There are many different kinds of apprenticeship available. With over 500 available, it’s easier to see what there is when they’re broken down into different industry sectors.
Agriculture, environmental and animal care
Agriculture, environment and animal care doesn’t just involve farming and getting dirty, there’s a lot more to it than that. If you can’t stand the thought of working every day in an office based job but the possibility of spending your days outside in the open in the fresh air fills you with joy then this could be the route for you. You could be involved in producing crops, supplying everyone with food and enriching the rural and urban environment.
Business and administration
These are an ideal way to build up business skills and can be used as an entry point into any business, enabling you to move up to senior positions if you wish. These involve a lot more than just working on a computer and cover areas such as accounting and finance, project management and market research.
Construction
These offer pathways which lead to professional and trade qualifications in a range of different industries. Apprenticeships of all levels are available and cover apprenticeships from the traditional to the more specialist developing the underlying structure of anything, from your neighbours loft conversion to the multi-million-pound secondary school.
Creative media and the arts
Creative, media and the arts apprenticeships covers a wide range of career options, everything from film to fashion, music to gaming. This industry is very popular and competition for jobs is very high. Apprenticeships are a great way to get into these growing industries with lots of employers offering them at all levels.
Customer services and retail
Businesses and services all have customer services at the heart of their operation. The skills that are gained from doing a customer service and retail apprenticeships would allow the apprentice to be able to work across a range of industries and roles.
Digital and ICT
This sector is continually expanding and highly respected across the world. People with digital and ICT skills are in high demand as every business strives to be on top of the technology and digital advances in their field. This area covers many different careers helping to keep modern businesses running efficiently and profitably. These trained professionals work to make sure that devices and systems run smoothly, are safe from cyber threats, and can be successfully used to connect users and businesses.
Energy
The energy sector is a vital part of the nations economy as it supplies water, electricity and gas to millions of homes and businesses across the country. The journey that any form of energy takes to get to the consumer relies on an efficiently running infrastructure that involves a wide range of roles to keep running and maintained.
Engineering and electrical
The world is full of technology and every item that uses it involves a whole range of skilled people to ensure that part is working in the way it should, whether it’s a plumber fixing a washing machine or a team of engineers designing a new nuclear power station. You need to be able to be a communicator, team player, creative thinker and problem solver, constantly keeping up with new developments to improve peoples lives.
Financial services
Financial professionals are a vital part of all businesses. It covers a wide range of services and roles from bank accounts, loans, mortgages and insurance policies to the pensions that we need in our old age.
Hair and beauty
Working within the hair and beauty industry gives you an opportunity to improve the lives of people. This is a very social sector as you would be working as part of a team and would be meeting new people every day as well as regular, returning clients.
Health and wellbeing
This industry is one of the largest sectors in the UK. It includes public health, social care, dental, medical, child services, pharmaceuticals and any science related to health and medicine. Therefore, whether you’re treating patients or conducting research in a laboratory you will me making a difference to other peoples lives.
Hospitality and travel
Hospitality and travel apprenticeships can help you start your career in the sector that plays a vital role in the rest and relaxation of millions of people across the country. Those involved in this sector cooks the food that we eat in restaurants, manages the hotel we are staying in, arranges our holiday for us, and serves us drinks from the bar.
Manufacturing, processing and logistics
Manufacturing, processing and logistics underpin everything we use and so it’s important that we continue to learn these valuable skills. Manufacturing something adds value to the raw materials by turning them into a product. Virtually every single item we use has been manufactured in one way or another, whether that was in a large multidisciplinary processing factory or in a small one-person workshop.
Marine
This sector gives you the opportunity to work alongside people from all over the world in an ever-changing environment. This industry plays a huge part in everyones lives, whether directly or indirectly. This could be as part of the huge amount of trade that travels by sea, those working on fishing vessels, passengers using ferries of individuals using boats for leisure activities.
Public services
This sector concentrates on people, business and the community. Public services covers a huge range of different areas including education, police, army fire service and many more. The jobs in this sector involve helping people and making our society a better and safer place. The working environment and skills needed in this sector can vary immensely as it covers a very wide range of careers and roles. The armed forces is one of the largest apprenticeship providers in the UK with subjects from engineering on aircraft carriers to logistics and humanitarian aid.
Science and R&D
The Science and research and development (R&D) sector is vital in helping us more understand the world around us whilst at the same time helping us develop tools and techniques that will reduce risks and overcome challenges. Development with DNA have helped the progress of criminal investigations, being able to predict earthquakes has saved the lives of many people, This work can take place in a variety of different environments, from large government department to a solitary technician working in a laboratory.
Sport and fitness
Sport covers a lot more than just teams and competitions. It covers all aspects of physical activity, from activities held in local community centres and private facilities to after school clubs and professional sport. It can have a positive effect on peoples physical health and wellbeing and help with social interaction.
Vehicles and transport
Vehicles and transport can be broken down into two separate sectors, the retail motor industry and passenger transport. Both of these play a crucial role in our everyday lives, with all people involved playing a vital role. If this sector broke down then the whole country would come to a standstill. The retail sector doesn’t just cover cars; it also deals with all aspects of vans, lorries, motorcycles and forklift trucks. This sector doesn’t just involve people in selling these vehicles, it also needs people who can fit new parts, service them, rescue stranded motorists and fix their vehicles. The passenger transport sector is equally as large, having a huge number of people support, run and drive transport.
Follow this link if you would like to look at the different apprenticeships in each sector.
https://apprenticeshipguide.co.uk/apprenticeship-choices/
If you don’t know which sector you would like to do an apprenticeship you can also look at those available based on the subjects that you like in school.
https://apprenticeshipguide.co.uk/apprenticeships-by-school-subject/
