City of Edinburgh Council Schools & Colleges Partnership

TRAINING BEYOND SCHOOL OR COLLEGE


Included in the possible career pathways from school, college or training provider to work, there are opportunities for young people to train and be paid at the same time.


These are provided by four National Programmes as follows:
  1. Get Ready For Work
    • Get Ready for Work provides skills training and work placements for people aged 16-19 who are finding it difficult to get into training, learning and jobs. The programme gives participants the help they need to prepare for the world of work. It also pays them a training allowance
  2. Training For Work
    • Training for Work provides vocational training support for people aged 18 or over who have been unemployed for some time and actively looking for work. The programme allows people to undertake vocational training linked to local labour market opportunities, enabling individuals to secure and sustain employment.
  3. Skillseekers
    • Skillseekers is a vocational training programme for young people who want to develop skills and equip themselves for the world of work. It’s open to people who have left school and have a job or who are looking for work. People aged between 16 and 19 can take part in the programme. However, the Scottish Government indicated in the recent ‘Skills for Scotland’ Strategy that the Skillseekers programme would be phased out in Scotland as the Modern Apprenticeships programme is extended to S/NVQ Level 2 (SCQF 5).
  4. Modern Apprenticeships
    • Modern Apprenticeships offer people aged over 16 the chance of paid employment linked with the opportunity to train for jobs at craft, technician and management level. This website includes a range of material on how apprenticeships work and how they can help you
Find out more about Modern Apprenticeships.
These programmes may provide the best route into a future career.
For further information about these National Training Programmes click here

Modern Apprenticeship Frameworks are described on the Alliance of Sector Skills Councils website.
These provide detailed descriptions of content and level, which could help you to incorporate references to them in your subject teaching.

For details of Modern Apprenticeships which are available NOW, use the MAPPIT website. It can help you find local opportunities as well as anywhere in Scotland. You can even apply online!

If you  think that university might be  a possibility,  you may find the LEAPS website of interest.