What are Apprenticeships?
Modern Apprenticeships (MAs) offer people aged over 16 the chance of paid employment combined with the opportunity to train for jobs at different levels. They're an exciting way of gaining skills and nationally recognised qualifications that help kickstart a career without having to study full-time. MAs are available across a wide range of industries. AD Services Scotland Ltd deliver the qualifications listed on the left hand side of this page.
SVQ qualifications
SVQ IScottish Vocational Qualification) is work a based qualification forming the core of a Modern Apprenticeship. SVQs can be achieved without the need to attend college courses or training centres. This allows the workforce to gain a recognised qualification specifically targeted at their skills and minimises any disruption to their normal working routine
SVQ qualifications ae currently available in the following levels
- Level 1 equivalent to Access 1
- Level 2 equivalent to GCSE or Standard Grade qualifications
- Level 3 equivalent to Scottish Higher qualifications.
- Level 4 equivalent to Higher National Diploma HND
- Level 4 equivalent to Masters Degree
Current funding criteria set by Skills Development Scotland follow this link
Scottish Development Agency funding covers the cost of registration with the awarding body, assessment and ongoing support by a fully qualified assessor from AD Services Scotland Ltd, provision of candidate portfolios and associated paperwork and
where required by the qualification registration of the apprentice with a local college for day release leading to a National Certificate or Higher National Certificate as appropriate this will include relevant college fees
We offer the following qualification opportunities at no cost to employer or employees providing the compliance with funding criteria from Skills Development Scotland is met:
- Modern Apprenticeship Business administration at level 2 and level 3.
- Modern Apprenticeships in a wide range of engineering Engineering disciplines
- Modern Apprenticeships in Distribution and Warehousing (Logistics Operations Management)
- Modern Apprenticeships in Management
- Modern Apprenticeships in Occupational Health and Safety
If you would like to learn more about these qualifications please contact me at any time by email to george@ad-services-scotland.co.uk or telephone on 01698 307171, I will be glad to discus the options available with you. Please note you are under no obligation to take your enquiry any further and all advice is provided freely for your personal use.
For those who do not fall into the fully funded category and for candidates living further field and you would like to offer work based qualifications we offer the qualifications directly to the candidate or their employer at the rates to be confirmed if you contact us. Please remember distance is a major factor in the cost as is the experience of the person taking the qualification and all prices are for a candidate within 25 miles of our Hamilton office.
SVQs are work-based qualifications with no final examination; the apprentice must prove his/her competence in the work over a period of time under the help and guidance of an assessor.
To achieve a Modern Apprentice Qualifiction in engineering requires the learner to achieve a level 2 SVQ plus a Level 3 SVQ and achieve a suitable NC/NQ qualification, the time frame for attaining a modern apprentice is three to four years
Modern apprenticeships in Administration, Warehousing, Management and Occupational Health and Safety do not require the National Certificate and thus do not require day release for college attendance,
If you have wide practical experience you would not need to take the same time for each of the SVQs as would be taken by someone with little or no exerience. SVQ qualifications are candidate driven therefore the time taken to achieve will depend upon the individual candidate.
If you would like to learn more of the opportunities on offer, fill in the application form below and send using the submit button at the bottom of this page.