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APPRENTICESHIPS IN WALES
Apprenticeship Title:
Floorcovering L2 Apprenticeship Framework
Duration:
22-24 months depending on provider
Content: APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING
Modules on Skills, as well as Essential Skills Wales in PROVIDERS IN WALES
Communication and Application of Number at level 1
Gower College Swansea
Overview: Units 1-2 Jubilee Court, Swansea SA5 4HB
Apprenticeship frameworks are an employer-led, 01792 284400
formal system of training people with a mixture training@gcs.ac.uk
of ‘on’ and ‘off’ the job training and accompanying www.gcs.ac.uk/courses/apprenticeship/
study. Apprenticeship frameworks combine hands- floor-covering-level-2-apprenticeship

on work with the opportunity to train and obtain

qualifications. It is an employed and paid position
with time set aside for learning, usually at a college
or with a training provider.
The floor covering apprenticeship framework was
approved by QIW for delivery in Wales funded by
The Welsh assembly government. It has a duration
of 24 months.

Funding rules in Wales
Employers Contribution Apprentices aged 16+
£0 (0%) of the funding band. No cost for apprenticeship training
provider fees
Government Contribution Apprentices aged 16+
£11,863 (100%) Covers all training provider fees

Apprentices aged 25+
£16,150-£19,000 (95%) of the funding band) Covers most of the training
provider fees
CITB Grant payments £2,500 per year attendance grant. Paid quarterly through the
(If employer is CITB Levy apprenticeship
registered)
£3,500 achievement grant. Paid on successful completion of the End Point
Assessment (EPA)

80% of accommodation costs reimbursed. For apprentices who require
overnight stays to attend training
Summary Minimum employer contribution: £0 per apprentice

Total available funding: £11,863–£20,363 per apprentice

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