How do employers contribute?

Employers support their apprentice in the following ways:

• By offering employment with sponsored training;
• Supporting an apprentice throughout their training;
• Working in collaboration with the college;
• Participating in quality training to develop highly skilled and effective employees;
• Employ their apprentice throughout the duration of their training and beyond;
• Provide their apprentice with a contract of employment;
• Agree and sign an Apprentice Agreement with their apprentice and the college;
• Ensure a safe and healthy working environment;
• Ensure their apprentice is properly supervised at work where appropriate and based on risk assessment;
• Review the apprentice's progress in collaboration with the college;
• Provide opportunities for College assessors to undertake work-based assessments;
• Provide witness testimonies/statements of their apprentice's work competence;
• Provide a mentor for their apprentice in the workplace, where possible.