National TOMs

At Shared Apprenticeships, we can help contractors across all five themes of the National TOMs (Themes, Outcomes and Measures) framework.

1. Jobs

Employing young people from the local community
Creating new jobs
Creating new skills through apprenticeships
Making it easy for main contractors as well as the supply chain to support an apprentice (through Shared Apprenticeships)

Regional coverage across South-West England – see Our Locations
Engaging with local schools across the region
Helping to raise aspirations
Engaging with organisations that deliver inspirational activities such as job shops, bootcamps, careers events, and work experience
Advertising vacancies in the local area
Interviewing local people (typically aged 16-21 years)
Engaging with organisations which focus on addressing equality, diversity and inclusion in the industry – e.g., Building People
Providing academic supervision
- to minimise any challenges with studying, whether due to academic or mental health pressures
- committed to completions – we have above average success rates for construction apprenticeships
- focused on progressing our apprentices into full-time employment and / or a higher apprenticeship

Providing a dedicated Mentor
- to monitor the general health and wellbeing of our apprentices
- with a Mental Health First Aider qualification to be alert to the mental health of our apprentices
- with an Enhanced DBS check and Safeguarding qualification to be alert to the welfare of our mostly teenage apprentices
Providing a Dedicated Safeguarding Lead as part of our HR Management
- Level 3 qualified to ensure a clear escalation process if required
Keeping our apprentices local wherever possible
Ensuring recognised health & safety training for our apprentices

Our Apprenticeships are based on apprenticeship Standards, most of which incorporate sustainability and environmental considerations
Minimising travel pollution by:
- Keeping our apprentices local, working on construction sites as near as possible to their hometown
- Ensuring that many of our apprentices have the option to study their course on block release or in the workplace
- Funding a saver Railcard for those apprentices able / wanting to travel by train instead of driving

Providing a dedicated Mentor
Providing a Dedicated Safeguarding Lead as part of our HR Management
Providing academic supervision
Keeping our apprentices local wherever possible
- to minimise travel times
- to maintain at-home support outside working hours
- to strengthen ties with the community impacted by the build