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Everything to know about being a level 3 Motor finance specialist apprentice.

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Everything to know about being a level 3 Motor finance specialist apprentice.

 Introduction to the programme:                                                                                                        

Thinking about becoming a motor finance specialist ? This is an ever changing faced past industry where there’s always something new on the horizon. In this blog we will breakdown the course itself, explore potential career paths and generally find out if this is something for you. 

Program details/ entry requirements.

This Legal, finance and accounting based course may see you undertaking many skill based tasks. Primarily  offering customers advice on finance packages while purchasing vehicles.

To enrol into this course entrants must have at least a level 2 qualification in both maths and english. The duration of the program can range from 18 – 24 months, and upon completion you will be awarded with the level 3 Motor finance specialist qualification giving you a great step into a career. 

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Competencies

During the programme you will have to demonstrate key knowledge under 5 competencies those being: 

  • Market awareness – How a product is offered to companies and knowledge around how regulation can affect the sales of funding.
  • Motor Finance Products a deep understanding of motor finance packages available to customers including ownership and extended/cosmetic warranties. 
  • Regulatory taxation and compliance- An understanding of motor finance regulations is vital for influencing customers choices based on legislation taxation and also VAT principles. 
  • Business awareness – Apprentices must demonstrate business strategy as well how their own role fits into the overall organisation and motor finance industry itself . 
  • System and processes- Knowledge must be present of all systems and processes that may be used in the role as well as all standards. 

Upon demonstration of all competencies, apprentices will complete the course. And gain a recognised qualification. Once  the programme has been completed potential career paths become more present. Those including: Dealer Support, Finance and Insurance Manager, Customer Adviser, Business Manager, Account Manager.

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For further reading or information visit : https://www.instituteforapprenticeships.org/apprenticeship-standards/motor-finance-specialist/

Level 3 – Learning Mentor [New Apprenticeship]

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The origins of mentoring can be traced as far back as Homer’s Odyssey. When Odysseus leaves his home to fight in the Trojan War, he hands the care of his wife and son to his trusted friend Mentor, who took the role of teacher and overseer to his child.

Although our world has changed a lot over the last 1,300 years, the role of a mentor – particularly in the areas of learning and development – is central and still reflects the principles of its origin. Mentors are experts who guide novice learners on a personal and professional journey towards expertise.

Nowadays, mentoring takes place in all parts of the Education and Training Sector (ETS) and staff-development contexts. Learning Mentors support learners of all ages, and all levels, to develop within a new work role.  These learners may be, for example, apprentices, trainees or new recruits (ranging from young entrants to new CEOs) in the workplace, or any vocational learning environment. Mentoring is indeed the foundation of vocational training and apprenticeships, yet this standard is the first formal recognition of this role.

The importance of effective Learning Mentors

Effective mentors make a difference. They steer novice and early career learners to progress more rapidly, increase their resilience, boost their self-confidence and most importantly create an environment where their trainees can progress, thrive – and remain!

Some of the benefits of mentoring include encouraging new learners to develop more quickly, improved learning outcomes and enhanced job satisfaction. Significantly, working with an effective mentor will also help reduce the likelihood of novice learners leaving the profession.

Learning Mentor Apprenticeship

What does a Learning Mentor do and is it for you?

Learning Mentors support the development of learners’ knowledge, skills and behaviours, throughout their programme, particularly in applying theoretical learning in practical work environments (and usually on a one-to-one, or small group, basis). They give practical, technical and/or pastoral support and guidance. 

They collaborate closely with colleagues, other ETS professionals, employers and/or human resource colleagues to meet learners’ needs and achieve their potential.

In addition to specific experience and qualifications, a Learning Mentor should possess and further develop specific behaviours:

  1. Promote an ethos of motivation, aspiration and a passion for learning.
  2. Operate at all times to ethical and legal standards and within professional boundaries.
  3. Value equality and diversity and work with others to improve equality of opportunity and inclusion.
  4. Be resilient and adaptable when dealing with challenges and change, maintaining focus and self-control.
  5. Demonstrate, encourage and expect mutual respect in all professional contexts.

What experience and skills do I need to become a Level 3 Learning Mentor?

Learning Mentors will have sector-specific experience and qualifications, as determined by their employer or professional body, which they use to guide and advise those who are less experienced and new to a work role. The Learning Mentor is therefore a ‘dual professional’ having both up-to-date knowledge and skills in a specialist vocational or subject area, together with the generic skills necessary to support learners (as potentially a first step towards a secondary role as an education and training professional).

The Level 3 Learning Mentor Apprenticeship has a minimum duration of 12 months. 

Upon completion of the Apprenticeship, the Learning Mentor could progress further within their vocation specialism and/or into roles involving the assessment and coaching of vocational learners.  They may also be eligible to progress onto a full teaching role within an education and training provider organisation.     

Learning Mentor Apprenticeship

How to apply for Level 3 Learning Mentor Apprenticeship

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What’s involved in a Digital Marketer apprenticeship

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Level 3 Digital Marketer Apprenticeship

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Level 3 Apprenticeship Digital Marketer – What You Need To Know

As a digital marketer, you’ll be focussed on driving brand awareness and increasing brand reach through focussed digital campaigns and monitoring social interaction and to get there you should consider an apprenticeship!

But what are the main components to ensuring apprenticeship success in this highly competitive industry? Well….

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Digital Marketer Apprenticeship: Lets Break it Down – 4 Key Elements

Undertaking this apprenticeship in Digital Marketer means that you embark upon a 2 year, structured programme which will incorporate 4 elements; Summative Portfolio; Synoptic Project; Employee Reference; Interview. Taking each turn below we break down the requirement and expectation of each section.

1.Summative Portfolio

is a collection of real-life projects, displaying the application of all the knowledge, skills and behaviours set out in the standard. You’ll be required to demonstrate a variety of competencies which include:

  • Written communication – highlight your ability to connect with a range of audiences
  • Research – analysing/interpreting data to inform decision on long- and short-term digital campaigns and strategies
  • Technologies – can confidently use different digital tool across different social platforms
  • Data- Monitor and analysis data that provides useful and helpful insight
  • Customer Service: can respond efficiently and effectively to queries across online and social platforms
  • Problem-solving: can demonstrate structured techniques to problems and can establish adequate resolutions
  • Analysis – ability to create and understand basic dashboards
  • Implementation – can design and implement campaigns across various digital platforms
  • Specialist areas – can demonstrate expertises in areas such as search Marketing, SEO, email etc
  • Digital tools – can demonstrate effective usage of tools across campaigns
  • Interpret and Follows – follows latest digital trends, can follow marketing plans, understands good industry standards and practices

Looks a scary list, but don’t worry as your manager and training provider will be on hand to help your through and make sure you hit all the required skills. Boom!

2. Synoptic Project

This is your opportunity to shine. Here you’ll be tested on your knowledge, behaviours and competencies against a set project carried out in a controlled environment. You’ll not expected to hit all the Knowledge, skills and behaviours, aim to touch on some of the important elements. The reason you are required to do this is to ensure there is consistency across all your work increasing the accuracy of the final assessment mark – can’t be a bad thing!

3. Employer Reference

This gives the assessor your manager’s perspective on how you have performed in the workplace and how you have demonstrated your learning to your everyday tasks and behaviours – might be a good idea to bring in gifts to your manager 😊.

4. Interview

Finally, after all the above has been done and dusted you’ll have your professional interview, but don’t fret! This is an opportunity to wow the assessor, provide further information and to discuss the evidence supplied in more details. Top Tip: Prepare – read through your summative portfolio, go over your synoptic project and swot up on the employee reference.

After completion of the interview, you can sit back and await your result.

What’s Next For A Digital Marketer?

Apprenticeships provides a solid foundation for the role that you have studied. It offers significant opportunities for career advancement and further studies. Upon completion, apprentices can register:

  • On The independent Register of IT Technicians, providing recognition of their competence in applying technical skills in a business environment whilst signing up to a professional code of conduct and behaviours.
  • Join as an Affiliate (Professional) member of the CIM (Chartered Institute of Marketing).
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Last But Not Least

Tthere was a lot of information there. But if working in Digital Marketing as a Digital Marketer is what you’re after then hopefully the above gives you a snapshot of what’s involved. We’ll shortly be adding this L3 apprenticeship to our ApprenticeTip.com portfolio but until then search our website for all apprenticeship opportunities and be sure to sign up to our newsletter so you’ll be first to know when we go live.

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“College student becomes digital marketer”.

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Sometimes, when you are going down a career path, you might end up changing your mind or becoming unsure of what you want to do. There have been many people who have felt that way at one point or another. It could be at college/sixth form or a different point in their life. You can figure out what career you want and how to achieve your career goals, whether you are thinking of how to be a digital marketer or any other career. Within this blog, I would like to share with you a story of one peer that I knew from school who had changed their minds about their career paths and what they did after. Do continue so that you have some more ways to be inspired in your career. Always remember there is help available to you, in both your career and personal life. To respect their privacy and gender identification, I have kept their identity anonymous and will be referring to them as ‘they’.

Their background

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My peer who was a year older than me had dropped out of college. They had an interest in teaching and had picked teacher training as a course in their college. This is because they thought the idea of watching someone you taught grow and that having extra holidays during half term would be give a better work-life balance. However, when they were studying teacher training, my peer realised that teaching was not what they expected and had not found a starting salary that appealed to them, when searching for teacher assistant jobs as a starting point.

Career prospects

Whilst my peer felt lost and was contemplating what they wanted to do in their career. I too was thinking about career prospects. First, I searched online for digital marketing apprenticeships, as a viable career option. I knew it would be a blend of creativity and being analytical. Some of the creative aspects would be in making content and coming up with new ideas that would attract audiences to a service/product. A few of the analytical aspects would be to analyse data from reports for different channels. E.g. Viewing Snapchat analytics to see the type of audiences that had clicked on an ad, the number of views, impressions etc.

My peer spoke to me and told me that they were unsure of their options after dropping out of college, as they no longer wanted to teach. We spoke to each other, and I informed them that digital marketing apprenticeships were available. Even though, they had not studied digital marketing in school, from the conversation, they were able to see that digital marketing had a higher scope for them. They realised that they would be able to take different career paths, as there were so many options within digital marketing. Also, there were many transferable skills that they had learnt from their teaching training which were: problem-solving, handling conflict, managing others, planning, and organising, communication etc. Additionally, working from home and hybrid working is a common occurrence in digital marketing, so they would have work-life-balance.

Their journey to digital marketing

With my recommendation, they checked out available apprenticeships for digital marketing and were able to start one at a creative agency called OLIVER. They started making content/ ads for clients to promote their services to intended target audience. Like other apprenticeships, which ‘Apprentice Now offers’ such as: Level 4 Data Analyst; Level 3 Infrastructure technician; Level 3 Network engineer; Level 4 Software Developer and Level 4 Software Tester, there is a structure that is followed. The structure is that that apprentices complete a portfolio, so they have a reference for all the work they are proud of and to showcase their skills, knowledge, and ability. Then, there is the synoptic project where apprentices will be given a brief and they need to complete the tasks set in the brief. An example would be: Making a marketing strategy plan for a client, creating content following the brief requirements, analysing/reflecting on the work done and presenting to clients in the form of a deck. The last part would be an interview, where you communicate what you did in your role, discuss your portfolio and synoptic project with your assessors.

My peer completed the assessment requirements and finished their digital marketing apprenticeship. They were promoted within the team and are enjoying their career.

If you would like your story to be like this, where you find your way to a career you will love and that will resonate with your values and beliefs, then do try digital marketing apprenticeships.

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Ways to be powerful at work in a security role!

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You want to do work where you can thrive and earn cash. Do you want to know the Ways to be powerful in your work environment for L3 security role? You will thrive when you are able to hold your own power. Here are ways to be powerful in your work environment for L3 security manager role! Your own internal power will allow you to persevere in the L3 security first line manager role. This blog will go through what the role entails, requirements to manage others and dominate in the workplace. Read on and see if this apprenticeship peaks your interest. Regardless, you will get great ideas for your career path.

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What is a security first line manager

A security first line manager is someone who ensures that the work environment is safe and manages the security force. Since security is important to our safety, there are many sectors you can work in. The windows of opportunity are available in sectors such as: Event security, department of transport, transport and border security etc.

Requirements and mindset

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The requirements for the L3 security role can be best summed up as being able problem-solve, effectively communicate, handle conflict, make decisions, be able to assess risks and take the appropriate solutions. In order make a start on the requirements mindset is key. Without the foundation of having strong core values, you will have more of a rollercoaster ride. Whether you write a quick note on your wall or make a mantra, sing empowering affirmations, write in a journal for 5 mins or any creative, effective method that floats your boat, it will remain in your subconscious mind. Thoughts and beliefs within our subconscious mind that are empowering will allow us to be calmer in situations, which is a massive requirement in this job. Additionally, it will allow us to be resilient. This applies to any role; however, it is needed for roles which require you to manage others because we can decide our response to any situation.  

A great way to practise your mindset is through roleplay and being aware of your feelings regarding different situations.

Whilst you ponder on potential scenarios and become mindful of your thoughts towards them, I will take you through the skills required, method of assessment and at the end summarise the message of this blog, as well as a key takeaway for you.

Main skillset

Ability to plan, organise and manage environment and safety hazards.
  • Ability to plan and organise so that you are effectively able to use your resources without any safety hazards like injuries that abide with security standards.
  • Managing your environment. This would include the site to ensure there is sufficient security and protecting valuable assets of customers.
  • Ability to analyse- Utilising analytical skills to assess a security-related issue or to reflect on previous scenarios
  • Understanding of applying health and safety practices within security

Method of assessment

Assessment will give a chance for you to capture work you are proud of in a portfolio.

Assessment will be a mix of practical and written. You will be given the chance to capture your work you are proud of in a portfolio, which will be helpful to you in future roles.  The work you do in your role can be done as a video, audio or in a document.

The following evidence can be captured within the portfolio:

  • Presentations.
  • Feedback received from stakeholders, line manager, customers, peers etc.
  • Reports
  • Products relevant to performance or artefacts from your work during the role

The apprenticeship is 18 months long and you will be given a synoptic project to do after the portfolio, where you will be creating improvement plans and risks assessment, then implementing them. Finally, you will have an interview where assessors will ask about your projects and role.

Summary

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Overall, the most effective ways to be powerful in the workplace is to  strengthen your inner power through mindset and affirmations to tackle and manage high pressure situations in a security environment. Managing and organising others as well as yourself is one of the most important skills. The apprenticeship is 18 months long, where you will capture evidence of some of your projects, along with doing a synoptic project and then an interview.

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Level 3 Teaching Assistant Apprenticeship

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Are you looking to kick start your career in Teaching? Then the Level 3 Teaching Assistant apprenticeship could be for you.

From learning how to deliver the curriculum to how to properly safeguard students this course will progress you onto your future in Teaching. A Level 3 Teaching Assistant Apprenticeship will provide you with fully funded, structured training to improve your practice as a teaching assistant and learn valuable skills to help your pupils reach their full potential

What to expect with the apprenticeship

With this apprenticeship, you will learn the ins and outs of what it means to be a teaching assistant. From the day you start you will be involved with teachers and will be working in a professional environment. The professional environment allows apprentices to learn in real situations with real people, this gives the apprentice an advantage early in their career as they get used to dealing with younger students and begin to understand how to support the teacher and other students. You will also contribute to planning, class activities and team meetings.

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Areas you will cover within the apprenticeship include:

Communication and teamwork.

  • Work closely with teachers
  • Deliver/lead small group teaching
  • Support pupils well-being

Using technology.

  • Use school computer systems including specialist software
  • Ensure pupils use technology safely
  • Use a range of skills including open questioning skills to enable pupils to engage in learning

Developing strategies.

  • Use appropriate vocabulary to ensure pupils understanding
  • Encourage positive, effective, nurturing and safe learning environment

Understanding how pupils learn and develop

  • recognise different stages of child development through school

Keeping children safe in education

  • understand current statutory guidance
  • Understand the importance of first aid procedures
  • Broad knowledge of health and safety policy

Course Details

The duration of this course is typically 18 months (can vary slightly), To enrol on the course you will need 5 GCSE’s at a grade 4 or higher. These must include Maths and English. Some employers might require you to have a L2 qualification in the subject area to display knowledge and general competency. This course provides learners with a foundation to progress onto higher level career paths in the education sector. You will need to be enrolled as a teaching assistant at a school and have the support of the school before applying. The course is

Future pathways after your apprenticeship

The natural progression from this course is to either move into a teaching assistant position within the workplace or to move onto a higher level qualification e.g. L4 teaching assistant. This course offers a solid foundation into any area of school education. Some of the rolls that are open to a L3 Teaching assistant are, teaching assistant in primary schools, teaching assistant in a nursery.

Benefits and skills

Throughout this apprenticeship you will build up a wide range of transferable skills such as: Communication, support, deadline management, problem solving and more. Along with skills the apprenticeship will give you a nationally recognised Teaching Assistant Apprenticeship Training focused on supporting pupil progress and development aligned to the curriculum.

Conclusion

The level 3 Teaching assistant apprenticeship is perfect for anyone wanting to start their journey into education. From the in school placement to the 18 months of professional training in teaching, wellbeing, support and more. This qualification is the stepping stone to further education or a position as a Teaching assistant full time.

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Level 3 Mortgage Adviser Apprenticeship

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Are you looking to kickstart your career in the finance industry? This standard features a great opportunity to start your journey with a Level 3 Mortgage Adviser apprenticeship.

There are multiple different businesses that provide advice when it comes to mortgages. Whether it’s via intermediaries in the form of an independent broker, or direct from a bank to consumers. Due to recent regulation changes, the role of ‘mortgage adviser’ has become more technical with an increase in regulatory requirements leading to a higher demand for qualified professionals within the field.

The Role: Mortgage Adviser

The role requires the successful applicant to identify and satisfy customer mortgage requirements and any associated protection needs. This will be done in the form of fully regulated meetings that will take place in a variety of environments. Depending on the type of employer, this could be face to face or over the telephone.

The mortgage adviser is also responsible for advising related protection products such as critical illness, accident, sickness and unemployment, income protection, and building and contents insurance.

Furthermore, this apprenticeship will offer the perfect entry point for a career within the mortgage advice sector. However, this is not limited and may also offer the potential progression into other financial service roles. This is an attractive role for candidates of different backgrounds with a variety of skills and experiences.

The Requirements

Giving clients advice on appropriate mortgages and protection products such as life insurance is one of the main responsibilities for a Mortgage Adviser.

The requirements for this position include:

  • Being able to provide excellent quality service with effective questioning techniques and fact finding
  • The ability to plan and prioritise workloads whilst delivering all required outputs to customers and colleagues
  • High quality written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively with colleagues as well as customers and professional contacts
  • A basic understanding of regulatory requirements such as compliance and GDPR
  • The ability to identify, create, and develop relationships that support the role
  • Proficient IT skills to deliver positive outcomes for customers and the business
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Level 3 Mortgage Adviser Competencies

The Level 3 Mortgage Adviser apprenticeship consists of a list of competencies that the applicant will demonstrate throughout the duration of the course.

These include:

  • A strong awareness of the industry and company
  • An understanding of appropriate business and personal conduct
  • Knowledge of the purpose and technical content of the products within the role
  • An understanding of the systems and tools that are needed to process a mortgage
  • Demonstrating an understanding of the roles of other colleagues
  • Understand the principles of excellent quality customer service and high company standards
  • A commercial awareness of the wider mortgage sector. This can also include customers, competitors, and suppliers

In addition to this, the successful candidate will demonstrate professionalism, adaptability and will be goal-orientated. Other desired qualities also include excellent problem solving skills as well as consistently supporting colleagues and collaborating.

Course duration

The apprenticeship course will take between 12-18 months to complete.

Qualifications

Apprentices who don’t have Level 2 English and Maths will need to achieve this prior to completing the apprenticeship.

The apprentice must complete one of the following qualifications:

  • The London Institute of Banking & Finance Certificate in Mortgage Advice and Practice (LIBF)
  • Certificate in Mortgage Advice (The Chartered Insurance Institute)
  • Mortgage Advice Practical Certificate (The Chartered Banker Institute)

The Takeaway

The Level 3 Mortgage Adviser apprenticeship is an opportunity to take the first step in starting a career in the finance and accounting sector. Further career progression within this industry can lead to discovering a range of new positions and with an increase in experience, a great salary.

To keep up to date on the latest apprenticeship standards, look out for our latest blog posts. If you’re interested in starting a career on a different path, check out the full standards list here.

Does a Career in Science Interest You? Find Out How to Become a Scientist

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A career as a laboratory scientist might be perfect for you if you want to attain a specialist knowledge of a range of Scientific Studies.

What Could You Learn?

A Laboratory Scientist Apprenticeship allows you to gain a degree and carry out a range of technical and scientific activities.

This includes these specialist disciplines

  • Life Sciences
  • Chemical Science
  • Research & Development
  • Analytical

Key Responsibilities of a Laboratory Scientist Apprentice

In this role you will be required to analyse, interpret, and evaluate relevant scientific information, concepts, and ideas. Using these skills, you will be able to develop experiments and investigations in order to propose solutions to problems. You will need to produce reliable, consistent, and ethical work whilst working in a range of organisations. You will need to be able to work under the supervision of senior scientists but also contribute to a wider scientific team.

Knowledge Skills and Behaviors

You will need to have the below understandings in relation to one of the above specialist disciplines.

Knowledge

  • An awareness of scientific principles, theories and terminology of laboratory-based experimentation.
  • Business environment in which the company operates.
  • Business ethical practice and codes of conduct.
  • The internal and external regulatory environment pertinent to the science sector and area of specialization, for example Medicines & Healthcare Products  Regulatory Authority (MHRA) , Control of Major Accident Hazards (COMAH),  Good Laboratory Practice (GLP).
  • The requirements of internal or external customers and how to recommend the appropriate workflows, improvements, or scientific solutions.
  • How advanced science and technology are developed, established techniques of scientific enquiry and research methodologies.
  • The theoretical basis for application of the science relevant to one specialist discipline including how to apply this during experimental design and implementation of research programmes.
  • The requirements for the development and validation of analytical methods and instrumentation, including suitable sampling methods as appropriate to the specialist discipline.
  • How to use statistical techniques, probability distributions, significance testing & confidence limits, regression & correlation and hypothesis testing to evaluate results, design experiments and draw evidence based conclusions.
  • How to independently implement new processes according to the literature, data mining results and input from colleagues.
  • How to initiate, plan, execute and close a project and incorporate the organisation’s project management procedures into the scientific work environment working with team members.

Skills

  • Being able to lead performance improvement within the work environment using process mapping & analysis and root cause analysis that is informed by other appropriate principles.
  • Ensuring targets are being met and maintained and complying with procedures and legislative requirements.
  • Being able to autonomously plan and prioritise tasks.
  • Use creative thinking and problem-solving techniques to challenge proposals and build on existing ideas.
  • Promote and ensure the application of quality standards and a safe working environment.
  • Comply with workplace and business regulations.
  • Being able to present data and the results of laboratory work in written and oral form.
  • Support appraisal of scientific experimentation with numerical and statistical analysis.
  • Independently design and implement new processes according to relevant literature and other data sources.

Behaviours

  • Communication to both scientific and non-scientific audiences.
  • Presentation skills.
  • Time Management.
  • Team-work.
  • Being able to take initiative in the workplace.
  • Being reliable.

Entry Requirements + Information about apprenticeships

Whilst requirements differ per applicant per employer, typically it is required for candidates to have 5 GCSEs at grade C or above. This will include Maths, English and a Science subject. Additionally, you will need to hold relevant level 3 qualifications and have the appropriate amount of UCAS points for entry to a level 6 Hugh Education Programme. Other relevant experiences can alternatively be considered.

The duration is typically 60 months and upon completion, you receive a bachelor’s degree in a scientific discipline relevant to the job role, for example in Chemistry, Life Sciences, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Microbiology, and Genetics.

Furthermore, this qualification allows you to be eligible to apply to be a Registered Scientist (RSci) through a shorter application route.

Conclusion

This apprenticeship will be perfect for you if you have an analytical brain and are eager to become a specialist in the scientific field. The course offers you to further your skill set and gives you the foundation to have a career in science.

If all of this interests you find more about applications here! 

Construction Design and Build Technician Apprenticeship (Level 4)

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If you have an interest for design and construction but you have never considered how to kickstart a career in this field, then perhaps you should head down the apprenticeship route! In this blog post we will cover everything you need to know about being a Construction Design and Build Technician. Continue reading to find out the best tips for how you can get started.

What is a Construction Design and Build Technician?

Construction Design and Build Technicians can cover a range of occupations and typical job titles can include Assistant Design Co-ordinator or Design and Build Co-ordinator. The design coordinator is the person in charge of making sure that all construction sites follow proper procedures. They spend most time on-site however they can be office based for admin purposes or meetings. The Design and Build Co-ordinator works closely alongside architects while collaborating throughout each phase from initial planning right through installation. Design and Build Technicians must also understand the risks involved within construction and the importance of behaviours in safety-critical environments.

What does the Construction Design and Build Technician role involve?

As a Construction Design and Build Technician you would be responsible for a variety of duties:

  • Identification of client requirements in construction projects
  • Identification of health and safety risks in the design of projects
  • Checking of compliance with regulations on a construction project
  • The minimisation of the environmental impact of construction projects
  • Assisting architects with the development of detailed design on a construction project
  • Co-ordinate design information on a construction project
  • Monitoring of quality on a construction project
  • Assisting commercial staff with the monitoring of costs on a construction project

How does the Construction Design and Build Technician apprenticeship work?

This Apprenticeship will teach you all about the skills and knowledge needed to become a Level 4 Construction Design and Build Technician. You’ll learn industry-recognised standards, along with how they’re applied in practice for professional registration!

This Apprenticeship is designed to prepare you for the knowledge, skills and behaviours typically required of technicians. The final assessment process will resemble what’s required when applying for professional registration with industry recognised bodies

This is a three-year program, but it will depend on the apprenticeship holder’s previous experience and access to opportunities.                            

Apprenticeship entry requirements

The typical entry requirements for this apprenticeship are five GCSEs or equivalent, including Maths and English. For those who don’t meet these qualifications there is still an opportunity to develop skills through additional study at Level 2. Employers can set their own entry requirements, which is determined by the individual employer.

For this particular apprenticeship it would be helpful to have the following skills:

  • knowledge of building and construction
  • to be thorough and pay attention to detail
  • thinking and reasoning skills
  • analytical thinking skills
  • maths knowledge
  • knowledge of engineering science and technology
  • the ability to think clearly using logic and reasoning
  • knowledge of public safety and security
  • to be able to use a computer and the main software packages confidently

Career Prospects

There are many different areas you could specialise in with your qualification and the progression would not stop there. It is possible to move into project management in addition to a higher-paying job as an Estimator or CAD drafting for construction projects!

You could find work with:

  • national and international building firms and contractors
  • central and local government
  • organisations that do their own construction work, like utility companies, major retailers and the NHS

For further information on how you can get started read here.

Why an engineering ductwork installer apprenticeship?

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Are you ambitious and looking for a challenge? Does installing and maintaining ductwork systems in large industrial and commercial buildings interest you? Does learning an impactful skillset with transferable skills and earning whilst you’re at it catch your eye? Becoming a building services engineering ductwork installer apprentice is the perfect role for you. Not only will you be gaining knowledge but you’ll be working in the field with professionals in the field. Continue reading to find out how this role can help you kickstart your career in construction.

Level 2 Building Services Engineering Ductwork Installer Apprenticeship

The building services engineering role is a specialist branch of engineering within the construction sector. Your job role will consist of assembling, installing, pre-commissioning, testing and repairing ductwork made from a wide range of materials. You will learn the technical side to the role such as installing ductwork systems components whilst also working on your soft skills such as communication, using oral, written and electronic methods to communicate information with work colleagues, other tradespeople, clients’ representatives, supervisors, and other members of the building services engineering and wider construction team.

It is unlikely that individuals entering this apprenticeship without previous experience will complete the apprenticeship in less than 24 months, not including your end point assessment.. You will earn up to £15,000 as a starting wage with a potential to earn £26,000 upon completion. Ductwork installer apprentices will have to have a  minimum of a level 1 maths and English qualification where you will have to take an examination for the level 2. This apprenticeship will have a competence based assessment where you will sit a knowledge test and an observed skilled test. The Knowledge Test will use a multiple-choice questions format to assess underpinning applied knowledge in all elements of the standard. The observed skill test will be used to confirm that the apprentice can work safely and contribute to the planning, installation, testing, maintenance, fault diagnosis and repair of the ductwork installation, to the specified standards, within a stated timescale.

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Responsibilities as a ductwork installer apprentice

You will need to work safely by applying relevant safety legislation, codes of practice and safe working practices to self and others in working environments. You will be held accountable for your work and need to solve problems within your scope of responsibility. You won’t always be under close supervision and be expected to maintain and enhance competence in your own area to fuel your personal development. You will need to be versatile and adaptable as you’ll work within new build construction sites and existing buildings.

A ductwork installer’s key responsibilities are to provide clean air and/or remove used air, and move temperature controlled air around the inside of buildings as part of a building’s ventilation and life safety systems. They work in a variety of environments such as office blocks, factories, schools, airports and hospitals. You will also need to prepare work areas in new and existing sites to undertake allocated ductwork component installation work tasks.

Conclusion

This apprenticeship is perfect for someone that is trying to begin their career in construction. A level 2 qualification in Building Services Engineering is a great foundation. Not only will you be learning valuable skills that could lead you to multiple avenues, you’ll be earning a wage on top with a chance of progression. You will be given the guidance and knowledge from industry professionals but also have the responsibility and accountability which are skills where you will benefit in any position you progress on to.

Ready to make the move and accelerate your career in construction? Apply here.

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