Why hire an apprentice?

As an employer, shaping and developing a person into a skilled and valued employee is invaluable. apprenticeships provide a unique opportunity to build a workforce tailored to your business needs. By recruiting an apprentice, you are investing in a cost-effective employment solution, ensuring new employees learn to do things your way while gaining practical experience and qualifications that broaden their skill set.

The benefits of apprenticeships

• Support with funding – we have access to extensive funding and can help you utilise this to expand your training budget.
• Increased staff loyalty and retention – motivate your workforce by investing in their development.
• Cost-effective – upskill existing employees or recruit new staff with fully-funded training.
• Industry relevant qualifications.
• Bespoke training – opportunities that suit your industry needs.
• Accreditation – support for all levels of your business from core operational staff to managers, team leaders and supervisors.
• Flexible and customised delivery – minimise disruption to your business
• Validation – that your existing in-house training is being understood.

Our commitment to employers

At ALS, we support employers across Wales in delivering apprenticeships tailored to your training and upskilling needs. Apprenticeships offer versatile, role-specific development opportunities for your team. We offer a range of apprenticeship programmes to employers and their apprentices, which combines real world skills with theoretical knowledge.

When undertaking an apprenticeship both employers and apprentices benefit from,