Apprenticeships & Employment

Apprenticeships

We’re proud to bridge the gap between education and industry through our extensive range of apprenticeships and talent pool. We understand the importance of industry-recognised links and hands-on experience that’ll prepare students for a successful career.

Apprenticeship Talent Pool

We’re committed to supporting you to find an apprenticeship.

To join our talent pool, please speak to your Personal Tutor, FAB Futures or the Apprenticeship Team.

You’ll need:

To be committed to becoming an apprentice.
A current up-to-date CV that you review regularly and inform us of any updates.
Evidence of employability skills.
Able to get a good quality reference from your school, college or previous employer – remember attendance, good participation and engagement count for your future.
Complete a pre-entry interview with our team.
Provide up to date contact details and be responsive to any contact we make with you – we may be letting you know about your ideal job opportunity.

In exchange for your commitment, we’ll support you to find an apprenticeship and our Employer Engagement Team will do their best to find employers in the industries that you want to work in.

We’ll support you in preparing a CV.
We’ll help you prepare for interviews and improve your interview technique.
We’ll put forward all candidates who are work-ready for any live vacancies that they meet the criteria for.
We’ll inform you when we’ve put you forward for a vacancy.
We’ll contact the employer to find out if you have been successful.
We’ll endeavour to get feedback where you’re not successful so that you can make improvements.

Pre-Apprenticeships

If you need some extra time and support in finding an apprenticeship or need to develop your maths and English as well as employability skills, then our pre-apprenticeship programme may be right for you.

The programme includes work experience to help you to become work-ready.

Job search

If you’re ready for the world of work and are looking for the right employer, we can support you with this journey.

Our experienced Career Coaches can:

Check your CV and support you in developing one.
Help you to create an online presence.
Sign up with the right agencies for the sector you’re looking to be employed in.
Support you in using job search websites like Indeed etc.
Give you tips and techniques for completing application forms and going for job interviews.
Get access to the tools and resources that will help you to be ‘the must-have candidate’ for the job.

Student success:

Millie Watson – Future Travel Consultant

Level 2 Aviation student, Millie Watson is progressing to an apprenticeship at Hays Travel. She said: “I like learning about all the different roles and knowing that there isn’t just one route I can take. There’s so many different doors that I can open from doing this course.

“The course has helped my confidence grow and it’s made me a lot more motivated because I’ve always been passionate about anything to do with travel since being a kid.”

Connor Wilding

Connor completed a full-time plastering course before progressing onto an apprenticeship.

“The full-time course definitely helped me to get to where I needed to be and made sure I had the right mind-set before becoming an apprentice.

“When I’m at work, my boss knows that he can trust me and that I’ll get the job done. The first time I finished a wall on my own stands out as a highlight. I really felt like I had accomplished something.”