Apprenticeships

Gain a qualification while you work

An Apprenticeship is the perfect way to gain a qualification while you work.

Kirklees College offers the widest range of work-based learning opportunities across Calderdale and Kirklees.

Kirklees College also boasts approximately 2000 apprentices across 30 occupational areas, with all of our apprentices employed and working in over 1000 companies throughout the Kirklees and Calderdale regions.

An Apprenticeship allows you to learn valuable skills whilst getting valuable experience in the work place, as well as earning a wage.

The current National Minimum Wage rate for all apprentices under 19, and apprentices 19+ that are in their first year of their Apprenticeship, is £3.30 per hour.

You will work a minimum of 30 hours per week, and no more than 40 hours, which includes any training time at college (off the job) as well as on the job with your employer.

You must be paid for all the time you spend training, regardless of whether it’s at college or on the job.

Apprentices are also not required to pay any course fees, however,  you may be required to buy course books, tools, equipment, uniform or other items needed for your course/job, depending on your Apprenticeship.