Apprenticeships

New research has found that almost a quarter of UK Plumbers and plumbing companies are looking to hire apprentices in 2021. Apprenticeships are more important than ever. By connecting your studies with the world of work in small steps, you’ll build up some great knowledge of the plumbing industry, grab some experience and be able to impress employers by talking confidently about what you know when you start attending interviews.

Hiring an apprentice is a productive and effective way to grow talent and develop a motivated, skilled and qualified workforce. Other benefits of working with apprentices include: you can adapt their training according to the needs of your business and they’re motivated to learn new skills.

Because of the nature of Apprenticeships – earning whilst you carry out hands-on training in the workplace – young apprentices are generally very keen to learn and succeed. Having a young person, or young people, working around your current team can energise your existing workforce and therefore increase productivity. Apprentices do not just want to come to work each day so that they get their pay cheque at the end of each week or month. They are coming to learn new skills and progress so that they are not just stuck in a rut as the ‘office junior’ or the building site labourer, all the time. They want to succeed and they want to build a career. This can only benefit your company and, in fact, lots of UK employers who have been hiring apprentices for many years say they believe the continued success of their business depends on strong, sustainable apprenticeship programmes

The benefits of being an apprentice…

• You can Earn while you learn! As an apprentice, you receive a salary from the employer who hires you
• Lower debt. Another big benefit of apprenticeship training is that debt loads after completion of apprenticeships are much lower, since apprentices “earn while they learn”. …
• You Gain work experience
• You can Benefit from qualified mentors.

 

By offering apprenticeships you will be doing your bit to combat youth unemployment in the United Kingdom. You will be helping to create a skilled workforce that will drive the future economy and you will be benefitting your own company in the process.