Training provider

WEST BERKSHIRE TRAINING CONSORTIUM

Employer reviews

Excellent (34 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	63%	37%	27
Improving apprentice skills	95%	5%	20
Reporting on progress of apprentices	47%	53%	17
Providing the right training at the right time	81%	19%	16
Getting new apprentices started	93%	7%	15
Adapting to my needs	82%	18%	11
Working with small numbers of apprentices	100%	0%	8
Initial assessment of apprentices	100%	0%	6
Training facilities	100%	0%	3

Apprentice reviews

Good (27 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	89%	11%
Ensuring you understand the requirements of your end-point assessment	81%	19%

Organisation
Statement	Percentage of apprentices that agreed with this statement	Percentage of apprentices that disagreed with this statement
Organising well-structured training	89%	11%
Providing accessible training resources	89%	11%
Balancing online learning with classroom-based training to suit your apprenticeship	89%	11%
Taking into account your previous learning	85%	15%
Giving you relevant training that helps you perform your job better	81%	19%
Providing Off The Job training that takes up at least 20% of your total apprenticeship time	70%	30%

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	81%	19%
Supporting you and your apprenticeship	89%	11%
Resolving any issues you have	85%	15%
Preparing you for success in your future career	85%	15%

Provider overview

WBTC has been working with local employers to help their business flourish and grow since 1983. We're not for profit which lets us to take an imaginative approach in supporting our customers.
It's a popular choice for employers to bring young people into the organisation and train them up. Apprentices can be moulded to suit your culture and they often have a strong learning behaviour enabling them to pick up new skills quickly. WBTC will help you by; carefully matching apprentices to your organisation. accessing any grants for you to cover the initial costs of employing an apprentice, organise all of the training/assessment, sort the government funding, provide someone in your organisation with a mentoring course, take care of any paperwork.

Courses offered

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Associate project manager (level 4)

Automation and controls engineering technician (level 4)

Bespoke furniture maker (level 3)

Business administrator (level 3)

Coaching professional (level 5)

Craft carpentry and joinery (level 3)

Customer service practitioner (level 2)

Customer service specialist (level 3)

Cyber intrusion analyst (level 4)

Cyber security technician (level 3)

Digital support technician (level 3)

Early years educator (level 3)

Early years practitioner (level 2)

Engineering design and draughtsperson (level 3)

Engineering fitter (level 3)

Engineering manufacturing technician (level 4)

Engineering technician (level 3)

Furniture manufacturer (level 2)

Information communications technician (level 3)

Infrastructure technician (level 3)

IT solutions technician (level 3)

Learning and skills teacher (level 5)

Learning mentor (level 3)

Machining technician (level 3)

Maintenance and operations engineering technician (level 3)

Multi-channel marketer (level 3)

Network engineer (level 4)

Operations manager (level 5)

Pipe welder (level 3)

Science industry maintenance technician (level 3)

Software development technician (level 3)

Supply chain warehouse operative (level 2)

Teaching assistant (level 3)

Team leader (level 3)

Utilities engineering technician (level 3)

Apprenticeship training course

Engineering fitter (level 3)

67% achievement rate (out of 20 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

London Fields, Greater London Remove location