Waterside is a specialist provider of Engineering and Manufacturing apprenticeships for a wide range of organisations across the North West.
Our assessor and training teams are highly experienced in their fields. They constantly push our apprentices to achieve the highest standards of competence, in order to become valuable members of your workforce. We are very proud of a number of apprentices being graded Distinctions overall for their academic qualifications and End Point Assessment.
The main benefits of our apprenticeship programmes are:
- We incorporate additional technical training that goes beyond standard apprenticeship. The extra training can be tailored to suit your company. During our foundation training, the apprentice can attend full time 5 days a week, 3 days per week or 1 day release helping to mould an apprentice to your business.
- We have strong success rates and almost all our apprentices go on to full time employment with their sponsoring employers.
- You will have highly skilled individuals on completion of the apprenticeship, specifically trained with the core skills required by your business.
- We invest in the personal development of the apprentices, so that they gain transferable skills to make them valuable members of your workforce.
- We are passionate about manufacturing, electrical and mechanical engineering, three of the fundamental building blocks of industry and our particular fields of expertise.
Recruitment and Apprenticeship Support
We offer a chargable full recruitment and onboarding service to help you find the right apprentice for your business. This includes:
- Targeted vacancy advertising
- Posting roles on the Government “Find an Apprenticeship” service
- Promotion through local schools, colleges, and networks
- Initial applications, aptitude testing, and first-stage interviews
- Shortlisting of suitable candidates for employer interviews
Our recruitment cycle typically runs from January to May, and early engagement allows more time to attract high-quality candidates.
Employers can also recruit their own apprentice; however, candidates must still complete initial assessment testing to ensure suitability for the programme.
How do we start the process?
If you are interested in growing your workforce by recruiting an apprentice for your organisation, then please contact a member of the Apprenticeship Team on 01744 616837 or email; [email protected] to make an enquiry.
One of our team will be happy to complete an initial meeting with you to establish your business requirements and to select the right standard for your business and the job role the apprentice will be completing. Waterside will complete a proposal on completion of the initial meeting to outline our apprenticeship services.
