Strengthen and develop the engineering skills of your existing talent and attract promising new recruits with our Manufacturing Engineer Degree Apprenticeship; a cost-effective way to grow and retain engineering talent
Developing the innovators of the future
Designed with employers, our Manufacturing Engineer Degree Apprenticeship balances theory with practical, real-time learning in the workplace. Apprentices develop the core skills, knowledge and occupational behaviours to achieve a high level of technical proficiency and make a real impact within your organisation.
Who is this apprenticeship for?
This apprenticeship is ideal for anyone currently working as a manufacturing engineer who is looking to enhance their academic knowledge and career prospects with a degree level qualification. The programme is also ideal for those aspiring to work as a manufacturing engineer or looking to change their career path to be involved with the launch planning and delivery of exciting new products.
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 manufacturing engineers
- 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
- The course partially meets the requirements for Chartered Engineer status so with further learning apprentices have the potential to become Chartered Engineers, demonstrating advanced competence, commitment and professionalism
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 Manufacturing Engineer 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 Manufacturing Engineer 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.
20% of their learning will be classed as ‘off the job’, which means that they'll be learning during normal working hours either in their place of work or outside – but not part of their normal working duties.
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.
Helping you find the right apprentice
Recruitment support
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 registered and targeted candidate mailing list
- Adding your vacancy to the National Apprenticeship Service ‘Find an Apprenticeship’ on your behalf
- Sharing opportunities across our social media channels.
Our consultants will also be happy to support you in determining the suitability of the candidates you receive.
Next steps
If you'd like to know more about the apprenticeship, have a current employee in mind or are thinking of recruiting an apprentice for your business, our designated team of experts are here to support you at every step. Get in touch today.