Partners – Contractors
Shared Apprenticeships offer flexible apprentice hire to meet your business needs, whether you're working on a project and you'd like to share the experience, need to meet apprenticeship targets or training targets, or are operating in areas outside your typical recruitment zone. Shared Apprenticeships provides a flexible and dependable solution to help you navigate these challenges.
How We Help You
Out-of-Area Support: We specialise in recruiting apprentices on short-term contracts, allowing contractors to meet local recruitment targets even on projects outside their usual area. This helps you comply with training and apprenticeship obligations.
Overcoming Self-Employed-Only Objections: Our solution also tackles common barriers such as self-employed-only status by offering apprentices who are employed and managed under a professional scheme.
Flexibility and Partnership: We understand the demands of your business and offer flexibility in how you host apprentices. Partnering with us means we take care of the details, so you can focus on your projects while providing valuable training opportunities.
Apprentice Hire Across the South West
We provide contractors with the flexibility to hire apprentices throughout the South West of England, helping you meet training targets while fulfilling business needs.
Comprehensive Payroll and HR Support
We manage all payroll and HR administration, so you don’t have to worry about the paperwork or compliance. We handle everything from employment contracts to tax.
Supporting Apprentice Development
Our apprentices are given the tools and support they need to succeed. We offer trade and technical apprenticeships from Level 2 to Level 6, ensuring they gain valuable hands-on experience and skills that benefit your business.
No Hidden Fees, Just Results
Once an apprentice has completed their training, we transition them seamlessly into your workforce—at no additional cost to you. They’re ready to contribute and make an immediate impact on your team.
Why Choose Us?
Flexible hiring to meet your project’s needs
Full administrative support to reduce your workload
No hidden fees—apprentices transition to your workforce at no extra cost
Help meet training targets and obligations on large-scale projects
Social Value
Shared Apprenticeships is a not-for-profit organisation, registered as a social enterprise
We contribute to the local economy by building a skilled workforce.
We deliver social impact and meaningful outcomes to support Section 106, TOM’s and client-based approach targets.
Partner Testimonials
“We are delighted with the quality of our Shared Apprenticeships apprentice. He is exceeding expectations and has grown considerably in both independence and confidence, requiring little, if any, supervision to get tasks done. He is picking up work that would not usually be achievable without 3 to 5 years’ experience and is fulfilling a role way beyond his status as an Apprentice Trainee.”
Build Manager, Willmott Dixon, Dorset
“Shared Apprenticeships have provided us with 2 quality apprentice candidates to date who we are happy to host and coach through their apprenticeships and hopefully beyond. SA made the process very easy and have provided support to their candidates to ensure the smooth transition for a win-win-win scenario for Shared Apprenticeships, Acorn and most importantly the apprentices, who get a great introduction to the construction industry which benefits all parties and the future of the industry.”
Regional Construction Manager, Acorn Property Group
“We were looking at employing an apprentice for an out-of-town project. Shared Apprenticeships were quick to understand our needs, research prospective candidates and carry out the initial interviews on our behalf. We are fully supported by Shared Apprenticeships and it’s clear that they have the candidate’s future at heart which is great as they are bringing new talent into the industry. It has been a great experience working with Shared Apprenticeships from the initial enquiry all the way through to having the candidate on site."
Operations Manager, Phaze Electrical Limited
“Galliford Try have worked with the Shared Apprenticeship scheme for over 5 years and value their services immensely. Previous candidates have gone on to degree apprenticeships and are now permanent members of our teams. Where we have a framework commitment or shorter-term project in specific regions, we cannot always offer a full-term apprenticeship the shared apprenticeship model allows us to partner to hire local candidates on flexible contracts.”
Social Value, Galliford Try
“We had spent a long time wondering whether or not to employ an apprentice. We really wanted to give a young person a chance but were put off by the admin and commitment involved. Shared Apprenticeships made it simple and relatively risk free. Now we have a great addition to our workforce and a young person has been given an opportunity. I’d happily recommend them to anyone.”
Director, Confidence Group
“Working with Shared Apprenticeships makes the process of bringing in young suitable candidates and training them up to become highly skilled members of staff that much easier. From vetting initial candidates to organising college attendance and accommodation simplifies everything.”
General Manager, Albion Stone PLC
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