Why be an apprentice
A Modern Apprenticeship is a great career choice and gives you the skills you need in the workplace.
It opens up a wide choice of career opportunities, enabling trainees to get paid while learning a career for life. You will become a highly employable worker who has gained all the practical skills needed to do a job well. The Modern Apprenticeship programme is a valuable and very rewarding learning experience.
Learning through hands-on experience and gain Vocational Qualifications and training specifically designed to bring maximum benefits to you and your employer, recognised as being essential to business success.
Receive full support from your designated Vocational Training Co-ordinator (VTC), as well as your supervisor at work, throughout the course of the apprenticeship. Our VTC’s are there to support your development, both at college and at work, making sure you are learning the key skills employers are looking for and that your learning meets with the Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF).
Apprenticeship training combines on-the-job learning and college tuition through block or day release, or distance learning. You will be assessed in the workplace and, ultimately you will receive your Modern Apprentice certificate if you successfully complete your training.
A Modern apprenticeship may include some or all of the below
- A nationally recognised vocational qualification – e.g. SVQ or Diploma
- A technical qualification relevant to your industry sector
- Practical and relevant job training
- The opportunity to develop transferable skills such as Core skills, Career skills or meta-skills ( Meta-skills Toolkit - Skills Development Scotland)
- Apprenticeship qualifications can open doors to further study including progressing to a technical or graduate apprenticeship ( Graduate Apprenticeships | Apprentices) where available or going to University. For details of further courses available through UHI, please visit Courses - UHI.
UHI Shetland Apprenticeships - Contact Details:
John Goodlad Centre, Port Arthur, Scalloway, ZE1 0UN.
Telephone: 01595 771210