Work based learning
As an apprentice you will be working within a business with the possibility of attending college one day a week and spending the rest of the time working with an employer and gaining on the job skills.
Work-based learning (WBL) is an educational strategy that provides students with real-life work experiences where they can apply academic and technical skills and develop their employability. It is a series of educational courses which integrate the apprenticeship qualification with the workplace to create a different way of learning as apprentices will be earning whilst they learn.
Programs are targeted to bridge the gap between the learning and the doing. Work-based learning strategies provide career awareness, career exploration opportunities, career planning activities and help students attain competencies such as positive work attitudes and other employable skills
The key drive for this way of working is to secure learning and skills that meets the need of the workplace.
