On Site Bristol’s Apprenticeships are a combination of off-the-job training at City of Bristol College and on-the-job training working for an employer. Apprentices learn new skills through both forms of training.

At college, there is a greater emphasis on the underpinning theory and knowledge, although there will be some practical training as well. With an employer, Apprentices will get more of the practical side of training, putting their knowledge into practice and developing their skills under real working conditions.

Apprentices must be employed from the start of their programme, starting their formal Apprenticeship right from the start and attending college for just one day a week.

On Site Bristol will monitor and track each apprentice’s progress while they are in training. At the start of the formal Apprenticeship, an Individual Learning Plan will be agreed between On Site Bristol, the Apprentice and their employer. This plan sets out the qualifications to be achieved and target dates for each unit within the qualifications to be achieved.

Every ten weeks there will be a formal review of each Apprentice’s progress towards their qualification and target dates for achievement. The review will also cover the training, both at college and at work, and any other issues relevant to the apprenticeship programme. The review will look back at progress made over the last ten weeks and agree a set of actions to be achieved before the next progress review.

Schedule of Training

On-the-job training will start as soon as you start working for an employer, which can be soon after you leave school, or at the same time as you start college.

You will attend an induction for one day with On Site Bristol. This will give you further details of your training, and allow us to complete much of the paperwork needed.

In early September, the off-the-job training at college will start, for one day a week. You will continue to attend college for 36 weeks, ending in June.

Year two of your off-the-job training will start again in early September, with a return to college for one day each week. Again, this will last for 36 weeks, ending in June. At the end of this second year, you should have completed your Apprenticeship framework, and it will be time to decide whether you will go onto an Advanced Apprenticeship with a third year of training.

Apprenticeship starting with a year’s further education			Direct entry onto an Apprenticeship with an employer
Year One			Year One
August	On-Site Bristol induction		July - Sept.	On-the job training starts
September	College starts 2 days a week		August	On-Site Bristol induction
Sept-June	On-the job training starts with employer		September	College starts 1 day a week
June	College ends		June	College ends

Year Two
September	College re-starts 1 day a week
June	College ends
July	Apprenticeship Framework complete

Advanced Appprecticeship
Year Three
September	College re-starts 1 day a week
June	College ends
July	Apprenticeship Framework complete