Engineering Apprenticeship Resources for Employers
Practical, free-to-download guides and tools to help you build, benchmark and improve your engineering apprenticeship scheme. Written for employers, backed by real data and real case studies.
Apprenticeship Scheme Self-Assessment
A short benchmark against best practice across support, progression, wellbeing and skills development. Answer a handful of questions to see how your scheme measures up and where the quick wins are.
Take the self-assessment →How to Build an Engineering Apprenticeship Scheme from Scratch
A practical five-step framework for employers starting a scheme, or questioning whether their existing one is up to scratch. Features the Brick Kiln Composites Gold Accreditation case study.
Download the guide →What Engineering Apprentices Actually Want
Insight drawn from thousands of apprentice satisfaction surveys, showing what keeps apprentices engaged, progressing and staying with your business. For employers already running a scheme.
Download the guide →Not sure where to start?
Our engineering apprenticeship resources are designed to support employers at every stage, whether you are building a scheme for the first time or sharpening one that is already up and running.
If you already run a scheme, the Apprenticeship Scheme Self-Assessment is the quickest way to benchmark it against best practice and see where the gaps are. If you are starting from the ground up, How to Build an Engineering Apprenticeship Scheme from Scratch walks you through the five decisions that matter most. And if retention is your priority, What Engineering Apprentices Actually Want draws on real apprentice feedback to show what keeps people engaged and progressing.
Every resource is free, written specifically for engineering and manufacturing employers, and grounded in the work we do accrediting Excellent Employers across the UK.