Apprenticeships / Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education

An apprenticeship is a real job where individuals:

- earn while they learn

- gain valuable skills and knowledge tailored to a specific job role.

This section is aimed at employers and other organisations involved in developing apprenticeships.

It covers guidance and requirements relating to all stages of the development process. This is for new apprenticeships and where changes are needed to existing apprenticeships.

We do not list apprenticeship vacancies.

We can signpost you to the right place if you are thinking about becoming an apprentice.

Showcasing apprenticeships

Developing apprenticeships – overview

The end-to-end process of developing an apprenticeship

Trailblazer groups

The requirements for a trailblazer group

Developing an occupation proposal

The requirements for an apprenticeship occupation and how to produce a proposal for our approval

Developing an occupational standard

The requirements for a occupational standard and how to produce one for our approval

Developing an end-point assessment plan

The requirements for end-point assessment and how to produce a plan for our approval

Mandated qualifications policy (excluding degrees)

This section sets out our criteria and requirements for mandating qualifications in apprenticeships except for degrees

Allocating a funding band

The process we follow to make a funding band recommendation

Apprenticeship funding bands outcome report

Apprenticeship builder and submissions

Our tool to help you develop and submit documents and to upload supporting evidence including funding evidence

The approvals process

The process we follow for occupation proposals, occupational standards and end-point assessment plans

Promoting new apprenticeships

How to promote your apprenticeships to training providers, end-point assessment organisations and other employers

Apprenticeship surveys

Change requests

How to make a change request and the process we will follow

Revisions and adjustments status report

Shows apprenticeships that are being revised or adjusted and the stage in this process that they have reached

Statutory regulated occupations

Guidance for apprenticeship for occupations where there is a statutory regulator

Degree apprenticeships

Degree apprenticeships policy and process

Developing a specimen training plan

How to create a specimen training plan that sets out the apprenticeship training and on-programme assessment and who will deliver it, along with other things.

Raising the standards

Raising the standards is a guide to help apprentices, employers and training providers improve the quality of apprenticeships.

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