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Benefits of Young Apprenticeships
Taking part in a local Partnership that runs a Young Apprenticeship Programme in the motor industry can bring many benefits. These include:
• Identifying talented young people interested in a career in the motor industry and providing you with the opportunity to nurture and develop them into the ways of your organisation.
• Offering your employees the opportunity to develop their training and coaching skills, which can enhance their own professional development and improve motivation.
• Demonstrating the specialist skill areas you company needs.
• Demonstrating your willingness to encourage innovation.
• Improving your reputation locally which leads to improved customer and public relations.
• Creating positive links with local schools and training institutions.
• Giving you an opportunity to invest in and shape the motor industry of the future.
• Creating opportunities for you to save money by recruiting future Apprentices.
• Using this programme as a way of identifying, recruiting and selecting future employees.
What to Expect and Your Role
As a minimum you will be expected to offer one work placement for a minimum of 50 days over a two-year period, so a young pupil can discover how your business operates within the motor industry.
In addition, you could offer placements for more than one pupil. You could also get involved in the delivery of the programme by identifying activities that could happen during a work experience placements and then help make sure that these experiences tie in with what the pupil is doing back at the school, college or with the private training provider. You may be able to provide the partnership with essential resources by donating new or old cars, tools and equipment. If you are keen and see this programme as a true opportunity to develop your workforce of the future, you and your staff could get involved in the teaching of the programme where you could go into a class and talk about your experience of the industry. You might even be prepared to chair and lead a steering group set up to oversee the work of the partnership. It is up to you decide what you can do to contribute to the success of the Young Apprenticeship programme.
Frequently Asked Questions
What about health and safety?
The Partnership will ensure that adequate health and safety arrangements are in place prior to any work placement starting. This will take place in form of a work place assessment and risk assessment specifically designed for 14 year olds and will be done in conjunction with you. You will be made aware of any changes that need to take place prior to work experience starting and if necessary, a follow up visit will take place to ensure changes have been made.
Pupils will come to you fully briefed in health and safety. They will have had a full briefing on health and safety whilst on the programme and will have completed the Health and Safety unit that forms part of their level two qualification. All this is done to ensure that you have confidence in the pupil, that they know what will be expected of them and that the pupil is fully aware of the potential dangers that can arise in a garage.
Health and safety will also be monitored by the Partnership through ongoing visits when a member of staff will visit the pupils over the course of the work experience placement.
What does CRB checks mean for me?
As an employer, you will want to ensure that anyone you take on work experience is safe and not subjected to unsuitable behaviour. CRB checks are in place to protect your employees and the pupil.
Any work placement that is longer than 15 days requires that at least one person within the organisation to be checked by the Criminal Records Bureau to the enhanced level, which check for offences against children only. This person must always be a volunteer and should be the person nominated to look after the well being of the pupil. This person is likely to have the most contact time with the pupil whilst on the work experience placement.
As a volunteer, there will be no charge and this check will be carried out by a registered and accredited organisation.
Will I need an extra insurance?
The short answer is no. Provided you have British insurance with employers liability 98% of insurance companies will not ask for additional premiums. You may be asked by your insurance company to provide number of pupils on placement at anyone time and the length of the placement.
If you are not sure if you have adequate insurance, contact your insurer to check your cover.
Who will be checking what is happening?
The organisation within the partnership that asked you to set up a work experience placement will be monitoring the work placement on a regular basis. This is normally means that someone will visit the pupil once a month but it can happen more frequently depending on the level of support you request from them. They will arrange to visit at a mutually convenient time to discuss how things are going, overcome any concerns you may have and discuss progress with the pupil. They will also be ensuring the health and safety arrangements are still in place and ongoing.
A named person and contact details will be given at the start of any work placement. If you have any queries you can always call them.
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