Trade Supplier
Apprenticeship Level 2
Occupations | |
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Customer service assistant | ✔ |
Trade counter service assistant | ✔ |
Trade counter sales person | ✔ |
Trade counter sales / warehouse person | ✔ |
Level | |
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Level 2 - equivalent to GCSE | ✔ |
Essential workplace skills | ✔ |
Vocational skills | ✔ |
Essential workplace behaviours | ✔ |
Training Locations | |
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Employer's trade counter warehouse facility | ✔ |
Getting started | |
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January, May & September | Starts |
Training places subject to caseload capacity | Please enquire |
Geographic locations - some restrictions apply | Please enquire |
Training Access & Support | |
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Access Didac's eLearning Portal | ✔ |
One-to-one training sessions | ✔ |
Regular reviews with your trainer and employer | ✔ |
ePortfolio - to record training & development | ✔ |
Opportunities to improve your maths & English skills | ✔ |
Duration | |
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Minimum of 12 months, typically 15months | ✔ |
Funding - England | |
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Government Funding | ✔ |
Funding Value | £4,000 |
Employer Contributions | 10% |
Age grants for employers - England | |
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Under 19 Apprentice - 3 months | £500 |
Under 19 Apprentice - 12 months | £500 |
Occupational Standard | |
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Trade Supplier |
Wales, Scotland & Northern Ireland | |
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Please contact us for commercial options |
Trade Supplier
Apprenticeship Level 2
Skills for working on trade counters in merchanting
Building, joinery, electrical, plumbing, tiles, timber, roofing, engineering, fitted kitchens, windows & doors
Whether you are leaving school, graduating or looking to change career to work in a Sales, marketing and procurement role in the merchant trades this is a great apprenticeship standard because it provides the knowledge and skills you will need to kick-start your career.
The trade counter is visited regularly by professional trade customers who have technical knowledge about what they are buying.
Frequently, it is the gateway to a whole host of career opportunities in sales, purchasing, product specialist, branch management, account management, logistics and administration.
The apprenticeship is equally applicable for employers with small branches to large state of the art warehousing facilities with a trade counter. It covers all types on merchanting trades with small independent operators to large multinational businesses.
With Didac’s merchant training experience, we can create stimulating training plans to cover specialised trade counter situations.
Click the Add to Enquiry button below to find out more by registering your interest with us. You are not committing to anything.
At Didac, we would like to thank the following companies who helped create the Trade Supplier Apprenticeship Standard, which has become one of the most popular apprenticeship standards in the merchanting sector.
Howdens Joinery Co. ♦ Rexel UK Ltd ♦ Magnet Group ♦ Electric Company Ltd ♦ R & B Star (Electrical Wholesalers) Ltd ♦ City Electrical Factors ♦ Lockwell Electrical ♦ Edmundson Electrical Ltd ♦ Kew Electrical ♦
Specification
Accreditation | |
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Delivery |
You must:
- be 16 or over
- not already be in full-time education
- live in England to qualify for Didac funded apprenticeships
You can start an apprenticeship whether you’re starting your career, want a change or you’re upskilling in your current job. You can have a previous qualification like a degree and still start an apprenticeship.
As an apprentice you’ll:
- learn and train for a specific job
- get paid and receive holiday leave
- get hands-on experience in a real job
- be given the opportunity to improve your maths and English skills
- study for at least 20% of your working hours off-the-job
- complete assessments during and at the end of your apprenticeship
- be on a career path with lots of future potential
- the organisation I work for
- the specialist trade customer profile of the business I am working in
- trade counter and telesales services and how to use them
- the key principles of warehousing and stock control
- the technologies that are appropriate to the trade counter job role
- legislative responsibilities relating to the business, products and/or services being sold
- how personal responsibilities and my performance contribute to the success of the team and the business
The apprenticeship will give you the opportunity to develop the following behaviours. These are transferable life-time skills for personal and career development.
- adopts an approachable and friendly manner, interacting with customers in the style of the business
- takes an active interest in the range of products and services offered by the
- works with integrity in an honest and trustworthy manor
- demonstrates adaptability and flexibility in own performance
- shows an organised and committed approach, with a positive attitude.
- takes ownership and responsibility for own performance, is diligent and accurate
- supports equality and diversity in the workplace
- uses appropriate Personal Protective Equipment and operates machinery safely and effectively
- consistently takes into account company environmental and sustainability policies and procedures.
The trade supplier apprenticeship is a gateway to a career in sales, marketing, procurement and management. If you are promoted to run a team for example you could go on to do another apprenticeship such as Team Leader at level 3, which equivalent to an A’ Level.
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