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- Apprenticeship Approvals Group
  Find out about the role of the Apprenticeship Approvals Group
- Scottish Apprenticeship Advisory Board
  Find out about the role of the Scottish Apprenticeship Advisory Board.
- Apprenticeship Levy
  Your guide to the apprenticeship levy in Scotland
Become an apprentice
For Employers
- For Employers - overview
- For Employers
  What’s involved and how to get started.
- Foundation Apprenticeships
  Shape the next generation of talent.
- Modern Apprenticeships
  They'll work for you as they work towards a qualification.
- Graduate Apprenticeships
  Full-time employees, fully funded to earn their degree.

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Apprentices Employers

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Which apprenticeship is right for you?

Foundation Apprenticeships

I'd like to do an apprenticeship that gives me experience in the workplace, while still at school.

Learn the skills you need for the future, and gain a qualification that employers recognise.

Foundation Apprenticeships

Modern Apprenticeships

I'm over 16 and looking for paid employment that offers industry recognised training on the job.

Earn while you learn and build the experience and skills that employers want to see with a Modern Apprenticeship.

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Graduate Apprenticeships

I'm looking for a paid job that gives me industry experience and training whilst working towards a degree.

Graduate Apprenticeships are a brand new way to work, earn and learn.

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"In your apprenticeship, you’re actually experiencing things first-hand. In school, you’re thinking about what it could be like."

Before he started his Foundation Apprenticeship in Children and Young People, Joe Pirrie was struggling with dyslexia and considering dropping out of school. The confidence he built saw him elected Head Boy– and figure out what he wants from his future.

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