Training provider

DCG

Employer reviews

Good (248 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	54%	46%	178
Reporting on progress of apprentices	31%	69%	128
Getting new apprentices started	79%	21%	117
Improving apprentice skills	80%	20%	76
Providing the right training at the right time	79%	21%	70
Adapting to my needs	78%	22%	64
Initial assessment of apprentices	71%	29%	62
Working with small numbers of apprentices	94%	6%	50
Training facilities	86%	14%	49

Apprentice reviews

Good (16 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	56%	44%
Ensuring you understand the requirements of your end-point assessment	56%	44%

Organisation

Statement	Percentage of apprentices that agreed with this statement	Percentage of apprentices that disagreed with this statement
Organising well-structured training	44%	56%
Providing accessible training resources	62%	38%
Balancing online learning with classroom-based training to suit your apprenticeship	69%	31%
Taking into account your previous learning	50%	50%
Giving you relevant training that helps you perform your job better	56%	44%
Providing Off The Job training that takes up at least 20% of your total apprenticeship time	69%	31%

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	69%	31%
Supporting you and your apprenticeship	81%	19%
Resolving any issues you have	56%	44%
Preparing you for success in your future career	56%	44%

Provider overview

Derby College's latest Ofsted inspection was judged to be 'good' with outstanding features. The outstanding features included the way we work with employers in designing and delivering the curriculum and the impact of our groundbreaking Employer Academy programme.

Derby College has a wide range of apprenticeship programmes across varied occupational areas, the largest of which are construction and engineering, retail, health and social care and business administration.

The involvement of employers in designing and developing the curriculum is a key driver in obtaining high quality learning, employability and skills

The College offers bespoke packages to support and drive your business need from initial recruitment to flexible delivery methods that meet individual requirements as well as large and small training groups.

Courses offered

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Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)

Adult care worker (level 2)

Advanced and creative hair professional (level 3)

Advanced beauty therapist (level 3)

Advanced carpentry and joinery (level 3)

Aerospace engineer (degree) (level 6)

Animal care and welfare assistant (level 2)

Arborist (level 2)

Assessor coach (level 4)

Autocare technician (level 2)

Baker (level 2)

Beauty therapist (level 2)

Bricklayer (level 2)

Building services engineering senior technician (level 4)

Building services engineering technician 2022 (level 3)

Business administrator (level 3)

Carpentry and joinery (level 2)

Chef de partie (level 3)

Children, young people and families manager (level 5)

Children, young people and families practitioner (level 4)

Civil engineering senior technician (level 4)

Civil engineering technician (level 3)

Community activator coach (level 2)

Community sport and health officer (level 3)

Construction design and build technician (level 4)

Construction quantity surveying technician (level 4)

Construction site supervisor (level 4)

Construction support technician (level 3)

Countryside worker (level 2)

Customer service practitioner (level 2)

Customer service specialist (level 3)

Dental nurse (integrated) (level 3)

Dental practice manager (level 4)

Digital engineering technician (level 3)

Digital marketer (level 3)

Dog groomer (level 2)

Early years educator (level 3)

Early years practitioner (level 2)

Electrical or electronic technical support engineer (degree) (level 6)

Employability practitioner (level 4)

Engineering fitter (level 3)

Engineering manufacturing technician (level 4)

Engineering operative (level 2)

Engineering technician (level 3)

Equine groom (level 2)

Florist (level 2)

Food and drink process operator (level 2)

Gas engineering operative (level 3)

General welder (arc processes) (level 2)

Geospatial survey technician (level 3)

Groundworker (level 2)

Hair professional (level 2)

Healthcare support worker (level 2)

Horticulture or landscape construction operative (level 2)

Hospitality supervisor (level 3)

Hospitality team member (level 2)

Improvement specialist (level 5)

Improvement technician (level 3)

Installation electrician and maintenance electrician (level 3)

Keeper and aquarist (level 3)

Landscape or horticulture supervisor (level 3)

Lead adult care worker (level 3)

Lead practitioner in adult care (level 4)

Leader in adult care (level 5)

Lean manufacturing operative (level 2)

Learning and skills teacher (level 5)

Learning mentor (level 3)

Leisure duty manager (level 3)

Leisure team member (level 2)

Maintenance and operations engineering technician (level 3)

Manufacturing engineer (degree) (level 6)

Metal fabricator (level 3)

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

Operations or departmental manager (level 5)

Painter and decorator (level 2)

Personal trainer (level 3)

Plasterer (level 2)

Plate welder (level 3)

Plumbing and domestic heating technician (level 3)

Product design and development engineer (degree) (level 6)

Production chef (level 2)

Retail manager (level 4)

Retail team leader (level 3)

Retailer (level 2)

Senior equine groom (level 3)

Senior healthcare support worker (level 3)

Senior production chef (level 3)

Software development technician (level 3)

Supply chain operator (level 2)

Supply chain warehouse operative (level 2)

Surveying technician (level 3)

Teaching assistant (level 3)

Team leader or supervisor (level 3)

Wall and floor tiler (level 2)

Apprenticeship training course

Carpentry and joinery (level 2)

58% pass rate (out of 90 apprentices)

61% national average pass rate

Explain pass rate

The percentage of apprentices who successfully passed a similar apprenticeship with this training provider in the 2018 to 2019 academic year.

DCG’s training options

Head office

Roundhouse Road, Pride Park, Derby, DE24 8JE

• available At apprentice’s workplace
• available Day release
• available Block release

Apprenticeship location

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Contact this provider about this course

• Email: enquiries@derby-college.ac.uk
• Telephone: 01332387424
• Website: https://www.derby-college.ac.uk/apprenticeships-earn-learn

Shortlisted

DCG is 1 of 163 training providers for Carpentry and joinery (level 2).

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