Nomination Category (Please tick appropriate)
Who is nominating the employer for this award?
Please only complete this form if the entry is not SELF NOMINATED.
Judges are looking for a sound strategy behind your apprenticeship programme. They want to see a clear rationale for why you introduced apprenticeships into your organisation and what your objectives were.
A stand-out answer will include the following:
– An outline of your organisation and your apprenticeship programme.
– Why your organisation decided to invest in apprenticeships and how this investment fits into your organisation’s overall strategy.
– How your apprenticeship programme has helped to meet your organisation’s skills needs
– The tangible measures your organisation uses to demonstrate the success of your apprenticeship programme and your investment in it.
– Tangible organisational benefits that are a direct result of your investment in apprenticeships, linked to the objectives you set for your apprenticeship programme
– Your plans for developing and enhancing your apprenticeship programme.
Provide clear and tangible evidence of how the employer is an exemplary employer. Please make use of any external validation/feedback if available.
A robust answer will include why you/they are a role model for other employers.
Judges are looking for evidence of the benefits the apprenticeship programme has brought to both the apprentices and organisation.
A good answer will include the following:
– How you/they support apprentices beyond the baseline requirements of the relevant apprenticeship standard e.g. additional training, mentoring and support.
– Ways in which apprentices have benefited from the opportunities presented by the apprenticeship programme.
– Evidence of progression/promotion/retention successes.
