How much do I need to pay as an apprentice?

cattermole

xoAmyox wrote: »

ZakA, please take this apprenticeship as a massive positive for you.

I feel similar to you in that I was expected to do well in school (I came out with average grades), I didn't complete my A levels, but did well enough to get into uni.

However, once I got to uni, I found it really wasn't for me, it felt like just a 3 year gap to put off the inevitable of actually getting a career.

At 19, I dropped out and took an apprenticeship on £100 a week (not living at home and I also had a child to support). This was the best decision I ever made; it wasn't the money, and it wasn't the dream job straight away. But it gave me the skills and knowledge of a workplace in order to build a career.

Now I am 24, and I feel I have a fully fledged career, I think I earn well and enjoy what I do because I chose it.

You are still very young, and have the world at your feet so to speak. Enjoy the time you have still living at home, as you will feel very well off with the amount of disposable income you will have.

Thanks for sharing this positive story, I'm hoping my son gets something permanent soon very similar story to yours (although no child). He's applied for numerous apprenticeships, and just gets no responses. Or he's happy to start in any job at the bottom. He did have an interview last week (which got our hopes up) but didn't get it still we still see that as a positive step because it's all experience.

fingledingle

FBaby wrote: »

I don't know if you are a troll, but I see no reason why you would be because unfortunately, there are more and more young adults with that exact same attitude than you, that is who think that they should start their working life with immediate financial reward for work..

Andy & Co know which buttons to press, sometimes they are sloppy posts others are well thought out.

jellyhead

StormyWeather wrote: »

Presumably, the parents will lose tax credits and child benefit and would ask him to make up the loss if he continues to live there.

Mum and dad need to go through the benefits calculators and work out what they will lose and take it from there.

Everyone's situation will be different regarding the financial impact when a teenager leaves school.

I think tax credits for 1 child is about £57 at the full amount, but am not sure of that, and of course it will depend on the adult's circumstances, other children, childcare costs etc.

Child benefit's the same, it's a different amount for the first child so if you are their only child they will lose the higher amount, but if they have other children then they will only lose the lower amount when they stop getting it for you.

Also, are they getting housing benefit or LHA, and will that be affected?

Zak your parents will have to use the benefits calculator and see how much they will lose by your not being in education, and decide how much of that they need to recoup from your wage.

ZakA

paddedjohn wrote: »

OP, looks like I was a bit quick off the mark in my earlier post hinting that you may be a troll, ive become very cynical lately with what appears to be a new troll every day. After reading the thread as it has unfolded I see you appear to be a genuine poster and I wish you all the luck in your new career.

No worries, I didn't even know you were being negative.

xoAmyox wrote: »

ZakA, please take this apprenticeship as a massive positive for you.

I feel similar to you in that I was expected to do well in school (I came out with average grades), I didn't complete my A levels, but did well enough to get into uni.

However, once I got to uni, I found it really wasn't for me, it felt like just a 3 year gap to put off the inevitable of actually getting a career.

At 19, I dropped out and took an apprenticeship on £100 a week (not living at home and I also had a child to support). This was the best decision I ever made; it wasn't the money, and it wasn't the dream job straight away. But it gave me the skills and knowledge of a workplace in order to build a career.

Now I am 24, and I feel I have a fully fledged career, I think I earn well and enjoy what I do because I chose it.

You are still very young, and have the world at your feet so to speak. Enjoy the time you have still living at home, as you will feel very well off with the amount of disposable income you will have.

Hi Amy thanks a lot for your story. It does make me more optimistic.
Read my next post.

ZakA

Hi guys, I'll just update my story.

I went to an interview for a different apprenticeship this morning before work, because this apprentice position was exactly the type of apprentice I wanted to become and exactly the type of job I wanted. I'd say, out of all the apprentice interviews I've been to, this was the one I wanted most.
To my surprise, the interviewer liked me so much, she even didn't even consider a second interview; she hired me. As soon as she was done with all the interviews, she called me; I was so pleased, I couldn't stop smiling inside for pretty long, just because of the fact that I like this job and this company very much. I thank God. The qualification I get at the end of this apprenticeship is a Microsoft qualification, top notch in the IT and computing industry.
From here, I can see my career going the direction I want it to go.

Thank you everyone for your support.

Btw, I don't even know how much I get paid; it's probably loads more because it's a medium-big company. I never asked the wages because I don't even care if I don't get paid; I like it that much! I just want the qualifications, the experience and the job.

ArtoDeeto

First of all good on you for starting an Apprenticeship. I think it is the start of the way to the top :-)
I AM NOT AN EXPERT BUT you are considered an adult in the household and all that should get taken off is a deduction in Council Tax for an able bodied adult which won't be a lot so you should be able to make that up.
As regards NHS treatment - it is free to everyone, you might find you have to pay for prescriptions now.

I would love to know if someone tells you your family would be worse off by you doing something like launching your life. IF you find you are worse off PM me as that means that the system is really all wrong...

PS: just seen your last post : money is usually £98-£200 per week ie more then Jobseekers...

Frogletina

cattermole wrote: »

It was a long time ago.....like a lifetime and yes it was probably about the same as you will have now.

http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/bills/article-1633409/Historic-inflation-calculator-value-money-changed-1900.html

Quite fun to see how things have changed

It actually works out to be the equivalent of £132.48 per week today
so pretty close.

Thanks for the link, cattermole

I was working full time at 16 and your link shows I was earning the equivalent of £61.80! At the time I was living with my boyfriend at his father's house and we got married shortly afterwards and I gave up my job.

By then he'd managed to get a job in a factory earning the equivalent of £294 a week.

I had to rely on benefits 18 months later. I got the equivalent of £111 - out of which I had to pay full rent/rates/bills etc - and no benefit for my daughter as none payable for first child then. No maintenance then either, though even if I had, it would have reduced my benefits pound for pound. Very hard times.

Sorry, gone off track rather...

frogletina

cattermole

Times are better that's for sure, and I for one wouldn't want to see things go backwards and I think for many of us that's how it seems to be going.

I'm desperately worried for my son and his future, every time the phone rings we hope it's someone getting back to him about a job, apprenticeship etc. but he's healthy and that is the main thing in my book.

I go off track all the time easy to do.