This is the Decision Lab. Build a real working week, sit with the difficult moments before they happen, and find out what would need to be in place for an apprenticeship to work for you. You leave with a Decision Passport you can print and take to your employer. Nothing is sent to TLC.
A route can only be right for somewhere. Before testing the apprenticeship, get clear about where you want it to take you.
How confident do you feel about this decision right now? You will answer this again at the end, and the passport shows both.
Pick up to two. The first one you pick counts as your main reason.
There is no wrong answer here. A recommendation is a good starting point, and this question just checks whose decision this is becoming.
Tap your top three in order. Tap again to remove one.
An apprenticeship has to live inside a real week: your shifts, your family, your busiest days. Paint your week below, then place your learning and see what holds.
This shapes the learning pattern we test against your week.
Choose a brush, then tap the squares. Mark when you work, which of those times are your busiest, and when family or caring commitments have first claim.
When your week looks right, choose the Place learning brush and add your learning hours. One tap adds an hour, a square holds up to four, and a fifth tap clears it. Place at least six hours, because that is the weekly average, and put them wherever the learning could really happen: spread across the week, or stacked into one quieter day, whichever matches your life.
Some people learn best in a regular weekly rhythm. Others do better with occasional full days away from the job.
Six short moments from real apprenticeships. There are no right or wrong answers and nothing is marked. Your responses show which conversations and support would make the difference for you.
An apprenticeship stands on three sets of commitments. Read all three lists, then tap anything you are not yet sure about. Every uncertainty becomes a question to ask before you enrol, which is exactly what this stage is for.
Nothing ticked yet. If every line already feels certain, that is a good sign. If not, tap the doubts.
An apprenticeship may not be the only route to this goal. Here it sits beside the other realistic ways to get there, so your choice is a real one.
This is your current position, and the passport records it as yours. You can change your mind at any point before signing anything.
Six dimensions, no percentages. A strong reading means your answers point the same way. An amber reading means something needs agreeing before you enrol. A grey reading just means more information first.
How confident do you feel about this decision now?
A one-page record of everything you have worked out: your destination, your fit, the conditions you need, and the questions to ask. Print it, save it as a PDF, and take it to the conversation.
