Environmental Practitioner
Developing the environmental specialists of the future.
Our Environmental Practitioner degree apprenticeship helps develop skilled professionals. It provides the skills to tackle real-world environmental challenges and make a positive impact at work.
As an apprentice you'll learn while you work, applying new knowledge and skills directly to your role. You'll grow in confidence and improve your performance, gaining a deeper understanding of environmental practice through the study of environmental science, as well as learn how to manage environmental data.
For employers, it's a cost-effective way to build sustainability expertise. Partner with ARU to develop existing staff or attract new talent to your organisation.
Why apprenticeships at ARU?
We’ll help you reap the benefits of talent acquisition through apprenticeships.
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Develop existing staff or new talent into environmental specialists
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Apprentices learn from experienced academics and industry professionals
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Gain knowledge, skills and behaviours tailored to your organisation
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Shape business culture and working style from the start
say curriculum relevant to their job.
Source: ARU degree apprenticeships impact report
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Employer partners Joe, Dan, Emma and Tim explain why ARU apprenticeships work so well for their organisations, and highlight the benefits for SMEs and larger businesses.
We’ll help you become a confident and competent environmental practitioner in your sector.
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Become a skilled practitioner ready to tackle environmental challenges
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Make a real impact in your organisation as you learn
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Study environmental management while working – with no tuition fees
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Help drive sustainability and environmental change in your workplace
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Learn through a practical, work-based approach that builds experience
believe they make a significant contribution to their workplace.
Source: ARU degree apprenticeships impact report
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Let our amazing apprentices inspire you! Kerry, Grace, Izabela, Ben, Rachel and Fleur explain what they love about doing an apprenticeship with ARU.
Talent development
Recruitment support for employers
Our dedicated apprenticeship team is on hand to help you attract the best candidates for your organisation. We can help with:
- crafting job advertisements
- promoting your vacancy to our quality candidate mailing lists
- adding your vacancy to the National Apprenticeship Service
- sharing opportunities across our social media channels.
Our consultants can also help you to assess candidates' suitability.
Creating a world-class apprenticeship
See how we helped Cambridge University Press recruit for their brand new degree apprenticeship.
Programme content
A programme designed with employer needs in mind. It mixes theory with practical learning in the workplace.
You'll gain staff with the core skills, knowledge, and occupational behaviours to achieve a high level of professional competency. The result? A real positive impact within your organisation.
As an apprentice, you’ll work and study at the same time. This means you can put what you learn from the classroom into practice in your job straight away. You'll build your skills, gain experience, and grow as an environmental practitioner.
From the start, you’ll take part in hands-on, project-based learning. Through both individual and group work, you’ll tackle real environmental challenges faced by industry and society. You’ll build strong problem-solving skills that you can use in many different workplaces, from manufacturing and consultancy to environmental protection and government roles.
Entry requirements
Employers set out the person specifications for the role, but apprentices will need to meet our entry requirements to be accepted onto this course.
- A completed Skills Scan and Initial Assessment discussion.
- Evidence of Level 2 qualification in four subjects including Maths and English, eg GCSEs at grade C/4 or above, Functional Skills, or DfE-approved equivalents.*
- Evidence of 96 UCAS tariff points from either at least two subjects at GCE/VCE A Level or VCE double award equivalent or BTEC National Certificate/Diploma.**
- We'll consider applications from apprentices with relevant work experience and those with qualifications other than GCE/VCE A Level on their individual merits.
*For further details about which qualifications meet Level 2 requirements check the gov.uk website.
**We will consider applications on their individual merits where engineering work experience can be evidenced in place of Level 3 qualifications.
All applicants must meet the eligibility criteria outlined by the DfE Apprenticeship Funding Rules applicable at the start of the course. If you have any questions about these entry requirements, please contact [email protected]
Fees and funding
Degree apprenticeships are a smart investment. You can reinvest Levy funds to cover the cost of an apprenticeship or receive funding support from the Government.
If you operate in England and your annual payroll is over £3m, you pay a levy of 0.5% of your payroll into a levy account.
Apprenticeships are paid for by your employer. You won’t pay any tuition fees on this course.
Our team of experts is here to help form your organisation’s apprenticeship offering and guide you through the process.
Speak to your employer about this course and how it could be beneficial for your development.
Our expert consultants can meet with you and your employer to make setting up simple and straightforward.
Finding an apprenticeship role
To start an apprenticeship, you need to be in a suitable role and have the support of your employer.