Training provider

PRESTON COLLEGE

Employer reviews

Good (227 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	47%	53%	162
Reporting on progress of apprentices	24%	76%	129
Getting new apprentices started	81%	19%	102
Providing the right training at the right time	85%	15%	78
Improving apprentice skills	87%	13%	60
Initial assessment of apprentices	70%	30%	56
Training facilities	89%	11%	55
Adapting to my needs	67%	33%	42
Working with small numbers of apprentices	89%	11%	38

Apprentice reviews

Good (22 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	68%	32%
Ensuring you understand the requirements of your end-point assessment	68%	32%

Organisation

Statement	Percentage of apprentices that agreed with this statement	Percentage of apprentices that disagreed with this statement
Organising well-structured training	64%	36%
Providing accessible training resources	68%	32%
Balancing online learning with classroom-based training to suit your apprenticeship	64%	36%
Taking into account your previous learning	77%	23%
Giving you relevant training that helps you perform your job better	77%	23%
Providing Off The Job training that takes up at least 20% of your total apprenticeship time	77%	23%

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	73%	27%
Supporting you and your apprenticeship	73%	27%
Resolving any issues you have	68%	32%
Preparing you for success in your future career	73%	27%

Provider overview

Apprenticeships can be delivered via day release, where the learner attends college 1 day a week, fully in the workplace or a blend of the two. This depends on the framework and the learner and employer.

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)

Assistant accountant (level 3)

Associate project manager (level 4)

Autocare technician (level 2)

Beauty therapist (level 2)

Bricklayer (level 2)

Business administrator (level 3)

Carpentry and joinery (level 2)

Civil engineering senior technician (level 4)

Civil engineering technician (level 3)

Construction design and build technician (level 4)

Construction quantity surveying technician (level 4)

Construction site supervisor (level 4)

Customer service practitioner (level 2)

Customer service specialist (level 3)

Dental nurse (integrated) (level 3)

Engineering fitter (level 3)

Engineering manufacturing technician (level 4)

Engineering operative (level 2)

Engineering technician (level 3)

General welder (arc processes) (level 2)

Groundworker (level 2)

Hairdressing professional (level 2)

Heavy vehicle service and maintenance technician (level 3)

Highways maintenance skilled operative (level 2)

Infrastructure technician (level 3)

Interior systems installer (level 2)

Lead adult care worker (level 3)

Leader in adult care (level 5)

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

Operations or departmental manager (level 5)

Painter and decorator (level 2)

Pharmacy services assistant (level 2)

Pharmacy technician (integrated) (level 3)

Professional accounting or taxation technician (level 4)

Property maintenance operative (level 2)

Roofer (level 2)

Surveying technician (level 3)

Team leader or supervisor (level 3)

Wall and floor tiler (level 2)

Wellbeing and holistic therapist (level 3)

Apprenticeship training course

Painter and decorator (level 2)

68% pass rate (out of 40 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.

PRESTON COLLEGE’s training options

Head office

Fulwood Campus, St Vincent’S Road, Fulwood, Preston, PR2 8UR

• not available At apprentice’s workplace
• available Day release
• not available Block release

Apprenticeship location

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Contact this provider about this course

• Email: appsinfo@preston.ac.uk
• Telephone: 01772225522
• Website: https://www.preston.ac.uk/courses/apprenticeships/construction/414

Shortlisted

PRESTON COLLEGE is 1 of 74 training providers for Painter and decorator (level 2).

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