West Dunbartonshire
Strategic Skills & Support Pipeline
Modern Apprenticeship (MA)
The Tell Organisation Ltd
During their MA, each Apprentice must fulfil the requirements of the legal right to work in the UK and be employed by an employer to consolidate the skills acquired during their MA framework.
16-24 year old MA frameworks available:
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Business & Administration
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Social Services and Healthcare
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Digital Marketing
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Engineering
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Management
25+ years old MA frameworks available:
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Business & Administration (SDS key sectors only)
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Social Services and Healthcare
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Digital Marketing
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Engineering
Management (all sectors except Retail)
Stage 4 only
Referral applications can come from various sources:
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Tell’s Employability Team (stage 3 and 4 of skills pipeline)
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Tell’s Website www.tell.co.uk
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Vacancy advert as appropriate
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Attendance at School/College/local authority events
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Pre apprenticeship programmes
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Jobcentre Plus
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Employers
Some applicants may require to undergo pre-interviewing and/or aptitude testing, dependant on Modern Apprenticeship applied for.
Stage 5
Referrals can come from employers who already have people in employment and wish them to be supported through the Modern Apprenticeship programme
Tell House
Unit 8/4 Bankend Road
Dumbarton
G82 2RT
On and off the job training at various training sites as appropriate including:
Glasgow Clyde College
Ayrshire College
Most MA qualifications will take place using on the job assessment within the workplace.
Flexible intakes – most qualifications can start any time in the year except those where structured training centre attendance is required, e.g. Engineering which is restricted to the beginning of each college block.
4 - 5
16 –24
25 +
Stage 4 (candidates not in employment)
The Business Development and Employability Team at Tell, through employer engagement and employer demand information create Modern Apprenticeship (MA) vacancies to which eligible candidates can apply. Eligibility will depend on the MA qualification attached to the vacancy and/or employer requirements.
Tell will match individual applications to the vacancy, taking into account eligibility criteria and can provide candidates with pre-interview guidance as appropriate. Some vacancies will require candidates to undergo aptitude testing e.g. engineering.
Employers have the final decision who they interview and eventually recruit.
Modern Apprenticeship funding is provided through Tell’s annual contract with Skills Development Scotland, which allows us to allocate funding/partial funding to candidates within employment or who are about to become employed in specific sectors as detailed above. These candidates are inducted into the qualification once employed and will work towards their MA primarily in two ways:
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Wholly competence, work based, on the job training, collating evidence from the workplace to achieve the standards within the qualification
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A mixture of on the job and off the job structured training, with off the job training taking place in either a college or training centre environment
Modern Apprentices must be in employment, therefore all candidates will eventually be Stage 5.
Stage 5 (candidates in employment)
Employers contact Tell, having already recruited the individual(s) into the post. Tell then determines the appropriate MA route for the employer and the individual and inducts the candidate as above.
Tell support the candidates throughout their time on the Modern Apprenticeship programme. This can vary from 6 months to 4 years, depending on the qualification and level required to be achieved. An assessor is allocated to the MA from the outset and remains with them throughout their qualification. Formal quarterly reviews are mandatory involving the candidate, employer and the assessor to ensure effective panning for the delivery of the programme and common understanding.