Ymgynghorydd Gyrfaoedd / Careers Adviser

Higher / Degree Apprenticeships

• Over the past three years, 56,200 people

have started a higher or degree

apprenticeship.

• The government has pledged to create 3

million apprenticeships across all levels by

2020.

• These require good A level grades and are

very competitive.

careerswales.com can help

We have useful tools and information

to help explore career ideas and

decide on the next step

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What is an Apprenticeship?

An apprenticeship is a job that includes gaining recognised qualifications and job specific skills whilst working and earning a wage – ‘earning while learning’

There are a number of different levels:• Foundation Apprenticeship – level 2

• Advanced Apprenticeship –level 3

• Higher Apprenticeship – level 4+ (HNC/HND)

• Advanced Higher Apprenticeship – level 6 (foundation degree)

• Degree Level Apprenticeship – level 6+/Masters

What Qualifications Do You Need?

• Foundation apprenticeships – qualifications not always specified but GCSEs at D/E grades often required

• Advanced apprenticeships – GCSEs at A*- C grades (usually to include English language, Maths and sometimes science)

• Higher level apprenticeships – A Levels or equivalent qualifications

• Degree level apprenticeships (up to Masters level) – A Levels or equivalent qualifications

Prentisiaethau Uwch

Jobs and Training page on careerswales.com

Check out our apprenticeship page

Prentisiaethau Uwch?

Across all types of Apprenticeship,

there were 1,656,680 online

applications made in 2015 to 2016.*

* Statistics from GOV.UK

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In England, the number of degree apprentices has grown rapidly since they

were first introduced in 2015.

By the end of 2017 there will be over 7,600 degree apprentices in England,

with growth being driven by business demand in three particular areas –

the Chartered Manager, Digital and Technology Solutions, and

Engineering-related apprenticeships.

The role of graduates and universities in driving growth is well-

evidenced. With Wales’ productivity per head continuing to be the lowest

of the four UK nations and the challenges posed by the UK’s exit from the

European Union, new approaches, such as degree apprenticeships, are

essential to Wales’ future success.

Source – IWA, Kieron Rees, May 2017

Find a Training OpportunityDod o hyd i gyfle hyfforddi

Chwiliwch ein

Cronfa ddata o gyfleoedd

am Brentisiaethau,

Twf Swyddi Cymru a

chyfleoedd eraill.

https://ams.careerswales.com/Public/Default.aspx?mode=vacancy

Chwilio am Gyfle

Pam Prentisiaeth?• Gyda Phrentisiaeth, gallwch chi hyfforddi mewn maes lle’r hoffech chi

weithio. Fyddwch chi ddim yn cael eich gwrthod am eich bod yn

ddibrofiad; yn hytrach, gallwch ddatblygu eich gyrfa o’r diwrnod

cyntaf.

• Ennill cymwysterau. Yn ogystal â phrofiad, byddwch chi’n ennill

cymwysterau cydnabyddedig sy’n cyfateb yn union i anghenion eich

cyflogwr. Bydd y cymwysterau’n fanteisiol i’ch gyrfa yn yr hirdymor a’r

byr dymor.

• Ennill cyflog. Mae prentisiaid yn cael lleiafswm cyflog cenedlaethol.

Felly, yn ogystal ag ennill sgiliau, profiad a chymwysterau, byddwch

chi’n ennill cyflog da hefyd.

• Dod yn annibynnol. Trwy ennill arian, a dechrau ym myd gwaith,

gallwch ddod yn fwy annibynnol a hunangynhaliol.

Pam Prentisiaeth?

• Gallwch ddod yn weithiwr rheolaidd, gan dderbyn gwyliau cyflogedig ac weithiau seibiant i astudio. Byddwch chi’n weithiwr i’r busnes yn ystod eich Prentisiaeth a chewch eich trin fel gweithiwr cyflogedig. Gallwch fwynhau manteision nad ydynt ar gael trwy gynlluniau profiad gwaith.

• Gweithio gyda chydweithwyr profiadol. Bydd eich cydweithwyr yn brofiadol a llwyddiannus yn eu maes a gallwch ddysgu ganddyn nhw yn ogystal â’r hyfforddiant y byddwch yn ei dderbyn.

e~bost: aled.roberts@gyrfacymru.com

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ALED ROBERTS