Benefits for employers and learners

Benefits for employers

Apprenticeships bring several tangible benefits to organisations such as:

  • They can create skilled and motivated employees.
  • And can help to address skill shortages across the workforce.
  • Can bring new ideas to an organisation.
  • Training apprentices can be more cost effective than hiring skilled staff and can reduce overall training and recruitment costs.
  • Apprentices tend to be loyal to the organisations that invest in them, improving staff retention rates.

Benefits for the learner

  • 92% of those who completed apprenticeships said their career prospects had improved as a result.
  • Apprentices are employed and earn a wage throughout their programme.
  • Working and academic study time is split between a training organisation, local college or university and the workplace.
  • Financial differences for learners are clear; there are no training fees or student loans to pay back including those for a degree apprenticeships.
  • Apprentices complete their studies with years of work experience as well as theoretical knowledge, skills, and behaviours.