Learning & Training

Learning and training help you prepare for working life. Qualifications are what you achieve from following learning and training.

There are 3 main routes that can lead you to qualifications and then to employment and/or higher education:

Apprenticeships: (If I choose an apprenticeship I will gain my qualifications through working with an employer and training with a learning provider)

Vocational: (For vocational learning or academic learning I will go to a school sixth form, or a college)

Academic: (I will go to a school 6th form or college)

These are the main options you will have after Year 11 and any route can take you into work.

Remember:

• there is not just one choice - you can move from one type of qualification to another as you plan your route into employment;
• if you feel you have made a wrong choice, it does not mean you are stuck on one route;
• learning is for life; it does not stop once you have left school;
• the world of work is constantly changing. You will need to be willing to learn new skills and gain new qualifications throughout your working life;
• there is no 'job for life' anymore. It is likely that you will change your job up to 8 times in your working life; good skills and qualifications will help you adapt and change to a new job/career.

There are people you can talk to about your choices after Year 11:

• friends
• family
• school
• Connexions

Different jobs require different qualifications.

The level at which you can enter the job market will depend on your qualifications.

The higher the entry level the better the job and usually this means a better wage/salary.

Click on the icons to find out more about jobs and their entry levels within each of the sectors.