Training provider

PRESTON COLLEGE

Employer reviews

Good (231 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	48%	52%	165
Reporting on progress of apprentices	24%	76%	131
Getting new apprentices started	82%	18%	106
Providing the right training at the right time	85%	15%	78
Improving apprentice skills	85%	15%	61
Training facilities	89%	11%	57
Initial assessment of apprentices	70%	30%	56
Adapting to my needs	67%	33%	43
Working with small numbers of apprentices	89%	11%	38

Apprentice reviews

Good (23 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	61%	39%
Ensuring you understand the requirements of your end-point assessment	65%	35%

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	65%	35%
Balancing online learning with classroom-based training to suit your apprenticeship	57%	43%
Taking into account your previous learning	70%	30%
Giving you relevant training that helps you perform your job better	65%	35%
Providing Off The Job training that takes up at least 20% of your total apprenticeship time	74%	26%

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	74%	26%
Supporting you and your apprenticeship	70%	30%
Resolving any issues you have	74%	26%
Preparing you for success in your future career	70%	30%

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)

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)

Craft carpentry and joinery (level 3)

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)

HR support (level 3)

Infrastructure technician (level 3)

Interior systems installer (level 2)

Laboratory technician (level 3)

Lead adult care worker (level 3)

Leader in adult care (level 5)

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)

Payroll administrator (level 3)

Pharmacy services assistant (level 2)

Pharmacy technician (integrated) (level 3)

Plasterer (level 2)

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)

Wood product manufacturing operative (level 2)

Apprenticeship training course

Roofer (level 2)

68% achievement rate (out of 40 apprentices)

61% 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 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
• not available Day release
• 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/apprenticeships/

Shortlisted

PRESTON COLLEGE is 1 of 20 training providers for Roofer (level 2).

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