Evaluation of Shared Apprenticeship Pilots

Evidence suggests that small businesses are often dissuaded from engaging with the apprenticeship program by their perception that apprenticeships are bureaucratic, costly and involve risk - of taking on a young person and of committing to their training for a fixed period in which workload and company income is uncertain. A ‘shared apprenticeship’ model in which a central management organisation takes care of administration and in which the apprentice moves between different employers who share the responsibility for the apprentice’s on-site training removes these problems.