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TABLE OF CONTENT UKCB 1 UKCB 8 2 9 BCS 3 BTEC Level 5 DET 10 Pearson 4 11 City & Guilds 5 Accountant Level 3 12 TQUK 6 13 Apprenticeship 7 14 Programmes Apprenticeship Level 2

Business Computer Society “ If you care as much as we do about technology and how it affects our world, then you’ll find a career with us very rewarding. As an employer, we celebrate diversity and are proud of building a culture at BCS where people are free to express their individual identities. We promote equality, fairness and non-discrimination at all times, and recruit our people based on their attitude and skills alone. Once on board, we invest heavily in our team, with professional development support and generous staff benefits. ” 1

“ Whether it's at home, in the classroom or in the workplace, learning is a never-ending road of discovery, challenge, inspiration and wonder. In these unprecedented times, we are taking extraordinary steps to support teachers – to make informed judgements when assessing learning, to deliver learning resources and tasks from a distance and to engage ” parents at home. 2

“ At City & Guilds we believe in the power of skills to build successful careers, businesses, and economies. Together with ILM, Kineo, The Oxford Group, Digitalme and Gen2 we are able to provide a broad and imaginative range of products and services that help people achieve their potential through work-based learning. The Group's purpose is the same today as it was 140 years ago - to help ” people, organisations and economies develop their skills for growth. 3

“ Everything that we do is done with that in mind: designing qualifications that pop out from the crowd and give people skills and knowledge to do the same. Those who take our qualifications see real change in their lives, careers and personal outlooks. We champion innovation, creativity, flexibility and dynamism in the approaches that those who deliver training and assessment to learners use. We always listen and believe in saying ‘yes’ as often as we can. We just happen to be an Awarding Organisation ” 4

Apprenticeship What’s an apprenticeship? An apprenticeship is a genuine job and under all circumstances an apprentice will be employed from day one. Apprenticeships combine practical training in a job with study. An apprentice will: • work alongside experienced staff • gain job-specific skills • earn a wage and get holiday pay • be given time for study related to their role (the equivalent of one day a week) What levels are there? Name Level Equivalent educational level 5 Intermediate 2 5 GCSE passes at grade A*– C or 9 – 4 Advanced 3 2 A level passes/Level 3 Diploma/ International Baccalaureate Higher 4, 5, 6 and 7 Foundation degree and above Degree 6 and 7 Bachelor’s or master’s degree

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ACCOUNTS OR FINANCE 7 ASSISTANT APPRENTICESHIP LEVEL 2 Role profile The Accounts/Finance Assistant is responsible for assisting the team of accountants with junior accounting duties. These can vary massively depending on the team structure and size of business. An Accounts/Finance Assistant’s work could include basic bookkeeping activities, working with sales and purchase ledgers, running calculations to ensure that records and payments are correct, recording of cash and data entry. Entry Requirements: Apprentices without Level 1 English and maths will need to achieve this level and taken the test for level 2 prior to taking their end point assessment. For those with an education, health and care plan or a legacy statement, the apprenticeships English and maths minimum requirement is entry Level 3. British Sign Language qualifications are an alternative to English qualifications for whom this is their primary language Qualifications: Apprentices will be required to take one of the professional qualifications listed below, as chosen by the employer to be most relevant to the job role: ◦ AAT Foundation certificate in accounting (Level 2) ◦ ACCA Certificate in financial and management accounting (level 2) ◦ IAB Level 2 certificate in bookkeeping ◦ ICB Level 2 certificate in bookkeeping

BTEC Level 5 Diploma in Education 8 and Training WHAT IS THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS QUALIFICATION? This programme is designed to prepare trainee teachers and trainers to teach in a wide range of contexts. To achieve the qualification, there is a requirement for teaching practice that requires observation and assessment of performance. WHO IS THIS COURSE FOR? It’s for trainee teachers who want to in further education, adult and community learning or work-based training within. ENTRY REQUIREMENTS • A degree or a relevant vocational and/or academic qualification. • Appropriate work experience • English Language Competency • should not have a criminal background, which might prevent them from working as a teacher with young people or vulnerable adults.

Assistant Accountant 9 Apprenticeship Standard Level 3 Role Profile: An Assistant Accountant offers help to interior and outside clients and will work predominately either as an associate bookkeeper with inside training or dealing with movements of money, in financial terms for a company they are working in. Entry Requirements: Most employers would have a selection of criteria that pupils must fit into for them to earn this apprenticeship whereas some would expect them to have passed a minimum of 5 GCSEs, including English and Maths. Qualifications: There are 5 different modules that will be covered throughout the duration of this apprenticeship and that includes: Advanced Bookkeeping Final Accounts Preparation Management Accounting Indirect Tax Advanced Synoptic Assessment

PEARSON BETECLEVEL 7 QUALIFICATION IN STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP

Leanna Coleman Hi, I’m Leanna. I currently do the junior content producing apprenticeship at the Uk College of Business. It’s overall an extremely fun course and I am enjoying it so far. Before I officially started this apprenticeship I was nervous about everything because I have never done anything like this before. But that wasn’t the case once I officially started. The whole process was explained thoroughly how the apprenticeship will go. For example, month one will be the introduction and getting started in the course, month 2-9 understanding content and everything etc. The UK college of business has made this course worth it. Also due to the pandemic, everything is online through Microsoft Teams so no one is at risk.

Kieron Stokes My name is Kieron Stokes and I am a 19 year old apprentice who works as an accounts/finance assistant at UKCB. The level which I am currently working at for my qualification is level 2. Starting at this level of the qualification in accounting is a really good advantage for me to learn all the skills I need and gain the right experience before proceeding onto the next level. This will also help me to better my understanding of bookkeeping services and will enable me to know how to demonstrate those skills in reality. I am keen on working in this apprenticeship program that UKCB has to offer for me to progress towards my future career which is to become an accountant manager and I know that with the amount of support that my mentor and accounting teachers give me will help me to succeed in achieving my future goals.

Hodje Almeida-Joaquim To start off my name is Hodje Almeida-Joaquim and I currently study Junior content producer apprenticeship. I wanted to study this as I think of myself as a creative person thinking outside the box expressing myself as much as possible. This would be beneficial as I would be earning a wage in a working environment learning everyday. I preferred this to university as I prefer to be proactive and more of a visual learner which I can use everyday in a work environment. My employer Faizan has been very welcoming into the new work life and has made the work environment very easy despite being online. This has been a positive as it has made studying as well as working quite easy and beneficial to me.