• The opportunity to recruit and train people who build the skills you need.
• A significant financial contribution is made towards training costs.
• The flexibility for you and the individual to agree an individual training plan.
• Individuals get advice and guidance to help them to make informed career choices, so they are committed to achieving both their own and your business objectives.
• Foundation Modern Apprenticeships are now regarded as the principal means of training individuals for jobs requiring an NVQ level 2 or equivalent.
• As with Modern Apprenticeships, the Foundation Modern Apprenticeship can involve some off-the-job learning, sometimes on a day release basis.

Modern Apprenticeships provide a range of key skills which make people more useful in the workplace.

As well as training to NVQ level 3 or higher, they provide skills including communication, problem solving and team working.

More than 90 different occupations are covered by Modern Apprenticeships, and thousands of employers are finding that they hold the key to building the competent workforce they need.

• An opportunity to recruit and train well motivated people.
• Flexible training that is not time bound and can be adapted to meet your needs.
• The ability to assess apprentices’ performance through work based NVQs.
• Financial support towards Modern Apprenticeship training.
• Building a future for you and your workforce…
  This established programme provides structured on-the-job training, combined with off-site training/learning with a training provider on a day or block release basis. It aims to produce highly skilled people with the potential to become future technical experts, supervisors and managers.

• Glass
• Administration
• Customer Service
• Engineering / Manufacturing
• Management

The Modern Skills Diploma (MSD) is an employment based programme for employed learners. It provides opportunities for learners to improve their skills and knowledge at NVQ level 4. Entrants to this programme would normally be expected to already hold technician and/or people management positions.

Learning shall take place within the maximum duration of ELWa funding.

Under current transitional arrangements, learners will usually follow an existing MA framework at NVQ level 4. Learners may, however, follow the alternative MSD learning option of an MA framework to level 4 NVQ plus an ELWa approved knowledge based qualification at level 4 (from Section 96 of the Learning Skills Act 2000).

• Management