Training provider

WEST NOTTINGHAMSHIRE COLLEGE

Employer reviews

Good (200 reviews)

Employer review details

Statement	Percentage of employers that selected this as a "strength"	Percentage of employers that selected this as "needs improvement"	Total number of employers that selected this statement
Communication with employers	57%	43%	133
Reporting on progress of apprentices	37%	63%	112
Getting new apprentices started	80%	20%	88
Providing the right training at the right time	57%	43%	63
Training facilities	86%	14%	50
Initial assessment of apprentices	70%	30%	46
Improving apprentice skills	80%	20%	45
Working with small numbers of apprentices	82%	18%	39
Adapting to my needs	62%	38%	37

Apprentice reviews

Good (95 reviews)

Apprentice review details

Communication
Statement	Percentage of apprentices that agreed with this statement	Percentage of apprentices that disagreed with this statement
Communicating clearly with you	66%	34%
Ensuring you understand the requirements of your end-point assessment	72%	28%

Organisation
Statement	Percentage of apprentices that agreed with this statement	Percentage of apprentices that disagreed with this statement
Organising well-structured training	67%	33%
Providing accessible training resources	83%	17%
Balancing online learning with classroom-based training to suit your apprenticeship	69%	31%
Taking into account your previous learning	81%	19%
Giving you relevant training that helps you perform your job better	69%	31%
Providing Off The Job training that takes up at least 20% of your total apprenticeship time	83%	17%

Support
Statement	Percentage of apprentices that agreed with this statement	Percentage of apprentices that disagreed with this statement
Helping you learn new skills and develop existing ones	80%	20%
Supporting you and your apprenticeship	74%	26%
Resolving any issues you have	76%	24%
Preparing you for success in your future career	75%	25%

Provider overview

Vision Apprentices (part of the West Nottinghamshire College Group) is one of the largest apprenticeship providers in the country.

We work with employers to develop their workforce and advise on apprenticeships, traineeships, training your existing team and recruitment.

A combination of experience and expertise together with outstanding facilities, exceptional training and student support means that whatever your ambition, we can help you to achieve it.

Interested? With our team of sector skills specialists, Vision apprentices are here to help your business grow.

Courses offered

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Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)

Advanced and creative hair professional (level 3)

Advanced beauty therapist (level 3)

Assistant accountant (level 3)

Associate project manager (level 4)

Autocare technician (level 2)

Barbering professional (level 2)

Beauty therapist (level 2)

Bricklayer (level 2)

Business administrator (level 3)

Carpentry and joinery (level 2)

Civil engineering technician (level 3)

Craft carpentry and joinery (level 3)

Customer service practitioner (level 2)

Customer service specialist (level 3)

Early years educator (level 3)

Engineering fitter (level 3)

Engineering manufacturing technician (level 4)

Engineering operative (level 2)

Engineering technician (level 3)

Express delivery operative (level 2)

Gas engineering operative (level 3)

Hairdressing professional (level 2)

Hire controller (plant, tools and equipment) (level 2)

HR support (level 3)

Improvement technician (level 3)

Information communications technician (level 3)

Large goods vehicle (LGV) driver C + E (level 2)

Low carbon heating technician (level 3)

Machining technician (level 3)

Metal fabricator (level 3)

Motor vehicle service and maintenance technician - light vehicle (level 3)

Multi-channel marketer (level 3)

Operations manager (level 5)

Painter and decorator (level 2)

Peer worker (level 3)

People professional (level 5)

Plasterer (level 2)

Professional accounting or taxation technician (level 4)

Property maintenance operative (level 2)

Refrigeration air conditioning and heat pump engineering technician (level 3)

Retail manager (level 4)

Retail team leader (level 3)

Retailer (level 2)

School business professional (level 4)

Software development technician (level 3)

Sports coach (level 4)

Supply chain operator (level 2)

Supply chain practitioner (fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG)) (level 3)

Teaching assistant (level 3)

Team leader (level 3)

Transport and warehouse operations supervisor (level 3)

Welder (level 2)

Wood product manufacturing operative (level 2)

Apprenticeship training course

Retailer (level 2)

54% achievement rate (out of 50 apprentices)

51% national achievement rate

Explain achievement rate

The percentage of apprentices who successfully achieved their apprenticeship when trained by this provider on a course in this subject area. This rate uses data from the 2022 to 2023 academic year.