Degree Apprenticeship BSc (Hons) Environmental Management Environmental Practitioner

Who is this apprenticeship for?

This apprenticeship is ideal for anyone currently working, or aspiring to work, in a role specialising in environmental and sustainability issues, who is looking to enhance their academic knowledge and career prospects with a degree level qualification. This apprenticeship will develop talent for roles including Environment impact assessor, Environmental (monitoring) assessor, Environmental advisor, Environmental auditor, Environmental consultant, Environmental coordinator, Environmental engineer, Environmental practitioner, Environmental protection officer, Environmental scientist and Land use planner.

You may wish to create a new role within your organisation to attract fresh talent or develop your existing staff.

Capabilities to better your business

• Strengthen and develop existing staff, emerging talent, or new recruits into competent professional environmental specialists
• Apprentices learn from expert academics and industry professionals, equipping them with the full range of knowledge, skills, and behaviours relevant to your organisation
• You’ll have the opportunity to instil your organisation’s business culture and working style from an early stage

A cost-effective way to develop and retain talent

Degree apprenticeships are a smart investment. You can reinvest Apprenticeship Levy funds to cover the cost of the apprenticeship or receive funding support from the government.

If you operate in England and your annual payroll is over £3 million, you pay a levy of 0.5% of your payroll into a levy account.

The cost of the Environmental Practitioner programme for levy paying employers is £27,000 and this can be covered in full using the non-refundable funds in your levy account. If you exhaust the funds in your levy account, then the government will pay 95% of the outstanding fees and you will need to pay the remaining 5%.

If you are an SME, not required to pay the levy, you will pay only 5% of the cost of the apprenticeship programme while the government pays the remaining 95%. The cost of the of the Environmental Practitioner programme for non-levy paying employers is just £1,350.

For more about the Apprenticeship Levy, and to find out about any additional incentive payments for hiring a new apprentice from the government, please visit the key information section on our Degree apprenticeships for employers page.

Our team of dedicated consultants can talk you through the detail.

Delivered by experts, blending online and face-to-face learning

The course combines online learning, with one-day face-to-face workshops on our ARU Peterborough campus every other week. The on-campus workshops will include tutorials, practical sessions and lectures. This blend of online and face-to-face learning fosters a collaborative and supportive programme, augmented by online discussions, student blogs and critical reflection and analysis under the guidance of experienced tutors. 

What are the entry requirements?

As an employer your business sets out the person specifications for the role, but the apprentice will need to meet our entry requirements to be accepted onto the course. You can view the full entry requirements on our apprentice course page.

Our team of dedicated consultants can talk you through the detail.