Adapt, sustain and strengthen your business

Whether it’s hiring someone new or developing an existing employee, apprenticeships can help provide the skills you need to adapt, sustain and strengthen your business. We'll guide you through getting started and support with the cost of training by paying the learning provider you choose.

  • Upskill your workforce
  • Meet your skills needs
  • Increase productivity
/media/4078/harpermcleod__martin-darroch_-24.jpg)

Guidance to help employers support apprentices

We want to help you as an employer to deliver more successful apprenticeships and increase the benefits to your organisation. We've created these guidance resources with useful information, tips and procedures to support you and your apprentice to get the most out of the experience.

View our guidance for employers

Apprenticeship development

Find out how apprenticeships are developed and how you can get involved. We welcome your contributions, whether you're an employer, an apprentice or someone from business, public sector or a trade union.

Mental Health resource for employers

If you're an employer and you'd like to know more about how best to support the mental health and wellbeing of your apprentices, we have put together a resource to support you.

Know what you’re looking for?

Use our quick links to get the information you need .

Funding

Understand how we contribute towards the cost of training an apprentice.

Apprenticeship types

Browse and choose the type of apprenticeship that best fits your business.

Learning providers

Find out the role of a learning provider and how they deliver training.

Apprenticeship Group

Read about our Foundation, Modern and Graduate Apprenticeship offer.

Apprenticeship Levy

Discover who pays the Apprenticeship Levy and what it means for you.

Adopt an Apprentice

Discover what support you get by taking on apprentice who has been made redundant.

Supported by

Below are some of the employers who endorse Scottish Apprenticeships.

  • Scottish Chamber of Commerce
  • CBI
  • fsb
  • CeeD
  • Inspiring Business Scotland
  • Scottish Council for Development and Industry
  • Scottish Engineering
  • Scottish Training Federation

Ready to take on an apprentice?

Get started with our quick step-by-step tool.

Get Started

Get free expert advice

Send us a message or give us a call so one of our advisers can help you.

0800 783 6000

Get in touch

Supporting Scotland’s Young Person’s Guarantee

 

Scottish Apprenticeships directly support Scotland’s Young Person’s Guarantee, providing job opportunities for thousands of young people. Find out more at www.youngpersonsguarantee.scot