Apprenticeships

Take your business to new heights by leveraging the power of apprenticeships

Explore our comprehensive apprenticeship programs, each tailored to ensure a positive impact on the overall success and productivity of your business.

Hiring an apprentice is a productive and effective way for any business to grow talent, train your existing staff, and develop a motivated, skilled and qualified workforce.

Why hire an apprentice?

Develop a workforce for the future

Training apprentices can provide you with a skilled workforce for the future and can be much more cost-effective than hiring experienced staff.

Discover new talent

Work placements offer an ideal way for employers to spot talented potential apprentices and employees.

Grow your own talent

By tailoring the training to your business needs, you can grow your own talent and fill a skills gap efficiently.

Make a real difference

An apprentice is making a contribution to your workplace while they are learning and gaining skills on-the-job.

Training funding guidance

Our Business Development Team is here to provide you with unbiased advice and guidance on the Apprenticeship Levy.

Leveraging years of experience working with employers, they can help advise your organisation on utilising the Levy to recruit new talent and upskill your existing workforce.

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Training funding options

Grant application support

If you employ an apprentice under the age of 19 years old, you will qualify for the Government's £1000 Apprenticeship Employer Incentive Grant. You don't need to apply for this Grant, the College will take care of this for you.

Apprenticeship Levy

Apprenticeship Levy funding ranges from 95% - 100% to fully support your apprenticeship training journey.

Tailored staff recruitment

Apprenticeship funding can also be used to train your existing staff, or for recruiting staff with previous experience or qualifications.

Contributing while saving

You are employing local talent and providing training opportunities while managing staffing costs to re-invest in your business.

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The employer partner experience

We wanted to share the brilliant success Roundel Manufacturing Limited has had hiring a Lean Manufacturing Apprentice, Will, through our apprenticeship scheme.

How has Will progressed since joining Roundel?​

‘Since day one we could see Will had lots of potential…His work ethic has been exactly what we wanted, and he is a great communicator. He has been trusted running a 3.5 million pounds machine and has done a fantastic job.’​

Roundel have worked with Sunderland College for a long time. Why do you continue to recruit apprentices?​

‘We have an ageing work force, so we wanted to bring in some new blood and fresh talent. We find with recruiting apprentices we can teach them the Roundel way. We have people that have been here a long time, and we hope they can pass down their skills and knowledge to our apprentices.’​

- Head of HR Kerry Kirtley - Roundel Manufacturing Limited

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