Training provider

HARLOW COLLEGE

Employer reviews

Good (78 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%	51
Reporting on progress of apprentices	31%	69%	39
Getting new apprentices started	83%	17%	24
Improving apprentice skills	91%	9%	22
Providing the right training at the right time	70%	30%	20
Adapting to my needs	79%	21%	19
Training facilities	100%	0%	18
Working with small numbers of apprentices	81%	19%	16
Initial assessment of apprentices	88%	12%	8

Apprentice reviews

Good (20 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	50%	50%
Ensuring you understand the requirements of your end-point assessment	75%	25%

Organisation

Statement	Percentage of apprentices that agreed with this statement	Percentage of apprentices that disagreed with this statement
Organising well-structured training	60%	40%
Providing accessible training resources	85%	15%
Balancing online learning with classroom-based training to suit your apprenticeship	70%	30%
Taking into account your previous learning	75%	25%
Giving you relevant training that helps you perform your job better	75%	25%
Providing Off The Job training that takes up at least 20% of your total apprenticeship time	85%	15%

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	75%	25%
Supporting you and your apprenticeship	80%	20%
Resolving any issues you have	80%	20%
Preparing you for success in your future career	75%	25%

Provider overview

Harlow College, a successful forward-thinking FE college located in the London/Stansted/Cambridge corridor, operates regionally and has extensive experience delivering a wide range of apprenticeships. Our trained, vocationally competent staff maintain their industrial experience and work with you and your apprentice to enable them to succeed. We continue to invest in our facilities such as HAMEC, an £11m state-of-the-art engineering centre and a new college campus at Stansted Airport, providing fantastic links to the aerospace sector. Our productive partnerships with employers ensure we are able to feed a pipeline of work ready apprentices into industry. We offer an in-depth employer service with courses to suit all your business needs.

Courses offered

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Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)

Aircraft maintenance technician (level 3)

Airside operator (level 2)

Assistant accountant (level 3)

Aviation ground operative (level 2)

Aviation ground specialist (level 3)

Bricklayer (level 2)

Business administrator (level 3)

Carpentry and joinery (level 2)

Early years educator (level 3)

Early years practitioner (level 2)

Electrical, electronic product service and installation engineer (level 3)

Engineering manufacturing technician (level 4)

Engineering technician (level 3)

Heavy vehicle service and maintenance technician (level 3)

Information communications technician (level 3)

Installation and maintenance electrician (level 3)

Laboratory technician (level 3)

Lead engineering maintenance technician (level 4)

Learning and skills teacher (level 5)

Machining technician (level 3)

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

Network engineer (level 4)

Operations manager (level 5)

Plumbing and domestic heating technician (level 3)

Team leader (level 3)

Apprenticeship training course

Laboratory technician (level 3)

53% achievement rate (out of 130 apprentices)

60% 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.

Apprenticeship location

WA3 Salford Remove location

HARLOW COLLEGE’s training options

Head office 161.5 miles away

Velizy Avenue, Harlow, CM20 3LH

• not available At apprentice’s workplace
• available Day release: 161.5 miles away
• not available Block release

Day release address

Velizy Avenue, Harlow, Essex, CM20 3LH

Contact this provider about this course

• Email: apprenticeships@harlow-college.ac.uk
• Telephone: 01279868225
• Website: https://www.harlow-college.ac.uk/study-options/apprenticeships/item/laboratory-technician-apprenticeship-2022-23

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HARLOW COLLEGE is 1 of 45 training providers for Laboratory technician (level 3) at the apprenticeship location.

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