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Find a Foundation Apprenticeship at your school in 2020

Foundation Apprentices and parents or carers should contact their school with any questions and for guidance regarding work or college placements.

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Key benefits

Step out of the class and into the workplace with a Foundation Apprenticeship.

There's 12 Foundation Apprenticeship subjects to choose from and all were designed in partnership with employers.

Choose a Foundation Apprenticeship and you'll quickly discover the benefits they bring.

Gain a qualification that’s the same level as a Higher
Learn essential skills employers want and strengthen your CV or personal statement
Recognised by all Scottish universities and colleges
Gives you a head start into a Modern Apprenticeship

How it works

Choose the apprenticeship as part of your subject choices in S4 or S5
Spend time out of the class with a learning provider, such as a college
Work with an employer on real projects alongside experienced colleagues
Get assessed on the work you do with the employer and learning provider
Successfully finish the apprenticeship so you earn the qualification and essential skills employers want

Available subjects

Find out about the types of Foundation Apprenticeships and watch some of our case studies

Help businesses keep track of their money and grow their profits. If you’re a good problem-solver, this FA could be your solution.

Want to know what makes a company successful? Learn about managing people, projects, and strategy.

Our buildings, canals, roads, bridges and motorways depend on civil engineers. You could help create the future built environment of Scotland.

Calling storytellers, techies, designers and creative thinkers. This is an FA that lets you bring your ideas to life.

Engineers work out new and better ways to do things - and create them. If you're a natural problem solver, it could be for you.

Get a foot in the door of business, accountancy and banking. You could manage the money that keeps everything else ticking along.

Be at the forefront of what we need to survive. Help develop products we’ll eat and drink in the future while keeping us and our planet safe.

Every business in the country depends on technology. You could be the one to fix problems, keep it running, and make it work better.

Some of our biggest advancements start out in a lab. Science has the power to change the world - and you could be part of it.

Every child deserves the best start in life, and to grow up happy, healthy and confident. You can help make sure this happens.

Want to try something challenging, but rewarding? Learn about helping people when they need it most.

Gaming, virtual reality, cyber security - the digital world is changing fast. You could help decide where it goes next.