Benefits for an employer include:
- Apprentices may bring current technology and ideas from the classroom to the workplace, thereby increasing an organisation’s intellectual capital;
- Customized training that results in highly skilled employees trained to industry/employer specifications
- Increased productivity and knowledge transfer due to on-the-job learning from an assigned mentor combined with related technical instruction
- Emphasis on safety training that may reduce workers' compensation costs
- A stable and predictable pipeline for the development of qualified workers
- Recognition of the training program
- A systematic approach to training that ensures that employees are trained and certified to produce at the highest skill levels required for that occupation
- The ability to conduct a ready assessment of where the employer and employee are in terms of the continuous improvement process
- A proven training model that allows employers to set the benchmark and the structure that can determine the Return on Investment in training dollars.