Training provider

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING LTD

Employer reviews

Excellent (17 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	45%	55%	11
Working with small numbers of apprentices	100%	0%	9
Providing the right training at the right time	88%	12%	8
Reporting on progress of apprentices	14%	86%	7
Getting new apprentices started	83%	17%	6
Initial assessment of apprentices	100%	0%	4
Adapting to my needs	100%	0%	4
Improving apprentice skills	100%	0%	3
Training facilities	0%	100%	1

Apprentice reviews

Good (28 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	82%	18%
Ensuring you understand the requirements of your end-point assessment	79%	21%

Organisation
Statement	Percentage of apprentices that agreed with this statement	Percentage of apprentices that disagreed with this statement
Organising well-structured training	79%	21%
Providing accessible training resources	86%	14%
Balancing online learning with classroom-based training to suit your apprenticeship	82%	18%
Taking into account your previous learning	86%	14%
Giving you relevant training that helps you perform your job better	82%	18%
Providing Off The Job training that takes up at least 20% of your total apprenticeship time	75%	25%

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	79%	21%
Supporting you and your apprenticeship	79%	21%
Resolving any issues you have	82%	18%
Preparing you for success in your future career	79%	21%

Provider overview

Professional Development and Training Ltd, based in Peterborough, provides bespoke and tailored apprenticeships to meet employers' requirements and on their site rather than in a fixed location off site. The two operational directors are from the engineering manufacturing and management professions whilst the training team are all recruited from the specialist fields of Management, Engineering, Manufacturing, Distribution and Logistics and Lean, all of whom have in excess of 10 years industry experience. This gives us the the ability to tailor all our training to suit the employers' requirements which we deliver on site at a frequency that best suits the operational requirements of staff and employers.

Courses offered

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Associate project manager (level 4)

Business administrator (level 3)

Children, young people and families manager (level 5)

Children, young people and families practitioner (level 4)

Community health and wellbeing worker (level 3)

Content creator (level 3)

Customer service practitioner (level 2)

Domestic electrician (level 3)

Early years educator (level 3)

Early years lead practitioner (level 5)

Early years practitioner (level 2)

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

Engineering manufacturing technician (level 4)

Engineering operative (level 2)

Engineering technician (level 3)

Floorlayer (level 2)

Food and drink technical operator (level 3)

Healthcare support worker (level 2)

Hospitality team member (level 2)

HR support (level 3)

Improvement technician (level 3)

Installation and maintenance electrician (level 3)

Lead adult care worker (level 3)

Lead engineering maintenance technician (level 4)

Lead practitioner in adult care (level 4)

Leader in adult care (level 5)

Lean manufacturing operative (level 2)

Learning and development practitioner (level 3)

Learning and skills assessor (level 3)

Learning and skills mentor (level 4)

Learning and skills teacher (level 5)

Machining technician (level 3)

Maintenance and operations engineering technician (level 3)

Operations manager (level 5)

Payroll administrator (level 3)

Procurement and supply assistant (level 3)

Procurement and supply chain practitioner (level 4)

Quality practitioner (level 4)

Retail team leader (level 3)

Retailer (level 2)

Safety, health and environment technician (level 3)

Senior healthcare support worker (level 3)

Senior leader (level 7)

Senior people professional (level 7)

Supply chain warehouse operative (level 2)

Teaching assistant (level 3)

Team leader (level 3)

Utilities engineering technician (level 3)

Apprenticeship training course

Engineering technician (level 3)

69% achievement rate (out of 10 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

Derby, Derbyshire Remove location