THE APPRENTICESHIP

Our Level 3 Team Leader Apprenticeship has been designed to give you the specific skills, knowledge and experience they’re looking for, whilst working in the food sector. So once you qualify, you’ll have a solid foundation to take your career as far as you like.

As a Team leader, you could be working in a variety of different ways. Therefore your training will include a mix of classroom and on-the-job learning to ensure you complete your Apprenticeship with a sought-after combination of leadership skills – making you a huge asset to your employer.

This qualification is ideal if you are have management responsibilities but no formal training, and are serious about developing your abilities. It’s particularly suited to practising team leaders seeking to move up to the next level of management, and managers who need to lead people through organisational change, budget cuts or other pressures.

ABOUT YOU

If you like being part of a team and you enjoy being active at work, this is the role for you. But the most important thing is a desire to make a real difference in the industry and to the way products are made.

Employers will expect you to have some GCSEs or equivalent qualifications, but not in any particular subject – although Maths and English are always favourites.

What you will cover:

• Gain a range of key management skills
• Put new skills into practice in your own role
• Build your leadership capabilities
• Motivate and engage teams, manage relationships confidently
• Develop your leadership skills using your own knowledge, values and motivations

Your employer will benefit from your development through:

• Effective and confident first-line managers
• Better relationships and communication in teams
• Measurable results: workplace-based assessment ensures new skills are effectively transferred to your business
• A broad range of optional units – qualification can be tailored to your organisation’s learning and development needs.

EARN WHILE YOU LEARN

Throughout your Apprenticeship you’ll benefit from both classroom and on-the-job teaching – and get paid to train. Many Food & Drink Team Leaders are paid a premium for their skills, so it’s likely you’ll earn more as you progress through your career.

YOUR STUDIES

Your programme is typically delivered over 12-18 months. It will develop you as an all-round Team Leader within a food business environment. You’ll learn about the standards and methods employed in the food industry, and will develop the ability to operate in a dynamic sector – but with a thorough understanding of the wider food supply chain. From setting up to shutting down, you’ll always be looking to optimise production performance. Your skills will also be honed as part of your development.

End Point Assessment

All of our apprentices will undertake an independent end-point assessment. This provides an assessment of the knowledge, skills and behaviours that have been learnt throughout the apprenticeship.  The purpose of the end point assessment will provide and make sure the apprentice meets the required standard set by employers. The End Point Assessment is taken by apprentices at the very end of the training when their employer and their training provider are satisfied that they can achieve the requirements. End-point-assessments are graded. The certificate is only awarded after end-point assessment is successful. Those conducting the end-point assessment are administered by an assessor from an approved, independently registered End-point Assessment Organisation.

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