If you own or run a bike shop and are looking to grow your workshop team, now is the perfect time to start recruiting a trainee mechanic for your business. Many school/college leavers and university graduates are actively looking for their next step for when they leave college in the next few months.
You can tap into this new emerging employment market, by uploading your own vacancy advert onto the Government’s FREE “Find An Apprenticeship” website. This is a dedicated database of all apprenticeship vacancies across the country, where want-to-be apprentices can search for opportunities by location and industry sector type. This website gets over 8 million search hits per month.
As the leading training provider for apprenticeships to the cycle industry, we can assist and guide you through the entire onboarding process from recruitment to delivery of the training.
Our 18-month, bicycle mechanic apprenticeship is a work-based training programme for both new and existing bike mechanics, specifically designed around the needs of the cycle industry that leads to the Government’s occupational standard qualification.
Exclusively to us, our apprenticeship syllabus includes Cytech technical training, to ensure that all apprentices gain essential industry recognised qualifications whilst completing their apprenticeship. It offers the perfect mix of learning whilst working and includes the following study topics and professional qualifications;
- Cytech online Theory One
- Cytech Technical Two
- Cytech Technical Three
- 12 learning modules – including customer service, industry standards, health & safety, merchandising & advanced selling skills, business administration studies, fault diagnosis, component compatibility, an introduction to e-Bikes, plus many more.
Government funding available for the training
For school/college leavers still under 19 years of age at the start of the apprenticeship, the training is fully funded by the government, plus employers can also claim an additional grant of £1,000 per apprentice. For apprentices over 19, the training is 95% funded by the government leaving a small employer’s contribution of just £350 towards the training **
That’s 18 months of industry specific staff training (including Cytech level 2 AND Cytech level 3), all funded by the government, making the apprenticeship programme a really cost-effective means for upskilling your workshop staff.
(** This funding applies for all non-apprenticeship levy paying employers. Very large employers with an annual payroll greater than £3 million, fund apprenticeship training via their apprenticeship levy account).
Don’t miss out on this great window of opportunity to recruit new staff from the latest influx of school and college leavers this coming summer. Please contact us on 01865 550324 or at cycles@activatelearning.ac.uk for more information on how we can help your business grow by taking on an apprentice.
