Train and study for free and earn while you learn. We focus on providing worthwhile, vocational training to young learners, and have a track record of producing award winning apprentices.
What is an apprenticeship?
If you are already employed and would like to improve your skills and knowledge to progress in your chosen career, then an apprenticeship could be the perfect route for you.
Apprentices cover both on the job training as well as classroom learning at college. By doing this, we can provide you with the skills needed for your chosen career and you can gain nationally recognised qualifications. You will also earn while you learn and receive benefits which other employees would get as well.
Why start an apprenticeship?
- Earn while you learn – take home a salary and get holiday pay
- Gain nationally recognised qualifications and new skills
- Make progress within your workplace
- Enjoy new experiences and challenges
- Opportunity to undertake further courses to continue your development
Many successful careers start with an apprenticeship. On completion, 90% of apprentices stay in employment.
What are the benefits of apprenticeships for you?
Upon completion, a staggering 97% of apprentices said their ability to ‘do the job’ had significantly improved.
90% of apprentices are satisfied with their current apprenticeship programme.
A huge 90% of learners who successfully complete their apprenticeship stay in employment.
92% of apprentices said their career prospects improved after they had successfully completed their programme.
What do Jamie Oliver, Karen Millen, Sir Alex Ferguson and John Freida have in common? They all started their careers as apprentices!
Bridgend College is the AAC Apprenticeship Provider of the Year (Regional) 2018.
Our learners have won the NTfW Apprentice of the Year 2 years in a row.
Liam was at the college for four years and enjoyed every second.
“The apprenticeship has been the best thing I have ever done. I will be able to use all my experiences to take with me when I qualify. I have developed skills specific to my career in engineering as well as other, broader skills that will benefit my career.”
Maria, 28, was an Engineering apprentice with us for over 2 years and had a deep curiosity about how engines were built, operated and controlled.
It’s this passion for learning that led her to become the first female adult apprentice taken on at Ford’s Bridgend plant. Maria is already an honours graduate in Forensic Chemistry, provided by Bridgend College, and has gone from strength to strength which is a great example of how apprenticeships programmes can help you succeed.
