More than 700 new employers join apprenticeship trailblazers

The third phase of the Government’s apprenticeship trailblazers scheme has been launched, with more than 700 employers designing 76 new apprenticeships in roles such as policing, HR and boatbuilding.

It brings the total number of employers involved in designing apprenticeships as part of the trailblazers project to more than 1,000.

Employers including PwC, BAE Systems and Greater Manchester Fire & Rescue will work with organisations from across their industry sectors to develop the new apprenticeships. In addition, employers involved in the first two phases of the initiative are developing a further 47 schemes in sectors such as adult care, construction and hospitality.

Trailblazers are groups of leading employers within a sector, working together to develop new apprenticeship standards. Launched last October, the apprenticeship trailblazers initiative aims to ensure that every apprentice in England is enrolled on schemes designed and approved by employers.

Business Secretary Vince Cable said: “Our reforms have empowered businesses large and small to design and deliver world-beating apprenticeships that offer a real route to a successful career.”

Graham McWilliam, group director of corporate affairs at Sky, said: “We are delighted to be supporting the trailblazer programmes. It forms part of our wider commitment to providing apprenticeships across our business – around 150 next year – as well as offering a huge range of other opportunities and training to young people across the UK.”

Steven Read, trainee programmes manager at UK Power Networks, which was part of the energy and utilities trailblazer, said: “It is refreshing, as an employer, to be involved in designing and a developing the benchmark against which all our apprentices are trained.”

Apprenticeship trailblazers: Standards being developed in Phase 3

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Apprenticeship trailblazers: Additional standards being developed in Phase 1 and 2