Training provider

THE OLDHAM COLLEGE

Employer reviews

Good (117 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	59%	41%	76
Getting new apprentices started	80%	20%	61
Reporting on progress of apprentices	45%	55%	58
Improving apprentice skills	82%	18%	44
Providing the right training at the right time	81%	19%	36
Adapting to my needs	69%	31%	32
Initial assessment of apprentices	69%	31%	29
Training facilities	93%	7%	28
Working with small numbers of apprentices	78%	22%	23

Apprentice reviews

Good (17 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	65%	35%
Ensuring you understand the requirements of your end-point assessment	71%	29%

Organisation
Statement	Percentage of apprentices that agreed with this statement	Percentage of apprentices that disagreed with this statement
Organising well-structured training	59%	41%
Providing accessible training resources	82%	18%
Balancing online learning with classroom-based training to suit your apprenticeship	59%	41%
Taking into account your previous learning	65%	35%
Giving you relevant training that helps you perform your job better	76%	24%
Providing Off The Job training that takes up at least 20% of your total apprenticeship time	88%	12%

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	71%	29%
Supporting you and your apprenticeship	76%	24%
Resolving any issues you have	71%	29%
Preparing you for success in your future career	71%	29%

Provider overview

Oldham College is based in Greater Manchester and has a long established track record of delivering apprenticeships.

We offer a broad range of apprenticeships combining the high quality college training facilities with occupational specialist assessors, in priority sectors including: Construction, Health & Social Care, Business and Professional, Art and Design, Retail and Commercial.

In addition to the established apprenticeships, we are further developing our higher level offer in partnership with University Campus Oldham to extend the opportunities at Level 4 and above.

Our extended service to employers includes support with identifying company training needs and access to grants, and recruitment support via the college Job Shop.

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)

Advanced golf greenkeeper (level 3)

Archaeological technician (level 3)

Assistant accountant (level 3)

Assistant practitioner (health) (level 5)

Beauty and make up consultant (level 2)

Beauty therapist (level 2)

Bricklayer (level 2)

Broadcast and media systems technician (level 5)

Business administrator (level 3)

Camera prep technician (level 3)

Carpentry and joinery (level 2)

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)

Construction design and build technician (level 4)

Construction quantity surveying technician (level 4)

Construction site supervisor (level 4)

Content creator (level 3)

Creative venue technician (level 3)

Cultural heritage conservation technician (level 4)

Cultural learning and participation officer (level 3)

Customer service practitioner (level 2)

Cyber security technologist (level 4)

Data analyst (level 4)

Dental nurse (integrated) (level 3)

DevOps engineer (level 4)

Digital support technician (level 3)

Early years educator (level 3)

Early years practitioner (level 2)

Game programmer (level 7)

Gas engineering operative (level 3)

Golf greenkeeper (level 2)

Hair professional (level 2)

Healthcare support worker (level 2)

Horticulture or landscape construction operative (level 2)

Industrial coatings applicator (level 2)

Information communications technician (level 3)

Installation electrician and maintenance electrician (level 3)

Junior vfx artist (generalist) (level 4)

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)

Live event technician (level 3)

Museums and galleries technician (level 3)

Nail services technician (level 2)

Network engineer (level 4)

Operations or departmental manager (level 5)

Painter and decorator (level 2)

Paralegal (level 3)

Photographic assistant (level 3)

Plumbing and domestic heating technician (level 3)

Professional accounting or taxation technician (level 4)

Property maintenance operative (level 2)

Props technician (level 3)

Rail infrastructure operator (level 2)

Senior healthcare support worker (level 3)

Smart home technician (level 3)

Software developer (level 4)

Software development technician (level 3)

Software tester (level 4)

Sports turf operative (level 2)

Stonemason (level 2)

Teaching assistant (level 3)

Team leader or supervisor (level 3)

VFX artist or technical director (level 6)

Wellbeing and holistic therapist (level 3)

Apprenticeship training course

Dental nurse (integrated) (level 3)

73% pass rate (out of 50 apprentices)

64% 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.