Delivering apprenticeships for employers across England
If you are an employer in England looking to take on apprentices, we have a team of helpful advisors that are here to help you every step of the way - from funding the apprenticeships to recruiting and training. We have invested over £50 million, supported by our parent company, to sustain growth and high-quality services since 2007. We deliver apprenticeships for some of the largest organisations in the UK.
Apprenticeships we offer
Why choose GTG as your apprenticeship training provider?
Apprenticeships are tailored to your business needs.
Receive oversight reports to understand progress of learning, while also helping us improve our services.
We implement strong safeguarding practices to protect your apprentices and provide effective learning opportunities.
Over 50 years of experience delivering apprenticeships.
We certify over 24,000 delegates every year on average.
Accreditations
IMI approved
DVSA approved test centre
RTITB
NEBOSH
IOSH
Ofsted Grade 2 Provider
SDS excellent provider (2023/24)
SQA
The Apprenticeship Levy
The Apprenticeship Levy is part of a government initiative introduced to help fund apprenticeships. Depending on the size of the business, certain employers may be required by law to pay money into the Apprenticeship Levy, and if you fall into this criteria, you may have some questions.
Our team is here to answer any questions and to provide assistance to employers interested in taking advantage of the Levy.
Apprenticeship benefits for employers
If you're looking to bring fresh ideas into your business and build a loyal, skilled workforce, then hiring apprentices is a great investment. There are many benefits to hiring apprentices, and at GTG, we are on hand to help guide you through the process.
Find out more todayOur facilities
Our 58,000 sq ft state-of-the-art training venue in Wolverhampton opened in 2013 and since then, we’ve been delivering automotive, transport and logistics apprenticeships.
We are an approved DVSA test centre for all three logistics hubs, and have a dedicated EV/Hybrid training space in each of the five automotive workshops, providing a dedicated safe and effective work and learning spaces.
To provide your apprentices with the best learning environment possible, we’ve created custom-built workshop spaces to facilitate our light and heavy vehicle automotive apprenticeship provision, including:
- Multiple modern tractor units, buses and coaches and up to 20 cars working simultaneously across our workshops
- Dedicated and relevant hybrid vehicles and equipment for use in developing vehicle systems knowledge, skills or diagnosis training
- Various diagnostic platforms, such as Actia (Jaltest), Bosch KTS and Texa
- Multiple engine rigs, axle rigs, brake rigs and trailer axle rigs
- Modern laser alignment systems
- F-Gas air conditioning training equipment
In addition to our custom-built workshops, forklift training is and transport training spaces, we have a dedicated Pit Stop, which is a safe and relaxing space for apprentices to bond with their peers. As well as sofas and armchairs for relaxing, this contemporary space also includes a library, dedicated study spaces, a pool table and modern gaming area.
To keep everyone fuelled throughout the day, we have an on-site restaurant called The Hub. Here you can enjoy hot or cold food prepared by our caterers, with coffee, tea and a wide range of soft drinks.
If you wish to cover the cost of lunch for your apprentices while they are on site for learning sessions, they’ll be given lunch vouchers that provide them with a daily pre-determined allocation to use in The Hub.
We have a dedicated training area for forklift training. Within this space, learners can safely practise their forklift training and enhance their skills in a practical setting that mimics an environment similar to what they’ll experience in the workplace.
As part of our Safeguarding practice, the undertakings for safe residential accommodation and travel are key priorities. We work in partnership with SerVace, whereby we negotiate contracts with hotels and transport companies to ensure that, when our learners are residing with us, they are safe. Part of the contracting process is to identify the hotel and transport supplier security vetting practices, safeguarding and Prevent staff development and regulated HSE practices. We then discuss costs, locations, and capacity to deliver our requirements. This means that GTG take care of the contracting and booking process on behalf of the employer.
Frequently asked questions
We provide a dedicated training plan to each employer and apprentice to ensure that, from day one, everyone involved is aware of how we will sequence learning to build new knowledge, skills, and behaviours. An example from our autocare technician route: knowledge and competence when applying the process, safety measures and personal protection to change a tyre.
Each apprentice will have an allocated development coach, who will attend the workplace to answer any questions, provide coaching and pastoral support, and to assess the competence of the apprentice when carrying out a task.
We provide employers with access to our e-portfolio platforms. This allows the employer to see the progress made by each apprentice in every learning session, giving them an overview of how well the apprentices are retaining their learning, applying their new skills and how they well they behave on the course.
For employers with a large cohort of apprentices, we provide reports which allow them to easily track each apprentice’s journey. These reports are designed for employers to clearly understand their apprentices’ learning progress, the timeline of the programme, and to provide an overview of their performance against learning targets, their attendance and any behaviours that may negatively impact progress.
In England, employers can use the Apprenticeship Levy by accessing their digital account. For more information on the funding available for your business, take a look at our Apprenticeship Levy page. However, as employers have access to levy funds, they are expected to understand the rules of use as set by the DfE. You can find the most recent version of these rules here.
Customers we work with
ALDI
Arnold Clark
Biffa
DPD
DVSA
Royal Mail
Sainsbury's
Stagecoach
Tesco
Trentbarton
UPS
YODEL
What our customers say
"We worked with GTG when the HGV driver shortage hit in 2022. We had 20 new starters join who had no experience in driving HGVs but had a passion for customer service. The support and guidance throughout was second to none, supporting our apprentices through what it means to be a recovery operative and how to build the technical skills required. GTG had a real expertise and passion for the industry and supporting us in building the standards we strive for in our amazing road workforce. "Sarah Barnett
"We have worked with GTG for a few years, especially with LGV apprenticeships. They have done a great job and we’ve had many successfully pass the course and start their driving careers with us. They are flexible and cover all our sites across England, Scotland and Wales. Responsive and simply nice people to deal with, would highly recommend as a training provider. "Rebecca Morgan
"Since working with GTG from 2023, we have enrolled multiple learners on apprenticeship programmes within the logistics sector. The service has been outstanding – speed and efficiency are key for us being in a fast-moving business and GTG is working with us to make this happen! GTG is an adaptable provider, tailoring their service to suit our business / individual requirements. I look forward to developing our portfolio further."Natasha Lakin
Quality cycle
GTG operates a rigorous quality management system. GTG has implemented policies and processes in maintaining quality control, obtains results of process performance and effectiveness through quality assurance, and continuous improvement of our processes are based on objective measurements. In doing so, we have oversight of all aspects of apprenticeship delivery. Our quality management practice has been structured with relating statements to reflect ISO 9001 and we have taken steps to align expectations of performance with the Education Inspection Framework, the IFA quality strategy, the SDS quality assurance framework, and standards set by awarding bodies. The quality management system consists of:
- Quality control is the activity that measures the quality of the final product, or service. We design and implement processes to simplify how to provide outstanding quality across all provisions.
- Quality assurance is the evaluative practice of the efficiency and impact of delivery processes. Assurance is undertaken to understand the impact of the service and any required improvements.
- Quality improvement is the outcome of assurance practices. Through periodic analysing of quality assurance, the product or service can continuously improve.