Adult applying for an apprenticeship - pay?

Fishingtime

I always thought too that you had to be under 25 to be an apprentice.
DHL have just taken on an apprentice his wage is £150 a week for a 48 hour week

tyler2027

;)Hi,
My daughter is on an apprenticeship. She gets £130 for a 35hour week.

Its more than the minimum for her age.

For your info, check this site out ...cant post link as I am new member.

do the www dot thing then gov.uk/apprenticeships-guide/employers-taking-on-an-apprentice

Tells you all the basics.

In a nutshell, an apprentice can be of any age, not just a young person.

However, all the funding the employer receives they keep if the person taken on is younger compared to older. There is a loss of funding as age increases. Combined with the requirement that the apprentice gets paid the NMW appropriate to their age.....you can see that it costs an employer overall more to employ an over 25 than a 16 year old.

Having said that, it depends on the employer on what they want from an apprentice. Some places offer true apprenticeships where they are not being exploited as cheap labour (from daughters bitter past experience). Therefore, a company might look at the increased cost of an older applicant against the skills and maturity they can bring and their future commitment to the company.

If they were the type of company that was only looking for the cheapest, why would they bother to invite you to interview? :T
but consider the compulsory days at college, surrounded by a class full of teenagers

TJ

Gingernutty

I've declined the invitation.

Closer reading of the attached letter shows that E.On have put their street lighting maintenance up for sale. The application will be processed, but worryingly it didn't state whether the position still existed.

That, the interview venue (Stoke on Trent when the job was going to be based in Wednesbury) and the silence on the pay all combined to persuade me to give it a miss.

Shame, it would have been cool if it wasn't so uncertain.

saintjammyswine

Dont forget that most employers do not pay minimum wage for apprentices regardless of age. Most will pay higher especially large employers with a formal, structured apprenticeship programme.
There is no upper age for apprenticeships, it is only the funding that changes.