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Apprenticeships & Professional Training for Business

There’s only one way to get the team you want. Build it. In today’s recruitment market, even if you can afford to, hiring experienced people with the exact skills you need can be a challenge.

That’s where professional training and apprenticeships come in.

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Apprenticeships & Professional Training for Business

Join over 1,000 businesses who trust us to develop their workforce

At Gloucestershire College, we work closely with employers across all sectors, so we understand the real skills challenges businesses face. That’s why we offer high-quality apprenticeships designed to meet industry demands and drive growth.

Discover how apprenticeships can benefit your business and your team. Watch our video to hear how companies like yours are seeing real results.

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Apprenticeship Programmes

Our apprenticeship programmes range from level 1 to 6 allowing apprentices to study advanced courses and achieve a degree that suits your business’ needs.

Apprenticeship Programmes
Funding and Apprenticeship Levy Funding and Apprenticeship Levy

Funding and Apprenticeship Levy

We can support you to learn more about funding and the apprenticeship levy available for your business.

Funding and Apprenticeship Levy
Apprenticeship Benefits Apprenticeship Benefits

Apprenticeship Benefits

Apprenticeships are a form of training programme that combines on-the-job training with classroom learning to develop skills in a specific industry sector.

Apprenticeship Benefits
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Our Facilities

From engineering labs, motor vehicle workshops, ADA (Advanced Digital Academy) and student-run restaurants, our industry-standard facilities are ready to train the talent of tomorrow.

Our Facilities
Professional Training Professional Training

Professional Training

Our courses range from junior level right through to senior management with the flexibility to work around family, position and location requirements.

Professional Training
Recruitment Support Recruitment Support

Recruitment Support

We can save you time and money with our free apprenticeship recruitment service which will attract high-calibre candidates that are right for your business.

Recruitment Support

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Our dedicated Employer Training & Apprenticeships team will provide you with full support in setting up your apprenticeship programme from recruitment right through to completion. Simply fill in the form and a member of our expert team will be in touch.

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Hear from our employers

North Tower Consulting

Diversity is key to ensuring a progressive workplace and bringing in apprentices fosters a collaborative workplace between a range of workers from different backgrounds. We have also found apprenticeships a great way of upskilling our employees, especially when we are identifying ways for employees to transition into a leadership role.

North Tower Consulting

Gemma Allen, Chief People Officer

Elijah Willow

We have several roles for apprentices within our organisation, primarily Bricklayers and Carpenters. By training people up with skills, right from the start of their trade career, Elijah Willow can help mould them to the high standard and quality we expect, and in turn they become part of the exciting growth with our business.

Elijah Willow

Dan Ponting, Director

Gloucester Services Farmshop & Kitchen

The benefit of having our own apprenticeship scheme here in the business is it allows us to home-grow our own chefs, which sometimes we've struggled to recruit. We have a great relationship with Gloucestershire College. A tutor provides the theory side of the apprenticeship for us, we provide the practical side and we're finding it's working really well.

Gloucester Services Farmshop & Kitchen

Lesley Griffett, Service Leader (Production Kitchen)

Griffiths Marshall,

We believe in investing in young talent and supporting them to potentially specialise in certain areas to help meet business needs. You can help shape apprentices into your employees of the future, so that they are the ideal match for your organisation.

Griffiths Marshall,

Nuala Beardsall, Group Practice Manager

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Work Placements

Our employability matching service provides the opportunity for the right learner to partner with the right company, aligning their career interests with business needs.

Work Placements
T Levels T Levels

T Levels

We invite local employers to support our T level learners by offering an industry placement that will both benefit your business and teach young people the skills you look for in an employee.

T Levels
End Point Assessments End Point Assessments

End Point Assessments

At the end of the apprenticeship, the learner will take their End Point Assessment (EPA). This validates the apprentice's competency and readiness to perform in their chosen occupation.

End Point Assessments

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South West Business Award Winner

We proudly took home the Talent, Training and Development Award at the C2S South West Business Awards 2025. The award recognises organisations that lead the way in nurturing talent, investing in people, and driving workforce development. 

Our submission showcased its holistic approach to talent development—both through internal initiatives and by working with over 1,000 local businesses to help address skills gaps across the region.

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South West Business Award Winner

2024 National Digital Provider of the Year

We were crowned 2024 Digital Provider of the Year in the AAC National Apprenticeship Awards for our outstanding work supporting the evolving IT and cyber ecosystem in Gloucestershire and the South West.

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2024 National Digital Provider of the Year

ADA: Advanced Digital Academy

At the heart of our Cheltenham Campus, a stone’s throw away from GCHQ and Cyber Park launching 2025, is our £3 million ADA: Advanced Digital Academy.

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ADA: Advanced Digital Academy

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