T levels for employers

Discover your future workforce

T Levels are a new, two-year Level 3 qualification for 16-to-19-year-olds. Designed with employers, each T Level is equivalent to three A Levels and helps young people develop the knowledge, attitude and practical skills to progress into skilled employment, an apprenticeship or further study.

Combining academic theory with practical skills, a T Level student will split their time between the classroom and a mandatory industry placement.

As an employer, you can support the workforce of the future by either offering a 45-day industry placement, or by working with us to shape the cirriculumn and decide on what skills our students need to learn.

80% of their learning and experience will be at college in lessons.

20% of their learning and experience will with an employer, learning on the job.

What is an industry placement?

Industry placements are a shift from traditional work experience to a longer, more structured placement in the workplace for young people to develop real work skills and make a meaningful contribution to your organisation.

For a T Level student, these will last at least 315 hours, but for some T Levels this could be more.

If you are an employer in England, you can offer an industry placement to a T Level student.

How much does it cost?

T Level industry placements are a free government scheme - you don’t need to pay to take on a T Level student for a placement.

There may be certain business costs, like time invested in planning, training and supervising, and you can choose to pay the student if you wish.

T Level courses available in 2024

AGRICULTURE, ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMAL CARE

• Coming soon - Animal Care and Management

BUSINESS AND ADMINISTRATION

• Management and Administration

CONSTRUCTION

• Building Services Engineering for Construction
• Design, Surveying and Planning for Construction
• Onsite Construction

CREATIVE AND DESIGN

• Media, Broadcast and Production

DIGITAL

• Coming soon - Digital Production, Design and Development
• Digital Support Services

ENGINEERING

• Engineering, Manufacturing, Processing and Control
• Maintenance, Installation and Repair for Engineering and Manufacturing

EDUCATION AND EARLY YEARS

• Education and Early Years

HEALTH AND SCIENCE

• Health

Six benefits of T Level industry placements

• 1Fresh perspective
  You’ll benefit from the student’s fresh outlook and ideas which they bring into the business.
• 2Mentorship
  It will provide your employees with the chance to improve their coaching and mentoring skills.
• 3Helping your daily business needs
  You’ll have extra hands on deck to assist with your daily operations.
• 4Diversifying the company
  Providing young people from a range of backgrounds with fresh opportunities ensures you’re diversifying your workforce.
• 5Creating the workforce of the future
  You will naturally be creating a new workforce, bringing new skills and knowledge to the sector.
• 6Smart recruitment
  This will help you to structure the building blocks of fresh talent with junior or apprentice positions, which are the perfect solution for providing positions for those with entry-level skills.