From the moment you say yes to the day you hold the certificate, here is the whole road. Ten steps, no surprises. Print it, screenshot it, stick it on the fridge.
Tell your employer or contact us directly. That single sentence starts everything, and it commits you to nothing yet.
We look at your maths, your English and what you already know about the work. Nothing here trips you up. It exists so we teach you the right things at the right level, and if you arrive with real experience the programme gets shorter or moves up a level. Be generous about what you can already do.
You, your employer and TLC around one table. We shape the programme around your actual job, agree which six hours a week belong to your learning, and answer every question you bring. Bring hard ones.
Three signatures. Your employer promises the time and support, we promise the teaching, you promise the effort. Yours goes on last, and nothing starts without it.
You meet your assessor properly, get your materials, learn how the six hours work in practice, and tell us how you learn best so your trainer starts the way you need them to. Slow and clear beats fast and lost.
Your normal job carries on, with at least six paid hours a week spent on workshops, practice and projects. The skills show up in your daily work almost immediately, which is the point of the whole model.
Short, regular sit-downs with your assessor, sometimes with your employer there too. Progress gets checked, problems get named early, support gets adjusted. Say the awkward thing at these. That is what they are for.
The formal moment where you, your employer and your assessor agree you are ready for the final assessment. Nobody gets pushed through this gate early. You go when the evidence says you will pass.
An independent assessment of your skill against the national standard. The format depends on your apprenticeship, and you will have known it since day one and practised it more than once. Nerves are normal. Surprises are banned.
The qualification is yours for life. What follows is a conversation about where it takes you here: a bigger role, the next level of apprenticeship, or both. Question five on the Deciding page exists so you have already asked this before you started.
You should be able to see the whole road before you take the first step. Now you have.
Why this page exists
Still weighing it up? The readiness check takes ten minutes and nobody sees your answers but you.
