Training provider

WEST BERKSHIRE TRAINING CONSORTIUM

Employer reviews

Excellent (66 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	78%	22%	55
Getting new apprentices started	94%	6%	33
Reporting on progress of apprentices	45%	55%	31
Improving apprentice skills	79%	21%	29
Providing the right training at the right time	82%	18%	28
Adapting to my needs	74%	26%	23
Initial assessment of apprentices	71%	29%	21
Working with small numbers of apprentices	100%	0%	15
Training facilities	88%	12%	8

Apprentice reviews

Good (16 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	94%	6%
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	88%	12%
Providing accessible training resources	88%	12%
Balancing online learning with classroom-based training to suit your apprenticeship	94%	6%
Taking into account your previous learning	88%	12%
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	62%	38%

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	75%	25%
Supporting you and your apprenticeship	88%	12%
Resolving any issues you have	88%	12%
Preparing you for success in your future career	81%	19%

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)

Business administrator (level 3)

Carpentry and joinery (level 2)

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 marketer (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)

Gas engineering operative (level 3)

Information communications technician (level 3)

Infrastructure technician (level 3)

Installation and maintenance electrician (level 3)

IT solutions technician (level 3)

Land-based service engineer (level 2)

Learning and skills teacher (level 5)

Learning mentor (level 3)

Network engineer (level 4)

Operations or departmental manager (level 5)

Plumbing and domestic heating technician (level 3)

Property maintenance operative (level 2)

Science industry maintenance technician (level 3)

Software development technician (level 3)

Supply chain warehouse operative (level 2)

Teaching assistant (level 3)

Team leader or supervisor (level 3)

Utilities engineering technician (level 3)

Apprenticeship training course

Digital marketer (level 3)