FA Employers

Foundation Apprenticeships (FA's) will be delivered in specialist learning environments.

In the second year of the course you will also gain hands-on experience with an employer to learn valuable employment skills and behaviours.

Upon successful completion of a Foundation Apprenticeship, a range of progression routes are available including an accelerated entry to a Modern Apprenticeship programme or to employment.

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Key features employers like are that FAs are:

·      Industry led: Foundation Apprenticeships are specifically designed with employer input from planning and design stage and in the delivery of the qualification

·      Tailored to the business: Foundation Apprentices work on real projects within a business

·      Developing the young workforce: support the skills local Fife industry needs in our community

FAs also benefit the employer with:

·      Increased motivation of their current staff by working with young people

·      Reduced recruitment costs by accessing a brand new talent pipeline of skills for their business

·      Retained skills in their business by enabling succession planning for an ageing workforce

·      Gaining new skills and fresh thinking by accessing a new generation of fresh talent

·      Spotting talent early by working with young people before they leave school

·      Fast-tracking their development.  Young people get to know the business, so if the business chooses to recruit, they can come in with a useful working knowledge

·      Apprentices being more productive quicker: Foundation Apprentices who become Modern Apprentices will be more productive more quickly

In particular, employers support and value Foundation Apprenticeships to help them:

·      Fill skills gaps

·      Better recruit and retain specialist skills

·      Better engage in new technologies such as social media

·      Reduce recruitment costs

·      Engage with local talented pupils within Fife

·      Support succession planning in response to an ageing workforce