Apprenticeship Agreement

Updated 17 Oct 2025

This Apprenticeship Agreement outlines the key terms and conditions of employment for an apprentice, including duties, working hours, remuneration, and holiday entitlements. It details the responsibilities of both the employer and the apprentice, alongside provisions for training, sickness, and termination. The agreement is designed to formalize the apprenticeship relationship and ensure compliance with relevant frameworks.

[date]

[employer name]

 

 

Apprenticeship Agreement

 

 

[employee name]

 

 

 

 

 

 

APPRENTICESHIP AGREEMENT

 

BETWEEN

 

(1)       [name of employer] of [address] (hereinafter referred to as “the Employer”)

 

(2)       [name of apprentice] of [address] (hereinafter referred to as “you” or “Apprentice”)

 

IT IS AGREED as follows:

 

 

General

1.1 This document is a statement of the main terms and conditions of employment which govern your service with the Employer.  Your service with the Employer is also subject to the terms contained in the letter offering you employment ‘the offer letter’.  If there should be any ambiguity or discrepancy between the terms in the offer letter and in the terms set out in this document, the terms of the Offer letter will prevail, except where expressly stated to the contrary

1.2 The Employer agrees to accept the Apprentice as an apprentice in the designated trade/profession of [insert trade/profession].

1.3 The Apprentice agrees to serve the Employer as an apprentice in the designated trade for the term of this agreement.

1.4 This agreement is entered into in connection with a qualifying Apprenticeship Framework [specify relevant qualifying apprenticeship framework].

1.5 The Employer and the Apprentice have agreed to an Individual Training Plan, attached at Schedule 1 (the ‘Training Plan’).

1.6 The training provider in relation to the apprenticeship is <<name of training provider [training provider].

 

Duties and Job Title

2.1 You are employed as a <<Job title, Apprentice>>.  You will be responsible to [job title].  Details of your main duties are attached at Schedule 2 hereto.

2.2 You will also be required to undertake such duties and responsibilities as may be determined by the Employer from time to time. The Employer reserves the right to vary your duties and responsibilities according to the needs of the Employer’s business and to meet the needs of your Apprenticeship, in agreement with you.  

2.3 In your role as an apprentice, you will carry out a [state time period e.g. one-year] [specify level e.g. intermediate level] Apprenticeship, with training as set out in your Training Plan. The Employer will provide you with, as far as is reasonably practicable, the experience and training needed for you to achieve the requirements of your apprenticeship.

 

Date of Commencement

3.1 Your [state time period e.g. one-year]  [specify level e.g. intermediate level] Apprenticeship with us will begin on [date].

(Your employment with the Employer will begin on [date]. No employment with a previous employer counts as part of your period of employment.)

OR

(Your employment with [name of previous employer] which began on [date] will count as part of your period of employment with us.)

3.2 In accepting your appointment it shall be deemed that you have accepted all the terms and conditions set out in this Apprenticeship Agreement.

3.3 This Apprenticeship Agreement annuls any previous agreement whether verbal or written given to you at any time.

3.5 Your employment with the Employer is subject to a satisfactory risk assessment that the Employer will carry out before the date of commencement.

 

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