DIGITAL APPRENTICESHIPThe Digital Apprenticeship Scheme is looking for employers to o�er apprenticeship(s) to local students.

Apprenticeships are a beneficial way to allow students to stay on-island and develop their technical skills, earning whilst they learn and developing those all-important employability skills.

With an ICT Apprentice

� Help to develop the supervisory and

management skills of your current employees

� Nuture individuals with potential to excel

in the field

� Gain extra resources at a lower cost

� Support the growth of the ICT industry locally

� Potentially find talented future permanent

employees

� They can o�er a fresh perspective & new ideas

for your business

Previous employers providing apprenticeships include:

For more information visit: employed.im/digitalapprenticeship

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Student salaries

Apprentice trainingDuring the apprenticeship, students will complete their ICT-related qualification at University College Isle of Man (UCM).

Students will study either:

year of Study Hourly rate Annual Salary

16 £7.07 £13,780.00

17 £7.70 £15,008.50

18 £8.61 £16,783.00

19 £8.81 £17,173.00

20 £9.01 £17,563.00

21 - 24 £9.21 £17,953.00

25+ £9.41 £18,343.00

Age at start of

Apprentices will enter a two year contract with you as your employee, with your business paying their salary*.Students should be paid the following at the start of their apprenticeships:

Level 3 National Diploma in IT: Equivalent to A Levels

One day per week

Applicants must have:at least 4 GCSEs grade A to C; or

a BTEC level 2 Extended Certificate in ICT at Merit level.

Level 4 BTEC HNC in Computing: Equivalent the first year of an

undergraduate degree programmeHalf day per week

Applicants must have:a BTEC level 3 qualification; or

A-level subjects; orrelevant work experience.

The Department for Education, Sport and Culture will pay for apprentices’ UCM fees.

* there may be funding available from the Department for Education, Sports and Culture to help cover some of the costs when the student is on day release at UCM.

Contact admin@employed.im to register your organisation. Please include your company name and type of apprenticeship you would like to o�er.

For example; Hardware, Infrastructure, Software Development, Digtal Design, Website Development, Analyst etc.

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