Information on Apprenticeships for Employers

Your business could benefit from an Apprentice for as little as £2.60* per hour with NO training costs when you employ a 16-18 yr old on the Apprenticeship programme at St Helens College.

We offer a range of apprenticeships to support your business needs. You can use an apprenticeship to train both new and existing employees. Apprenticeships can help businesses across all sectors by offering a route to harness fresh new talent. UK businesses consider skills shortages and recruitment difficulties a bigger threat to performance than soaring oil prices and declining consumer spending, and more than a quarter of these rate this form of vocational training higher than any other qualification. Apprenticeships ensure that your workforce has the practical skills and qualifications your organisation needs now and in the future. The mixture of on and off job learning ensures they learn the skills that work best for your business. For more information have a look at: The Basics and The Business Benefits

Small Employer Incentive

On 16th November 2011, the government announced a new incentive to encourage thousands of small firms that don’t currently employ apprentices to take on a young apprentice aged 16 to 24. This will support up to 40,000 new Apprenticeships.

The incentive is for employers with up to 50 (and in some cases up to 250) employees and comprises a payment of £1,500 payable in two stages. It will be available to small firms in all industries and for Apprenticeships at all levels from April 2012. to find out more about the incentive click here

(*The Apprentice National Minimum Wage)

See the list of available apprenticeship below or if you have a vacancy for an apprentice then please contact the Business Development Team for further information on 01744 623342 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it