Environment Agency apprenticeships 2017 to 2018
Updated 28 September 2020
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Environment Agency target
The Environment Agency is committed to supporting the government’s agenda of creating 3 million apprenticeships by 2020/2021. We have full regard to the target to provide an average of 2.3% new apprentice starts from April 2017 to March 2021.
The Environment Agency achieved 131 (1.3%) ‘apprentice starts’ from 1 April 2017 to 31 March 2018.
Apprenticeships standards and skills
The Environment Agency is predominantly a technical organisation which limits the use of approved apprenticeship standards.
Our strategic approach is to develop new apprenticeship standards aligned with our skills requirements. The Environment Agency expects to see a return on its investment through this approach from 2019 onwards.
Opportunities for apprenticeships
We are fully committed to offer meaningful, high quality, suitable apprenticeships. These will develop skills and help us meet our business needs and organisational outcomes.
We continue to assess where apprenticeships can:
- support our approach to our strategic workforce planning
- develop talent and potential
- enhance and improve diversity, inclusivity and employee retention
- enhance and improve our resourcing strategy
Our data publication (1 April 2017 to 31 March 2018)
The Environment Agency is required to publish the following data:
| Information required | Response |
|---|---|
| Figure A: The number of employees whose employment in England by the body began in the reporting period in question | 849 |
| Figure B: The number of apprentices who began to work for the body in that period and whose apprenticeship agreements also began in that period. This includes employees who were already working for the body before beginning their apprenticeship, as well as new apprentice hires | 131 |
| Figure C: The number of employees employed in England that the body has at the end of that period | 10042 |
| Figure D: The number of apprentices who work for the body at the end of that period | 134 |
Public bodies are also required to provide two percentages to give context to the other figures. These percentages do not reflect the progress a public body has made towards the target.
| Information required | Response |
|---|---|
| Figure E: Figure B expressed as a percentage of figure A | 15.4% |
| Figure F: Figure D expressed as a percentage of figure C | 1.3% |
| Figure G: The number of apprentices who worked for the body immediately before that period | 13 |