Fareport recommends mentoring in the workplace to support your training with us as your training provider. Linking the apprentice with a workplace mentor will keep them motivated and engaged and show them that you value their learning programme. A mentor can be a manager, supervisor, or an apprentice who has already completed the programme. To help keep them on track, a mentor can typically spend an hour a week with the learner to discuss their modules and progress and offer encouragement and support. 

How do I fund an apprenticeship? 

How do I know if we pay the levy? 

Have you spoken to your teams recently who are on apprenticeship programmes? 

The Apprentice Minimum Wage is set to rise on 1st of April 2024, from £5.28 to £6.40 per hour. At Fareport, we believe that employers should look beyond this if they want to recruit and retain the best apprentices. 

Do you want to boost your ability to retain your best talent? Learning and development is a systematic process to enhance an employee's skills, knowledge, and competency, resulting in better performance in a work setting. Investment in learning and development encourages staff to stay. 

All learners on an apprenticeship are entitled to time for off the job training, to support their qualification. This is an area that can cause real confusion for employers and learners. What does Off the job training even mean? How will we fit this in around the demands of the role? 

 

Let’s try to explain how it works. 

We know that many people have questions or thoughts when they see the word ‘apprenticeship’. 

 

 

If you’ve had a thought similar to this, read on. We hope we can answer some questions you may have in this blog. 

Once you've selected a training provider, how can you set up your apprenticeship programme for success, and reduce the risk of any challenges? How can you work most effectively with your training provider? 

 

Training Assessment (sometimes called Training Needs Analysis or TNA) is the process of identifying the gap in employee training and related training needs. TNA is used to identify performance requirements and the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to achieve the requirements of the role. When setting up an apprenticeship, accurate TNA allows you to identify the learning areas that support the employer to plan meaningful off the job training and the provider to develop an appropriate training plan. 

The Apprentice Minimum Wage is set to rise on 1st of April 2023, from £4.81 to £5.28 per hour. At Fareport, we believe that employers should look beyond this if they want to recruit and retain the best apprentices. 

Choosing a training provider – it’s not as simple as it looks, is it? We offer some simple advice to make this process as clear and easy as possible for you. 

Ok, so you’ve been told you need to pass one of these elements to proceed, and you don’t know where to start. 

 

Start any preparation early by speaking to your trainer about the expectations and know what you are aiming for. What do you need to do? 

Ok, so you’ve been told you need to pass to proceed, and you don’t know where to start. Does this sound familiar? Start any preparation early by speaking to your trainer about the expectations and know what you are aiming for. What do you need to do? 

Seems simple, doesn’t it? There are a wide range of reasons that some apprentices leave their programme early or fail to complete. Through working with thousands of apprentices we know that an effective partnership between the training provider and the line manager can mean the difference between success and failure.