Is your apprenticeship scheme the best it can be at developing the talent you need to future proof your workforce?

Whether you are committed to starting or scaling an apprenticeship scheme, our Engineering Apprenticeships: Best Practice Programme and community exists to help you to learn and implement best in class processes as quickly and easily as possible…

A community best practice sharing and benchmarking initiative that guides any engineering & manufacturing company to structure a best-in-class apprenticeship scheme

“If you want to have a successful future talent pipeline, I recommend you join this Programme. Benchmarking our scheme helped us to measure where we were at. The Apprentice survey feedback is fantastic, helping us to focus on what we are doing well and where we can further improve”

Iqbal Bahia, Managing Director, Kirkstall Precision Engineering

How it works:

1. Take Benchmarking Questionnaire

Benchmark your existing approach to running your Apprenticeship scheme against industry best practice and identify where you can improve

2. Learn from Video Platform

Access our online video platform and learn from manufacturers that are already enjoying successful Apprenticeship schemes. What they do, how and why.

3. Learn from Online Events

Share ideas with peers across industry in our online, themed Discussion Forums and learn from attending Webinars

4. Implement changes using Action Plans

Implement improvements quickly and efficiently using our Foundation or Succeeder Action Plans. A blueprint to success for creating the perfect apprenticeship scheme structure and apprentice experience

5. Retake Benchmarking Questionnaire Annually

Retake the Benchmarking Questionnaire annually and review progress. Have you improved where you wanted to, and what is next?

By engaging in you in community best practice sharing with other successful engineering & manufacturing firms, our Engineering Apprenticeships: Best Practice Programme will guide you to:

  • Get the most out of Apprenticeships, T-Levels, Graduates and Traineeships
  • Work towards becoming a best-in-class employer
  • Make sure you are delivering the best possible experience for your apprentices and other aspiring engineers

Our community covers all types and sizes of engineering and manufacturing firms and is open to everyone that shares a commitment to future proofing their workforce through successful apprenticeship schemes whilst helping to promote the wider sector itself.

“We have definitely improved our apprenticeship scheme by being involved in this Programme. Before, we’d think we were doing the right thing, but best practice sharing has given us some really strong guidelines to work towards and helped to engage the whole business”

Sarah King, Strategic HR Project Lead, SMC Corporation UK

We are stronger together…

If you believe in uniting to promote the future of UK engineering, want to enjoy the benefits of making your early careers scheme best in class and/ or getting recognised nationally as an employer of choice, we’d love to hear from you.