Training provider

BRIDGWATER AND TAUNTON COLLEGE

Employer reviews

Good (446 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	52%	48%	342
Reporting on progress of apprentices	29%	71%	247
Getting new apprentices started	80%	20%	184
Training facilities	88%	12%	140
Providing the right training at the right time	70%	30%	132
Adapting to my needs	66%	34%	126
Improving apprentice skills	76%	24%	117
Initial assessment of apprentices	85%	15%	94
Working with small numbers of apprentices	83%	17%	93

Apprentice reviews

Good (71 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	59%	41%
Ensuring you understand the requirements of your end-point assessment	70%	30%

Organisation
Statement	Percentage of apprentices that agreed with this statement	Percentage of apprentices that disagreed with this statement
Organising well-structured training	65%	35%
Providing accessible training resources	76%	24%
Balancing online learning with classroom-based training to suit your apprenticeship	66%	34%
Taking into account your previous learning	68%	32%
Giving you relevant training that helps you perform your job better	68%	32%
Providing Off The Job training that takes up at least 20% of your total apprenticeship time	79%	21%

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	77%	23%
Supporting you and your apprenticeship	70%	30%
Resolving any issues you have	70%	30%
Preparing you for success in your future career	73%	27%

Provider overview

Bridgwater & Taunton College is located in the heart of Somerset, with main centres in Bridgwater, Taunton and Cannington. The College has an excellent reputation both regionally and nationally as a highly successful provider of education and training. Bridgwater & Taunton College's vision is to be a world class college of further and higher education. Bridgwater & Taunton College works with employers, industry specialists, community organisations and awarding bodies to develop and deliver innovative, accredited and bespoke training programmes required by business. The College has led the way in this field, creating and developing an exemplary model of employer engagement. Its reputation for excellence has ensured that the College has now recruited, selected and trained entire new workforces for major companies expanding into Somerset.

Courses offered

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Accident repair technician (level 3)

Advanced carpentry and joinery (level 3)

Advanced sports turf technician (level 3)

Animal care and welfare assistant (level 2)

Assistant practitioner (health) (level 5)

Autocare technician (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)

Commis chef (level 2)

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)

Content creator (level 3)

Countryside ranger (level 4)

Countryside worker (level 2)

Creative venue technician (level 3)

Customer service practitioner (level 2)

Cyber security technician (level 3)

Data analyst (level 4)

Data technician (level 3)

Digital engineering technician (level 3)

Digital marketer (level 3)

Early years educator (level 3)

Early years practitioner (level 2)

Emergency contact handler (level 3)

Engineering construction pipefitter (level 3)

Engineering design and draughtsperson (level 3)

Engineering fitter (level 3)

Engineering manufacturing technician (level 4)

Engineering operative (level 2)

Engineering technician (level 3)

Fashion and textiles pattern cutter (level 3)

Food and drink maintenance engineer (level 3)

Food and drink process operator (level 2)

Food and drink technical operator (level 3)

Footwear manufacturer (level 2)

Formworker (level 2)

Furniture manufacturer (level 2)

Garment maker (level 3)

General farm worker (level 2)

General welder (arc processes) (level 2)

Golf greenkeeper (level 2)

Groundworker (level 2)

Healthcare support worker (level 2)

Horticulture or landscape construction operative (level 2)

Hospitality supervisor (level 3)

Hospitality team member (level 2)

Improvement technician (level 3)

Information communications technician (level 3)

Installation electrician and maintenance electrician (level 3)

Landscape or horticulture supervisor (level 3)

Lead practitioner in adult care (level 4)

Leader in adult care (level 5)

Leather craftsperson (level 2)

Leisure duty manager (level 3)

Leisure team member (level 2)

Livestock unit technician (level 3)

Maintenance and operations engineering technician (level 3)

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

Nuclear health physics monitor (level 2)

Nuclear operative (level 2)

Nuclear scientist and nuclear engineer (integrated degree) (level 6)

Nuclear technician (level 5)

Operational firefighter (level 3)

Operations or departmental manager (level 5)

Painter and decorator (level 2)

Personal trainer (level 3)

Pipe welder (level 3)

Plate welder (level 3)

Plumbing and domestic heating technician (level 3)

Print technician (level 3)

Production chef (level 2)

Project controls technician (level 3)

Property maintenance operative (level 2)

Safety, health and environment technician (level 3)

Senior healthcare support worker (level 3)

Senior production chef (level 3)

Sewing machinist (level 2)

Software developer (level 4)

Software development technician (level 3)

Software tester (level 4)

Sports coach (level 4)

Sports turf operative (level 2)

Steel fixer (level 2)

Teaching assistant (level 3)

Team leader or supervisor (level 3)

Textile manufacturing operative (level 2)

Veterinary nurse (level 3)

Water environment worker (level 3)

Water network operative (level 2)

Apprenticeship training course

Pipe welder (level 3)

66% pass rate (out of 60 apprentices)

67% 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.