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important a contributor to their satisfaction with their Apprenticeship than the other options. From Next Gen Makers’ work running the Make UK backed Engineering Apprenticeships: Best Practice Programme, we know from speaking with hundreds of UK manufacturing firms that the ability to create a great Apprentice experience differs widely across UK industry. It is a complex combination of multiple components, all of which add up to define the experience of an individual, as lived by them. The Make UK Engineering Apprenticeships: Employer Kitemark accreditation, achieved via the Engineering Apprenticeships: Best Practice Programme, involves recognising exemplar employers of Engineering Apprentices – the kind of employers that go the extra mile in creating a great Apprentice experience and investing in the ongoing learning and development of their Apprentices. The accreditation includes three components: benchmarking (self-reflection and continuous improvement with regards to the set up and operation of the company’s Apprenticeship scheme), an Apprentice satisfaction survey and a Training Provider survey, to gain the perspective of the Training Provider with regards to how the company runs its’ Apprenticeship Scheme. 80% of the Kitemark scoring is attributed to the Apprentice “It is a complex combination of multiple components, all of which add up to define the experience of an individual, as lived by them”
satisfaction survey. The Apprentice satisfaction survey includes a robust question set of 20 questions which encompass the Apprentices’ experience to date, their wellbeing and their training and development. Ultimately, for the employer this is providing a comprehensive and personalised layer of insight directly from their Apprentices regarding their experience within the business, which in turn helps the company to better evaluate and improve their Apprentice experience and their Apprenticeship Scheme. We are seeing an increasing number of companies establishing Apprentice counsels, or providing new ways for their Apprentices to feed back ideas and giving them more time with senior figures within the business. The feedback from all of this, is Apprentices feeling more valued and recognised, something which is leading to greater retention of those individuals not only within the Apprenticeship scheme, but within the business over a longer period of time. n
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If your company is looking to start or scale an Apprenticeship scheme, would like to benchmark your approach to running your scheme against industry best practice to see where you could improve and then learn from the successes of others, or are interested in getting recognised as an ‘Excellent Employer’ for Engineering Apprenticeships, visit www.nextgenmakers. co.uk/best-practice
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