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APPRENTICESHIPS IN
NORTHERN IRELAND
Apprenticeship Title:
Level 2 Apprenticeship Framework – Construction
Specialist Sector (Floorcovering) training (usually 4 days with the employer and 1 day
Duration: with the training provider) leading to a nationally

24 Months recognised qualification.
Content: Apprentices are employed with the employer from

Two Level 2 qualifications, one competency based, day one of their ApprenticeshipsNI programme.
and one knowledge based as well as Essential Skills Apprenticeships can take between two and four
in Communication, Numeracy and Information & years to complete and are available in a variety
Communication Technology. of roles. They are available from Level 2 (GCSE
Overview: Equivalent) and Level 3 (A Level equivalent) through
Framework ApprenticeshipsNI offer those aged over the ApprenticeshipsNI programme.
16, paid employment combined with the opportunity The Department for the Economy will pay training
to train for jobs at Level 2 and Level 3. supplier costs for ApprenticeshipsNI ‘off-the-job’
An apprenticeship is a job offering a minimum of 21 training, and the employer pays the apprentice for
contracted hours per week with the same employer the day(s) they attend the training provider as well as
with a structured period of both on and off the job the days they are at work.

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