Course Overview
Begin your apprenticeship journey by applying for an apprenticeship on our website. Please apply for a full-time course as your second option. Then, have a look at relevant vacancies by visiting our Apprenticeship page. If you haven’t found a suitable vacancy, you will automatically be placed into our Talent Pool.
As a member of our Talent Pool, you will be the first to hear about new vacancies and we offer support with CVs, interview techniques, employability skills and much more!
Delivered by Cannington College in partnership with the National College for Nuclear and Clean Energy (Southern Hub), these courses have been developed with industry partners, educational partners and the government. This course is designed for employed apprentices across a wide range of industries, as the curriculum fully supports the Nuclear, Construction, Manufacturing and Retail sectors.
You will begin with an initial three-day college attendance for induction, introductions and document completion. Your first four units will then be delivered in accelerated, short-form sessions to build a strong foundation before transitioning to online learning.
You are required to attend all scheduled sessions, whether held at the college or remotely via Microsoft Teams. Your attendance will be automatically logged and monitored and relayed directly to your employer’s responsible person or department. You must fulfill a strict off-the-job training requirement totalling 835.20 hours over the three-year period, which you will evidence through timesheets.
Apprenticeships allow you to gain technical knowledge and real practical experience, along with behavioural and personal skills required for your job and future career. You will develop comprehensive knowledge, skills and behaviours across health and safety, quality, project and business acumen, optimisation, and continuous improvement.
Topics may include:
- Project controls fundamentals
- Project communications and behaviours
- Project risk and assumptions
- Project commercial awareness and contracts
- Project source criteria, business case justifications, HSE & quality management
- Project planning, scheduling, costing, budgeting and baseline
- Project optimisation and continuous improvement
- Project tracking and analysing techniques.
Assessment Methods
You will learn through a mix of workplace training, formal instruction through the National College for Nuclear and the opportunity to embed new skills in a real work context. The curriculum consists of 12 units of delivery, each featuring a knowledge exam to ensure you have fully absorbed the material.
After the first six months, you will complete your first three exams. You will continue to complete sets of three exams at set periods over the next 18 months until all 12 are finished.
You will also create a comprehensive project that encompasses all the units within a standard project lifecycle.
In your third year, the focus shifts to skills assessment, requiring 12 reports and 11 recorded structured interviews to further evidence your knowledge, skills and behaviours for the Level 3 Diploma. The end goal is to proceed to Gateway and complete an End Point Assessment to graduate from the apprenticeship.
Progression Options
As this apprenticeship is fully transferable, progression options are vast and driven by consumer demand as well as your own ambitions alongside your employer and the college. Upon completion, you could advance into further academia or specialised career paths, including:
- Project Controls or Management Degrees
- Business Development at an HNC or Degree level
- Quality Assurance and Management roles
- Quantity Surveying
- Risk and Change Management Expert
- Planning and Cost Engineering.
Entry Requirements
You must be currently employed to undertake this apprenticeship. A Level 2 Functional Skills in maths and English, or equivalent, is essential.
Frequently Asked Questions
You can apply directly on any of the UCS College Group websites, whether you wish to study at Bridgwater College, Cannington College, Strode College, or Taunton College. Simply use our “Find a Course” feature and follow the on-screen instructions – be sure to have your important information to hand.
We aim to offer a careers service that is accessible to everyone. We will seek to equip all our students with the skills and knowledge that will enable them to operate confidently, effectively, and independently in life and work. All students have the opportunity to meet with a Careers Advisor for 1:1 career support.
The Student Experience Team can mentor and signpost students who are struggling with a range of issues that are negatively impacting their day-to-day life. The Student Experience Team works closely with the Safeguarding & Lifestyle Teams to promote proactive wellbeing enrichment sessions. The team can refer on to counselling when appropriate.
We provide top-quality workshops and teaching areas across our Colleges for subjects such as art, design and media, hair and beauty, catering, automotive engineering and construction. You can review our campus facilities by navigating to the “College Life” section of our websites.
For us, the success of our students always comes first. By investing in our built environment, we are investing in your future.
All of our students will have a personal tutor to support them with their academic progress and personal development. The tutorial programme consists of 1:1 support, group tutorials and guest speakers, plus targeted online resources which complement the UCS College Group Advantage scheme.
The Safeguarding Team can offer advice and guidance on anything that may be affecting your young person and their studies – no problem is too big or too small!
Please email our Safeguarding team at staysafe@ucscollegegroup.ac.uk. If you query is urgent, please come to the College Reception and ask to speak to a Safeguarding Officer.
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