Traineeships
A Traineeship can last from 6 weeks up to 1 year, though most traineeships last for less than 6 months.
Our Traineeships are designed to prepare you for progression on to an apprenticeship or employment. You will develop the valuable skills that employers are looking for.
Traineeships combine work experience and study which will help develop your employability skills, such as CV writing and interview preparation.
Traineeships are for young people who are:
- eligible to work in England
- have little or no work experience but are motivated to work
- aged 16 to 18-year-olds (or 19 to 25-year-olds with an Education, Health and Care (EHC) Plan)
- qualified up to level 3
You may be eligible for up £75 per week whilst you are on your traineeship.
Whilst completing the work experience the employer does not need to pay you, however, some employers will cover travel and lunch expenses.
We offer Traineeships in:
- Accounting
- Automotive
- Business
- Administration
- Construction
- Customer Service
- Childcare
- Digital
- Heath and Social Care
- Manufacturing
Yes, you can gain a vocational qualification whilst on your Traineeship.
In addition to this, if you do not already have your English and maths qualifications, you will be supported to achieve these.
Our dedicated Recruitment Team are available to answer all your questions!
E. Recruitment@gceducationandskills.ac.uk
T. 0161 233 2656
or you can complete the 'Contact Us' form on the website.
Click on the image to download our flyer.
You may be eligible for an incentive payment of £1,000 per learner. You can claim this incentive for up to 10 learners per region.
Traineeships help prepare young people aged 16 to 18 (or up to 25 with an Education, Health and Care Plan) for employment or an apprenticeship.
A Traineeships must include at least 70 hours of work experience placement. They can last from 6 weeks up to 1 year, but most last less than 6 months.
As an employer, you can offer a work experience placement to a trainee and we will work with you to design their programme.
Just some of the benefits to your business include:
- Flexibility - it can be sector focused and is funded by the government
- Provides your current employees experience in training and mentoring
- Allows you to design a programme that suits both the needs of your business and the needs of your trainee
- Can help you increase capacity and productivity
- Can help you develop a loyal and talented workforce
- Allow you to help tackle youth unemployment
- Is a route into an apprenticeship
- Allows you to get to know and work with young people prior to recruiting apprentices
Plus, if you create new work placement opportunities you may receive an incentive payment of £1000 per learner, for up to 10 learners.
There is a limit of 10 trainees per employer which would result in a maximum payment from the government of £10,000.
When offering a traineeship, you need to provide:
- Safe, meaningful and high-quality work experience
- Constructive feedback and advice to the trainee
- An interview for an apprenticeship of job in your business at the end of the traineeship if one is available
- An exit interview at the end of the traineeship with meaningful written feedback if no job is available
For the latest information about Traineeships, visit Gov.uk, or complete the form below and one of our team will be in touch.
We have a dedicated team of Business Advisors who will be happy to help you. They can discuss your requirements as well as provide you with information on the government incentives.
E. Business@gceducationandskills.ac.uk
T. 0161 233 2656
