Kickstart your career with an apprenticeship
Work for an employer and earn a valuable industry-recognised qualification.
What is an apprenticeship?
Choosing an apprenticeship helps you learn by ‘doing’.
As an apprentice, you work for an employer, study and get a qualification. The qualifications range from National 4/5 and Higher level to degree level.
Apprenticeships are ‘work-based learning’. This is because you get training to develop new skills whilst on the job.
There’s a huge range of over 100 apprenticeship types, so there’s something to interest everyone!
Which apprenticeships can I do?
In Scotland, you can choose a Foundation, Modern or Graduate Apprenticeship. What you can do depends on your age and what stage of your education you’re at.
To discover which apprenticeship is right for you, apprenticeships.scot has everything you need.
I want to meet the people. I want to pick their brains. I want to learn everything about the job and be the best at it. And for that, an apprenticeship was the only way forward.Viktoryia ParkhamovichEngineering Modern Apprentice, GE Caledonian
Find out why Viktoryia and others love their work, in Apprentice stories
Foundation Apprenticeships
If you’re still in school, you can do a Foundation Apprenticeship in S5 or S6 in place of a subject. Not only will you get an industry-recognised qualification, you’ll gain practical working skills.
Learn more about FAs
Modern Apprenticeships
Once you leave school, you can earn a wage as a Modern Apprentice. You’ll be like any other employee, but you’ll also be working towards a qualification.
Learn more about MAs
Graduate Apprenticeships
As a Graduate Apprentice, you’ll work at the same time as completing a degree. You’ll be a full-time employee in an organisation but spend some of your time learning at university.
Learn more about GAs