How to access a traineeship for employers

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Traineeships allow you to nurture the next generation helping your business to develop a loyal, talented workforce.

You’ll have the flexibility to teach trainees job-specific skills aligned to your industry and business. Amongst many benefits, it will also give your current employees the opportunity to build their own mentoring and coaching skills supporting the trainee.

Employers interested in supporting a trainee through the work-based learning element of the Traineeship are invited to contact their local Further Education College’s training unit.

Participating employers agree to provide a minimum of 20% (one day per week) of the programme as work-based learning. The college will work with employers to place trainees and to monitor and track progress on all aspects of work-based learning.

Belfast Met

Kathryn Stewart
Email: kstewart@belfastmet.ac.uk
Tel: 079 1867 4279

Northern Regional College

Sean McAleese
Email: sean.mcaleese@nrc.ac.uk
Tel: 075 5411 8467

North West Regional College

Annette O’Doherty
Email: annette.odoherty@nwrc.ac.uk
Tel: 028 7127 6498

South Eastern Regional College

Victoria Boyd, Training Programmes Manager
Email: vboyd@serc.ac.uk
Tel: 078 2652 1798

Southern Regional College

Denise Cornett, Training and Apprenticeship Manager
Email: cornettd@src.ac.uk
Tel: 0300 123 1223

South West College

Carol Anne Deeny
Email: carolanne.deeny@swc.ac.uk
Tel: 028 8225 0109 (ext.5434)

For further information, see an employer guide to traineeships.

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