Employer

You Must Be Employed

This is an apprenticeship, not a course. You need to be employed in a relevant role before you can start, and you need to remain employed throughout the programme. Your employer pays your salary; the apprenticeship funding covers training and assessment only.

If you're not currently employed, we can't enrol you. If you're job hunting and interested in the programme, speak to prospective employers about sponsoring you as an apprentice.

If you run your own company, you may be eligible to join. Get in touch with us to discuss your situation.

Your Employer Needs to Be Onboard

This programme only works if your employer is genuinely committed to your development. They're not a passive bystander; they're an active partner.

Before you start, your employer will need to sign a training plan and apprenticeship agreement. This confirms they understand what's involved and are prepared to support you through to completion.

What We Expect From Your Employer

Paying your salary: You must be paid at least the national minimum wage for your age (or apprentice rate if applicable) for all your working hours, including time spent on off-the-job training.

Protecting your learning time: The minimum off-the-job training requirement is 6 hours per week, and this must happen during your normal working hours. Your employer needs to ensure you have this time ring-fenced and protected.

Providing meaningful work: Your employer needs to give you suitably ambitious projects where you can apply your developing skills. The best apprenticeships happen when there's a tight feedback loop between what you're learning and what you're building. If your employer doesn't have ML or AI work for you to do, this programme isn't the right fit.

Regular check-ins with us: Your employer (typically your line manager or a designated mentor) needs to check in with us every few months to track your progress and align your learning with their product roadmap. This can be a short call or an email exchange; it doesn't need to be onerous, but it does need to happen.

Supporting you through to assessment: The programme ends with an End Point Assessment. Your employer needs to support you in preparing for this and confirm when you're ready to be put forward.