Community Apprenticeship Scheme
Vision
The National Skills Academy for Nuclear is leading a Community Apprenticeship Scheme
(CAS) to enable supply chain companies working in the nuclear sector (civil and defence) to access additional funding to take on Apprentices for the first time or to grow additional Apprentice skills for their business.
The injection of additional apprentices into the nuclear sector will enable supply chain
employers to provide a continued and better resource capability to support the Nuclear Site Licence companies to achieve the delivery objectives safely to time and cost.
Description
The CAS started in 2008 and is supporting 37 apprentices benefiting 21 supply chain
companies. The CAS is available across five regional areas (Northwest/Northeast, Southeast/East, Southwest, Scotland and Wales) and provides funding direct to the employer to help cover Apprentice wage costs over the period of the Apprenticeship.
The scheme has been designed to ensure minimal bureaucracy to make this a realistic opportunity for Small and Medium Employers (SME's) in the supply chain for nuclear.
The Comunty Apprenticeship Scheme can be used for apprenticeship frameworks that deliver the skills required for working in the nuclear sector including Design, IT, Administration as well as the more traditional Engineering (including Fabrication/Welding, Maintenance, Electrical, Electronics, and Instrumentation & Controls), Laboratory Technician and new emerging frameworks such as Decommissioning and Radiation Protection.
If your company is interested in growing skills and capability for the future, the Skills
Academy would like to offer you this opportunity by taking on an Apprentice through the Skills Academy's network of quality assured Training Providers for Apprenticeships starting in 2009.
To be eligible to apply for a CAS funding contribution your organisation will need to
become an associate member of the Skills Academy. By becoming an associate member of the Skills Academy your organisation will have the opportunity to inform and influence the direction of the Skills Academy in your region, and access to
the products and services.
CAS Benefits
- Direct funding contributions to help cover Apprenticeship costs.
- Helps supply chain employers to invest in Apprentices from within their localities.
- Increased skill levels in areas near to nuclear sites.
- Improved resource capability and competence in the supply chain to help
deliver nuclear sector requirements. - Builds Skills for the future: local, regional and national skills gaps reduced.
Funding Contribution Process - 7 steps to a Community Apprentice
- Contact the Skills Academy discuss over the phone/arrange to meet with
us to find out more details about the CAS. - Complete the Associate Membership and CAS Apprenticeship application forms
- Funding Contribution and Annual Membership. We'll advise on what level of
funding can be provided based on the information you have given us. - Recruit your apprentice(s). The chosen Skills Academy Training Provider
may be able to offer this service to you if required. - Sign the Collaboration Agreement. The agreement sets out the responsibilities
of the Skills Academy and the Employer to help support and motivate the apprentices to timely achieve their apprenticeship requirements, together with the regular funding contributions and bonus payments to be provided by the Skills Academy. - Apprenticeship Commencement.The apprentices start their chosen
apprenticeship framework. - Funding Commencement.Invoiced payments will commence when evidence of framework registration is received from you. Regular payments will be made for
the duration of the apprenticeship framework as stipulated in the collaboration agreement. We'll ask you for six monthly updates on how your apprentices are progressing and for you to take part in our evaluation of the CAS being carried out on our behalf by Skyblue Research Limited, so that we can improve
the CAS for the future.
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