Up to 1,500 new flexible apprenticeships will be available across a number of key sectors that ‘boost the economy’ including early years, healthcare, construction and creative industries.
The aim of the 'flexible apprenticeships', announced during this week’s National Apprenticeship Week (7-13 February), is to make it easier for employers, particularly those with short-term toles, easier to take on an apprentice.
Under the new scheme, agencies will act as employers and place apprentices within different companies.
A total of 15 organisations have been approved to establish Flexi-Job Apprenticeship Agencies. The agencies will recruit and employ apprentices and place them with host businesses to work on a range of ‘exciting projects’, so they gain the skills and experience in previously ‘untapped industries’.
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