentices will also be available to support community events, as well as major sport events and competitions. You can buy this service for either 45, 90 or 180 days for as low as £50 per day. The breakdown of a year as an Active Apprentice, would look like:

• 180 Host Days
• 38 Learning & Development Days
• 10 Give back days
• 25 days annual leave
• 8 Bank Holidays
• 104 Weekend days

Cost

(Examples generated following National Minimum Wage)

16-17 years - £7,020 – 180 Days
18-20 years - £10,056.15 – 180 Days
21- 24 years - £14,917.50 – 180 Days