Retail Advanced Apprenticeship (Level 3)
Benefits: Earn while you learn.
Attendance: Agreed through Apprenticeship programme.
Retail covers businesses such as well known national chain stores, superstores, independant shops and market stalls. This apprenticeship teaches the skills required in this sector. The skills gained from the Retail Apprenticeship are transferable to all retail companies. The retail sector can be vibrant and offers many career opportunities.
Content
Depending on your employer, you can follow three different pathways that include Sales Professional, Visual Merchandising or Management.
Your role could include assisting customers on a shop floor and handling their purchases, or you could be placed in a specialist department focusing on particular products which you could then use to help with specific queries. There are also roles in retailing which require work behind the scenes such as stock handling and ensuring correct quantities of products are appropriately stored.
Features/Benefits
On the Advanced Apprenticeship, your training will focus on a more specific role to gain greater skills in your preferred speciality. You will handle more responsibility and gain important management skills.
Entry Requirements
No formal requirements are needed but you need the ability to work towards a Level 3 qualification. You should also have a previous good attendance and punctuality record.
Progression Opportunities
From organising displays to learning the crucial aspects of management, the skills gained from the Retail Apprenticeship are transferable to all retail companies.
With a young workforce, the UK's retail sector is vibrant and offers many opportunities for early career progression.
