Traineeships are for young people:
- who are not currently in a job and have little work experience, but are focused on gaining employment at some point
- aged 16 to 19-years old and forms part of the study programme provision
- aged 16 to 24-years old and qualified below Level 3
- whom providers and employers believe have a reasonable chance of being ready for employment or an apprenticeship within six months of engaging in a traineeship.
Traineeships consist of two strands.
The first strand is the mandatory core content of a traineeship, and consists of three elements:
- Work experience - to develop workplace skills that give the young person meaningful work experience
- Work preparation training - to prepare learners with the Skills for Working Life in a particular sector as well as Employability Skills covering areas like CV writing, interview preparation, job search and inter-personal skills
- English and maths - where level 2 has not been achieved at Key Stage 4. City & Guilds offers qualifications in Functional Skills English and Mathematics.
The second strand is a flexible element such as a vocational qualification that supports the occupation the learner is interested in, including:
- City & Guilds Level 2 Certificate in Business Administration
You must be delivering a traineeship for a minimum duration of 12 weeks and a maximum duration of 6 months, during which the training, work experience and flexible elements must’ve all been completed.
June 2020
Business Administration Level 2: Traineeship replacement update