Apprenticeships and university courses in the UK
Apprenticeships and university degrees side by side. Each apprenticeship links to the careers it leads to.
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Apprenticeships in England
472 approved apprenticeship standards. You are paid while you train, and degree apprenticeships (level 6 and 7) end in a bachelor's or master's degree. Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland run their own schemes.
Level 2: intermediate
Abattoir worker
Level 2: intermediate · Typically 16 months · ST0418
Leads to: Butchers
Accounts or finance assistant
Level 2: intermediate · Typically 12 months · ST0608
Leads to: Book-keepers, payroll managers and wages clerks
Adult care worker
Level 2: intermediate · Typically 12 months · ST0005
Leads to: Care workers and home carers
Animal care and welfare assistant
Level 2: intermediate · Typically 12 months · ST0397
Arborist
Level 2: intermediate · Typically 18 months · ST0223
Autocare technician
Level 2: intermediate · Typically 30 months · ST0499
Leads to: Vehicle technicians, mechanics and electricians
Aviation customer service operative
Level 2: intermediate · Typically 12 months · ST0907
Leads to: Air travel assistants
Aviation ground handler
Level 2: intermediate · Typically 12 months · ST0908
Leads to: Air transport operatives
Aviation ground operative
Level 2: intermediate · Typically 12 months · ST0037
Leads to: Air transport operatives
Aviation maintenance mechanic
Level 2: intermediate · Typically 18 months · ST0014
Leads to: Aircraft maintenance and related trades
Baker
Level 2: intermediate · Typically 18 months · ST0191
Leads to: Bakers and flour confectioners
Beauty therapist
Level 2: intermediate · Typically 15 months · ST0630
Leads to: Beauticians and related occupations
Bicycle mechanic
Level 2: intermediate · Typically 18 months · ST0622
Leads to: Metal working production and maintenance fitters and technicians
Bookbinder
Level 2: intermediate · Typically 24 months · ST0469
Leads to: Print finishing and binding workers
Bricklayer
Level 2: intermediate · Typically 24 months · ST0095
Leads to: Bricklayers
Butcher
Level 2: intermediate · Typically 18 months · ST0078
Leads to: Butchers
Carpentry and joinery
Level 2: intermediate · Typically 24 months · ST0264
Leads to: Carpenters and joiners
Cleaning hygiene operative
Level 2: intermediate · Typically 12 months · ST0843
Leads to: Cleaners and domestics
Commercial laundry operative
Level 2: intermediate · Typically 12 months · ST0604
Leads to: Launderers, dry cleaners and pressers
Commis chef
Level 2: intermediate · Typically 12 months · ST0228
Leads to: Chefs
Community activator coach
Level 2: intermediate · Typically 18 months · ST0478
Leads to: Youth and community workers
Construction assembly and installation operative
Level 2: intermediate · Typically 18 months · ST0265
Construction equipment maintenance mechanic
Level 2: intermediate · Typically 24 months · ST0805
Leads to: Metal working production and maintenance fitters and technicians
Construction plant operative
Level 2: intermediate · Typically 15 months · ST0736
Countryside worker
Level 2: intermediate · Typically 12 months · ST0408
Leads to: Conservation professionals
Credit controller and collector
Level 2: intermediate · Typically 12 months · ST0176
Leads to: Debt, rent and other cash collectors
Customer service practitioner
Level 2: intermediate · Typically 12 months · ST0072
Demolition operative
Level 2: intermediate · Typically 24 months · ST0615
Dual fuel smart meter installer
Level 2: intermediate · Typically 8 months · ST0158
Leads to: Plumbers and heating and ventilating installers and repairers
Early years practitioner
Level 2: intermediate · Typically 12 months · ST0888
Leads to: Early education and childcare practitioners
Engineering operative
Level 2: intermediate · Typically 12 months · ST0537
Leads to: Metal machining setters and setter-operators
Equine groom
Level 2: intermediate · Typically 12 months · ST0166
Express delivery operative
Level 2: intermediate · Typically 12 months · ST0103
Leads to: Delivery drivers and couriers
Facilities services operative
Level 2: intermediate · Typically 12 months · ST0617
Fencing installer
Level 2: intermediate · Typically 18 months · ST0366
Fenestration fabricator
Level 2: intermediate · Typically 18 months · ST0744
Leads to: Glaziers, window fabricators and fitters
Fenestration installer
Level 2: intermediate · Typically 18 months · ST0743
Leads to: Glaziers, window fabricators and fitters
Fisher
Level 2: intermediate · Typically 18 months · ST0952
Fishmonger
Level 2: intermediate · Typically 18 months · ST0194
Leads to: Fishmongers and poultry dressers
Floorlayer - textile and resilient
Level 2: intermediate · Typically 30 months · ST0504
Leads to: Floorers and wall tilers
Florist
Level 2: intermediate · Typically 24 months · ST0538
Leads to: Florists
Food and drink process operator
Level 2: intermediate · Typically 12 months · ST0199
Leads to: Food, drink and tobacco process operatives
Footwear manufacturer
Level 2: intermediate · Typically 15 months · ST0202
Leads to: Footwear and leather working trades
Formworker
Level 2: intermediate · Typically 18 months · ST0461
Leads to: Construction and building trades supervisors
Funeral team member
Level 2: intermediate · Typically 12 months · ST0594
Leads to: Undertakers, mortuary and crematorium assistants
Furniture manufacturer
Level 2: intermediate · Typically 24 months · ST0203
Leads to: Furniture makers and other craft woodworkers
Gas network operative
Level 2: intermediate · Typically 24 months · ST0204
Leads to: Chemical and related process operatives
General farm worker
Level 2: intermediate · Typically 18 months · ST0937
Leads to: Farm workers
Golf greenkeeper
Level 2: intermediate · Typically 24 months · ST0209
Leads to: Groundsmen and greenkeepers
Groundworker
Level 2: intermediate · Typically 18 months · ST0513
Leads to: Groundworkers
Hairdressing professional
Level 2: intermediate · Typically 24 months · ST0213
Leads to: Hairdressers and barbers
Healthcare science assistant
Level 2: intermediate · Typically 14 months · ST0218
Leads to: Laboratory technicians
Healthcare support worker
Level 2: intermediate · Typically 8 months · ST0216
Leads to: Nursing auxiliaries and assistants
Highway electrical maintenance and installation operative
Level 2: intermediate · Typically 24 months · ST0051
Leads to: Electricians and electrical fitters
Highways maintenance skilled operative
Level 2: intermediate · Typically 18 months · ST0053
Leads to: Road construction operatives
Hire controller (plant, tools and equipment)
Level 2: intermediate · Typically 12 months · ST0269
HM forces serviceperson (protective services)
Level 2: intermediate · Typically 12 months · ST0222
Leads to: Non-commissioned officers and other ranks
Horticulture or landscape construction operative
Level 2: intermediate · Typically 24 months · ST0225
Leads to: Gardeners and landscape gardeners
Housing and property management assistant
Level 2: intermediate · Typically 12 months · ST0235
Leads to: Estate agents and auctioneers
Interior systems installer
Level 2: intermediate · Typically 24 months · ST0388
Junior estate agent
Level 2: intermediate · Typically 12 months · ST0329
Leads to: Estate agents and auctioneers
Large goods vehicle (LGV) driver C + E
Level 2: intermediate · Typically 13 months · ST0257
Leads to: Heavy and large goods vehicle drivers
Lean manufacturing operative
Level 2: intermediate · Typically 12 months · ST0420
Leather craftsperson
Level 2: intermediate · Typically 15 months · ST0460
Leads to: Footwear and leather working trades
Leisure team member
Level 2: intermediate · Typically 18 months · ST0390
Leads to: Sports and leisure assistants
Lifting technician
Level 2: intermediate · Typically 24 months · ST0267
Leads to: Crane drivers
Marina and boatyard operative
Level 2: intermediate · Typically 18 months · ST0592
Leads to: Marine and waterways transport operatives
Maritime mechanical and electrical mechanic
Level 2: intermediate · Typically 18 months · ST0276
Leads to: Boat and ship builders and repairers
Material cutter
Level 2: intermediate · Typically 12 months · ST0899
Leads to: Tailors and dressmakers
Material processing plant operator
Level 2: intermediate · Typically 18 months · ST0144
Metal recycling general operative
Level 2: intermediate · Typically 12 months · ST0507
Leads to: Refuse and salvage occupations
Mineral and construction product sampling and testing operations
Level 2: intermediate · Typically 14 months · ST0511
Leads to: Routine inspectors and testers
Nail services technician
Level 2: intermediate · Typically 12 months · ST0635
Leads to: Beauticians and related occupations
Non-destructive testing (NDT) operator
Level 2: intermediate · Typically 18 months · ST0358
Leads to: Routine inspectors and testers
Nuclear health physics monitor
Level 2: intermediate · Typically 24 months · ST0290
Leads to: Laboratory technicians
Nuclear operative
Level 2: intermediate · Typically 24 months · ST0291
Leads to: Energy plant operatives
Painter and decorator
Level 2: intermediate · Typically 24 months · ST0295
Leads to: Painters and decorators
Passenger transport driver - bus and coach or tram
Level 2: intermediate · Typically 12 months · ST0338
Leads to: Bus and coach drivers
Passenger transport operative
Level 2: intermediate · Typically 12 months · ST0339
Leads to: Rail travel assistants
Pharmacy services assistant
Level 2: intermediate · Typically 12 months · ST0299
Leads to: Pharmacy and optical dispensing assistants
Piling attendant
Level 2: intermediate · Typically 18 months · ST0268
Plasterer
Level 2: intermediate · Typically 24 months · ST0096
Leads to: Plasterers
Port operative
Level 2: intermediate · Typically 12 months · ST0307
Poultry worker
Level 2: intermediate · Typically 12 months · ST0389
Leads to: Farm workers
Powered pedestrian door installer and service engineer
Level 2: intermediate · Typically 24 months · ST0373
Leads to: Metal working production and maintenance fitters and technicians
Production chef
Level 2: intermediate · Typically 12 months · ST0589
Leads to: Chefs
Rail engineering operative
Level 2: intermediate · Typically 15 months · ST0317
Leads to: Engineering technicians
Retailer
Level 2: intermediate · Typically 14 months · ST0327
Leads to: Sales and retail assistants
Road surfacing operative
Level 2: intermediate · Typically 15 months · ST0693
Leads to: Road construction operatives
Roofer
Level 2: intermediate · Typically 24 months · ST0270
Leads to: Roofers, roof tilers and slaters
Scaffolder
Level 2: intermediate · Typically 18 months · ST0359
Leads to: Scaffolders, stagers and riggers
Science manufacturing process operative
Level 2: intermediate · Typically 18 months · ST0422
Leads to: Chemical and related process operatives
Seafarer (deck rating)
Level 2: intermediate · Typically 18 months · ST0274
Leads to: Marine and waterways transport operatives
Sewing machinist
Level 2: intermediate · Typically 15 months · ST0549
Leads to: Sewing machinists
Sports turf operative
Level 2: intermediate · Typically 18 months · ST0210
Leads to: Groundsmen and greenkeepers
Stairlift, platform lift, service lift electromechanic
Level 2: intermediate · Typically 24 months · ST0251
Leads to: Metal working production and maintenance fitters and technicians
Steel fixer
Level 2: intermediate · Typically 18 months · ST0271
Stonemason
Level 2: intermediate · Typically 24 months · ST0442
Leads to: Stonemasons and related trades
Supply chain warehouse operative
Level 2: intermediate · Typically 12 months · ST0259
Leads to: Warehouse operatives
Telecoms field operative
Level 2: intermediate · Typically 15 months · ST0832
Leads to: Telecoms and related network installers and repairers
Textile manufacturing operative
Level 2: intermediate · Typically 18 months · ST0458
Leads to: Textile process operatives
Trade supplier
Level 2: intermediate · Typically 12 months · ST0334
Leads to: Business sales executives
Tramway construction operative
Level 2: intermediate · Typically 18 months · ST0669
Underkeeper
Level 2: intermediate · Typically 18 months · ST0412
Wall and floor tiler
Level 2: intermediate · Typically 30 months · ST0368
Leads to: Floorers and wall tilers
Water network operative
Level 2: intermediate · Typically 18 months · ST0898
Water process operative
Level 2: intermediate · Typically 18 months · ST0876
Leads to: Water and sewerage plant operatives
Welder
Level 2: intermediate · Typically 18 months · ST0349
Leads to: Welding trades
Wireless communications rigger
Level 2: intermediate · Typically 18 months · ST0616
Leads to: Telecoms and related network installers and repairers
Wood product manufacturing operative
Level 2: intermediate · Typically 24 months · ST0531
Leads to: Paper and wood machine operatives
Level 3: advanced
Accident repair technician
Level 3: advanced · Typically 33 months · ST0352
Leads to: Vehicle body builders and repairers
Advanced and creative hair professional
Level 3: advanced · Typically 12 months · ST0214
Leads to: Hairdressers and barbers
Advanced beauty therapist
Level 3: advanced · Typically 18 months · ST0211
Leads to: Beauticians and related occupations
Advanced butcher
Level 3: advanced · Typically 18 months · ST0077
Leads to: Butchers
Advanced furniture CNC technician
Level 3: advanced · Typically 24 months · ST0655
Leads to: Furniture makers and other craft woodworkers
Advanced upholsterer
Level 3: advanced · Typically 24 months · ST0656
Leads to: Upholsterers
Advertising and media executive
Level 3: advanced · Typically 18 months · ST0644
Leads to: Advertising and marketing associate professionals
Ambulance support worker (emergency, urgent and non-urgent)
Level 3: advanced · Typically 13 months · ST0627
Leads to: Ambulance staff (excluding paramedics)
Archaeological technician
Level 3: advanced · Typically 12 months · ST0221
Leads to: Social and humanities scientists
Assistant accountant
Level 3: advanced · Typically 15 months · ST0002
Leads to: Book-keepers, payroll managers and wages clerks
Assistant puppet maker
Level 3: advanced · Typically 18 months · ST0476
Automotive glazing technician
Level 3: advanced · Typically 18 months · ST0031
Leads to: Tyre, exhaust and windscreen fitters
Aviation ground specialist
Level 3: advanced · Typically 18 months · ST0038
Leads to: Air transport operatives
Bespoke furniture maker
Level 3: advanced · Typically 24 months · ST0639
Leads to: Furniture makers and other craft woodworkers
Bespoke saddler
Level 3: advanced · Typically 24 months · ST0328
Leads to: Footwear and leather working trades
Bid and proposal co-ordinator
Level 3: advanced · Typically 24 months · ST0056
Leads to: Business sales executives
Blacksmith
Level 3: advanced · Typically 48 months · ST0378
Leads to: Metal plate workers, smiths, moulders and related occupations
Boatbuilder
Level 3: advanced · Typically 42 months · ST0059
Leads to: Boat and ship builders and repairers
Boatmaster
Level 3: advanced · Typically 24 months · ST0621
Leads to: Ship and hovercraft officers
Broadcast and media systems technical operator
Level 3: advanced · Typically 22 months · ST0424
Leads to: Photographers, audio-visual and broadcasting equipment operators
Building services engineering technician 2022
Level 3: advanced · Typically 32 months · ST0063
Leads to: Building and civil engineering technicians
Bus and coach engineering technician
Level 3: advanced · Typically 36 months · ST0067
Leads to: Vehicle technicians, mechanics and electricians
Business administrator
Level 3: advanced · Typically 18 months · ST0070
Cabin crew
Level 3: advanced · Typically 12 months · ST0558
Leads to: Air travel assistants
Camera prep technician
Level 3: advanced · Typically 24 months · ST0900
Leads to: Photographers, audio-visual and broadcasting equipment operators
Chef de partie
Level 3: advanced · Typically 18 months · ST0227
Leads to: Chefs
Civil engineering technician
Level 3: advanced · Typically 36 months · ST0091
Leads to: Building and civil engineering technicians
Clinical coder
Level 3: advanced · Typically 18 months · ST0535
Clock maker
Level 3: advanced · Typically 24 months · ST0447
Leads to: Precision instrument makers and repairers
Community fire safety advisor
Level 3: advanced · Typically 12 months · ST0593
Leads to: Health and safety managers and officers
Community health and wellbeing worker
Level 3: advanced · Typically 12 months · ST0958
Community sport and health officer
Level 3: advanced · Typically 16 months · ST0093
Leads to: Youth and community workers
Compliance and risk officer
Level 3: advanced · Typically 15 months · ST0362
Leads to: Legal associate professionals
Composites technician
Level 3: advanced · Typically 36 months · ST0094
Compressed air and vacuum technician
Level 3: advanced · Typically 36 months · ST0817
Leads to: Engineering technicians
Content creator
Level 3: advanced · Typically 15 months · ST0105
Leads to: Arts officers, producers and directors
Costume technician - stage and screen
Level 3: advanced · Typically 15 months · ST0783
Leads to: Tailors and dressmakers
Craft carpentry and joinery
Level 3: advanced · Typically 15 months · ST0263
Leads to: Carpenters and joiners
Crop technician
Level 3: advanced · Typically 24 months · ST0018
Leads to: Farmers
Cultural learning and participation officer
Level 3: advanced · Typically 15 months · ST0396
Leads to: Youth and community workers
Curtain wall installer
Level 3: advanced · Typically 30 months · ST0802
Custody and detention professional
Level 3: advanced · Typically 12 months · ST0386
Leads to: Prison service officers (below principal officer)
Customer service specialist
Level 3: advanced · Typically 15 months · ST0071
Cyber security technician
Level 3: advanced · Typically 18 months · ST0865
Leads to: IT technicians
Data technician
Level 3: advanced · Typically 24 months · ST0795
Leads to: Data analysts
Digital engineering technician
Level 3: advanced · Typically 36 months · ST0266
Leads to: Computer system and equipment installers and servicers
Digital support technician
Level 3: advanced · Typically 15 months · ST0120
Leads to: IT user support technicians
Drinks dispense technician
Level 3: advanced · Typically 18 months · ST0752
Leads to: Air-conditioning and refrigeration installers and repairers
Early years educator
Level 3: advanced · Typically 18 months · ST0135
Leads to: Early education and childcare practitioners
Education technician (he assistant technician and simulation-based technician)
Level 3: advanced · Typically 24 months · ST0666
Electrical, electronic product service and installation engineer
Level 3: advanced · Typically 36 months · ST0150
Leads to: Electrical service and maintenance mechanics and repairers
Emergency contact handler
Level 3: advanced · Typically 12 months · ST0483
Leads to: Communication operators
Energy manager
Level 3: advanced · Typically 24 months · ST0161
Leads to: Environment professionals
Engineering construction erector rigger
Level 3: advanced · Typically 36 months · ST0433
Leads to: Steel erectors
Engineering construction pipefitter
Level 3: advanced · Typically 36 months · ST0162
Leads to: Pipe fitters
Engineering design technician
Level 3: advanced · Typically 42 months · ST0164
Leads to: CAD, drawing and architectural technicians
Event assistant
Level 3: advanced · Typically 18 months · ST0168
Leads to: Events managers and organisers
Facilities management supervisor
Level 3: advanced · Typically 18 months · ST0170
Leads to: Office supervisors
Fall protection technician
Level 3: advanced · Typically 12 months · ST0614
Leads to: Building and civil engineering technicians
Farrier
Level 3: advanced · Typically 42 months · ST0172
Leads to: Metal plate workers, smiths, moulders and related occupations
Fashion and textiles pattern cutter
Level 3: advanced · Typically 22 months · ST0541
Financial services administrator
Level 3: advanced · Typically 12 months · ST0177
Leads to: Financial accounts managers
Financial services customer adviser
Level 3: advanced · Typically 18 months · ST0185
Leads to: Finance and investment analysts and advisers
Fire emergency and security systems technician
Level 3: advanced · Typically 36 months · ST0189
Leads to: Security system installers and repairers
Fire safety advisor
Level 3: advanced · Typically 18 months · ST0188
Leads to: Health and safety managers and officers
Fitted furniture design technician
Level 3: advanced · Typically 18 months · ST0654
Leads to: Interior designers
Food and drink technical operator
Level 3: advanced · Typically 30 months · ST0196
Leads to: Food, drink and tobacco process operatives
Food industry technologist
Level 3: advanced · Typically 24 months · ST0198
Fundraiser
Level 3: advanced · Typically 18 months · ST0887
Leads to: Advertising and marketing associate professionals
Funeral director
Level 3: advanced · Typically 12 months · ST0584
Leads to: Undertakers, mortuary and crematorium assistants
Garment maker
Level 3: advanced · Typically 24 months · ST0846
Leads to: Tailors and dressmakers
Gas engineering operative
Level 3: advanced · Typically 18 months · ST0155
Leads to: Plumbers and heating and ventilating installers and repairers
Gas network craftsperson
Level 3: advanced · Typically 48 months · ST0205
Leads to: Civil engineers
Geospatial survey technician
Level 3: advanced · Typically 24 months · ST0491
Leads to: Chartered surveyors
Heritage engineering technician
Level 3: advanced · Typically 42 months · ST0571
Leads to: Engineering technicians
Highways electrician or service operative
Level 3: advanced · Typically 24 months · ST0052
Leads to: Electricians and electrical fitters
Horticulture or landscaping supervisor
Level 3: advanced · Typically 30 months · ST0226
Leads to: Gardeners and landscape gardeners
Hospitality supervisor
Level 3: advanced · Typically 12 months · ST0230
Leads to: Events managers and organisers
Housing and property management
Level 3: advanced · Typically 18 months · ST0234
Leads to: Property, housing and estate managers
HR support
Level 3: advanced · Typically 18 months · ST0239
Leads to: Human resources and industrial relations officers
Improvement technician
Level 3: advanced · Typically 14 months · ST0193
Leads to: Management consultants and business analysts
Information communications technician
Level 3: advanced · Typically 18 months · ST0973
Leads to: IT user support technicians
Installation and maintenance electrician
Level 3: advanced · Typically 54 months · ST0152
Leads to: Electricians and electrical fitters
Insurance practitioner
Level 3: advanced · Typically 12 months · ST0240
Leads to: Pensions and insurance clerks and assistants
International freight forwarding specialist
Level 3: advanced · Typically 18 months · ST0539
Leads to: Transport and distribution clerks and assistants
IT solutions technician
Level 3: advanced · Typically 18 months · ST0505
Leads to: IT technicians
IT technical salesperson
Level 3: advanced · Typically 12 months · ST0115
Leads to: Business sales executives
Jewellery, silversmithing, and allied trades professional
Level 3: advanced · Typically 36 months · ST0439
Junior advertising creative
Level 3: advanced · Typically 18 months · ST0925
Leads to: Advertising accounts managers and creative directors
Keeper and aquarist
Level 3: advanced · Typically 24 months · ST0789
Knitted product manufacturing technician
Level 3: advanced · Typically 24 months · ST0910
Laboratory technician
Level 3: advanced · Typically 24 months · ST0248
Leads to: Laboratory technicians
Landscape technician
Level 3: advanced · Typically 24 months · ST0741
Leads to: Gardeners and landscape gardeners
Lead adult care worker
Level 3: advanced · Typically 18 months · ST0006
Leads to: Care workers and home carers
Learning and development practitioner
Level 3: advanced · Typically 18 months · ST0562
Leads to: Other vocational and industrial trainers
Leisure duty manager
Level 3: advanced · Typically 18 months · ST0301
Leads to: Sports and leisure assistants
Library, information and archive services assistant
Level 3: advanced · Typically 18 months · ST0664
Leads to: Library clerks and assistants
Lift truck and powered access engineering technician
Level 3: advanced · Typically 36 months · ST0387
Leads to: Engineering technicians
Livestock unit technician
Level 3: advanced · Typically 18 months · ST0938
Leads to: Farmers
Marine electrician
Level 3: advanced · Typically 42 months · ST0808
Leads to: Electricians and electrical fitters
Marine engineer
Level 3: advanced · Typically 42 months · ST0364
Leads to: Boat and ship builders and repairers
Metal casting, foundry and patternmaking technician
Level 3: advanced · Typically 27 months · ST0566
Leads to: Metal making and treating process operatives
Metrology technician
Level 3: advanced · Typically 36 months · ST0282
Leads to: Laboratory technicians
Military engineering construction technician
Level 3: advanced · Typically 18 months · ST0414
Mortgage adviser
Level 3: advanced · Typically 12 months · ST0182
Leads to: Finance and investment analysts and advisers
Motor finance specialist
Level 3: advanced · Typically 24 months · ST0474
Leads to: Vehicle and parts salespersons and advisers
Motorcycle technician (repair and maintenance)
Level 3: advanced · Typically 36 months · ST0376
Leads to: Vehicle technicians, mechanics and electricians
Network cable installer
Level 3: advanced · Typically 15 months · ST0485
Leads to: Telecoms and related network installers and repairers
Non-destructive technologies technician
Level 3: advanced · Typically 24 months · ST0288
Leads to: Quality assurance technicians
Operational firefighter
Level 3: advanced · Typically 24 months · ST0486
Leads to: Fire service officers (watch manager and below)
Organ builder
Level 3: advanced · Typically 36 months · ST0382
Outdoor activity instructor
Level 3: advanced · Typically 12 months · ST0479
Leads to: Sports coaches, instructors and officials
Paralegal
Level 3: advanced · Typically 24 months · ST0245
Payroll administrator
Level 3: advanced · Typically 18 months · ST0073
Leads to: Book-keepers, payroll managers and wages clerks
Pensions administrator
Level 3: advanced · Typically 18 months · ST0187
Leads to: Pensions and insurance clerks and assistants
Personal trainer
Level 3: advanced · Typically 15 months · ST0302
Leads to: Fitness and wellbeing instructors
Pharmacy technician (integrated)
Level 3: advanced · Typically 24 months · ST0300
Leads to: Pharmaceutical technicians
Pipe welder
Level 3: advanced · Typically 48 months · ST0851
Leads to: Welding trades
Plate welder
Level 3: advanced · Typically 36 months · ST0852
Leads to: Welding trades
Plumbing and domestic heating technician
Level 3: advanced · Typically 48 months · ST0303
Leads to: Plumbers and heating and ventilating installers and repairers
Poultry technician
Level 3: advanced · Typically 18 months · ST0467
Leads to: Farm workers
Print technician
Level 3: advanced · Typically 36 months · ST0309
Leads to: Printers
Probation service practitioner
Level 3: advanced · Typically 18 months · ST0494
Procurement and supply assistant
Level 3: advanced · Typically 18 months · ST0810
Leads to: Buyers and procurement officers
Production assistant - screen and audio
Level 3: advanced · Typically 9 months · ST0341
Leads to: Arts officers, producers and directors
Project controls technician
Level 3: advanced · Typically 36 months · ST0163
Leads to: Planning, process and production technicians
Props technician
Level 3: advanced · Typically 18 months · ST0174
Prosthetic and orthotic technician
Level 3: advanced · Typically 18 months · ST0632
Leads to: Medical and dental technicians
Public sector compliance investigator and officer
Level 3: advanced · Typically 18 months · ST0708
Leads to: Quality assurance and regulatory professionals
Public service operational delivery officer
Level 3: advanced · Typically 12 months · ST0314
Leads to: National government administrative occupations
Radio network technician
Level 3: advanced · Typically 24 months · ST0757
Leads to: IT technicians
Refrigeration air conditioning and heat pump engineering technician
Level 3: advanced · Typically 36 months · ST0322
Leads to: Air-conditioning and refrigeration installers and repairers
Safety, health and environment technician
Level 3: advanced · Typically 24 months · ST0550
Leads to: Health and safety managers and officers
Security first line manager
Level 3: advanced · Typically 18 months · ST0330
Senior credit controller and debt collection specialist
Level 3: advanced · Typically 18 months · ST0175
Leads to: Credit controllers
Senior equine groom
Level 3: advanced · Typically 18 months · ST0167
Senior healthcare support worker
Level 3: advanced · Typically 24 months · ST0217
Leads to: Nursing auxiliaries and assistants
Senior production chef
Level 3: advanced · Typically 12 months · ST0232
Leads to: Chefs
Small commercial vessel crewmember
Level 3: advanced · Typically 24 months · ST0400
Leads to: Ship and hovercraft officers
Smart home technician
Level 3: advanced · Typically 18 months · ST0464
Software development technician
Level 3: advanced · Typically 18 months · ST0128
Leads to: Programmers and software development professionals
Spectacle technician
Level 3: advanced · Typically 18 months · ST0383
Leads to: Plastics process operatives
Sporting excellence professional
Level 3: advanced · Typically 18 months · ST0524
Leads to: Sports players
Supply chain practitioner (fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG))
Level 3: advanced · Typically 30 months · ST0201
Leads to: Stock control clerks and assistants
Surveying technician
Level 3: advanced · Typically 24 months · ST0332
Leads to: Building and civil engineering technicians
Survival equipment fitter
Level 3: advanced · Typically 36 months · ST0015
Leads to: Non-commissioned officers and other ranks
Teaching assistant
Level 3: advanced · Typically 18 months · ST0454
Leads to: Teaching assistants
Team leader
Level 3: advanced · Typically 15 months · ST0384
Train driver
Level 3: advanced · Typically 12 months · ST0645
Leads to: Train and tram drivers
Transport and warehouse operations supervisor
Level 3: advanced · Typically 12 months · ST0647
Leads to: Transport and distribution clerks and assistants
Transport planning technician
Level 3: advanced · Typically 30 months · ST0336
Leads to: Construction project managers and related professionals
Travel consultant
Level 3: advanced · Typically 12 months · ST0340
Leads to: Travel agents
Vehicle damage mechanical, electrical and trim (MET) technician
Level 3: advanced · Typically 36 months · ST0405
Leads to: Vehicle technicians, mechanics and electricians
Vehicle damage paint technician
Level 3: advanced · Typically 36 months · ST0448
Leads to: Vehicle paint technicians
Vehicle damage panel technician
Level 3: advanced · Typically 36 months · ST0403
Leads to: Vehicle paint technicians
Veterinary nurse
Level 3: advanced · Typically 30 months · ST0343
Leads to: Veterinary nurses
Watchmaker
Level 3: advanced · Typically 24 months · ST0395
Leads to: Precision instrument makers and repairers
Water environment worker
Level 3: advanced · Typically 18 months · ST0767
Leads to: Environment professionals
Water treatment technician
Level 3: advanced · Typically 24 months · ST0453
Leads to: Water and sewerage plant operatives
Wellbeing and holistic therapist
Level 3: advanced · Typically 20 months · ST0685
Leads to: Complementary health associate professionals
Youth support worker
Level 3: advanced · Typically 18 months · ST0906
Leads to: Youth and community workers
Level 4: higher
Actuarial technician
Level 4: higher · Typically 24 months · ST0004
Leads to: Actuaries, economists and statisticians
Asset manager
Level 4: higher · Typically 18 months · ST0861
Assistant recording technician
Level 4: higher · Typically 24 months · ST0944
Leads to: Photographers, audio-visual and broadcasting equipment operators
Associate ambulance practitioner
Level 4: higher · Typically 18 months · ST0287
Leads to: Ambulance staff (excluding paramedics)
Associate project manager
Level 4: higher · Typically 18 months · ST0310
Leads to: Business and financial project management professionals
Automation and controls engineering technician
Level 4: higher · Typically 48 months · ST0662
Leads to: Electronics engineers (professional)
Aviation operations manager
Level 4: higher · Typically 18 months · ST0039
Leads to: Managers in transport and distribution
BEMS (building energy management systems) controls engineer
Level 4: higher · Typically 36 months · ST0629
Leads to: Plumbers and heating and ventilating installers and repairers
Brewer
Level 4: higher · Typically 18 months · ST0580
Leads to: Food, drink and tobacco process operatives
Business analyst
Level 4: higher · Typically 18 months · ST0117
Leads to: Management consultants and business analysts
Buying and merchandising assistant
Level 4: higher · Typically 18 months · ST0683
Leads to: Merchandisers
Children, young people and families practitioner
Level 4: higher · Typically 24 months · ST0088
Community energy specialist
Level 4: higher · Typically 24 months · ST0092
Construction design and build technician
Level 4: higher · Typically 36 months · ST0043
Leads to: Production managers and directors in construction
Construction site supervisor
Level 4: higher · Typically 36 months · ST0048
Leads to: Construction and building trades supervisors
Counter fraud investigator
Level 4: higher · Typically 24 months · ST0747
Countryside ranger
Level 4: higher · Typically 26 months · ST0926
Data analyst
Level 4: higher · Typically 24 months · ST0118
Leads to: IT business analysts, architects and systems designers
DevOps engineer
Level 4: higher · Typically 24 months · ST0825
Leads to: Programmers and software development professionals
Digital accessibility specialist
Level 4: higher · Typically 24 months · ST0863
Leads to: IT business analysts, architects and systems designers
Digital community manager
Level 4: higher · Typically 24 months · ST0345
Leads to: Public relations professionals
Early intervention practitioner
Level 4: higher · Typically 18 months · ST0868
Electrical power networks engineer
Level 4: higher · Typically 30 months · ST0475
Leads to: Electrical engineers
Electrical power protection and plant commissioning engineer
Level 4: higher · Typically 36 months · ST0157
Leads to: Electrical engineers
Employability practitioner
Level 4: higher · Typically 24 months · ST0663
Leads to: Human resources and industrial relations officers
Engineer surveyor
Level 4: higher · Typically 24 months · ST0847
Leads to: Inspectors of standards and regulations
Facilities manager
Level 4: higher · Typically 24 months · ST0484
Leads to: Property, housing and estate managers
Fashion and textiles product technologist
Level 4: higher · Typically 22 months · ST0540
Fire safety inspector
Level 4: higher · Typically 24 months · ST0746
Leads to: Fire service officers (watch manager and below)
Historic environment advice assistant
Level 4: higher · Typically 24 months · ST0749
Leads to: Environment professionals
Hospitality manager
Level 4: higher · Typically 18 months · ST0229
Leads to: Events managers and organisers
Hygiene specialist
Level 4: higher · Typically 24 months · ST0873
Improvement practitioner
Level 4: higher · Typically 14 months · ST0192
Leads to: Management consultants and business analysts
Information manager
Level 4: higher · Typically 24 months · ST0762
Leads to: IT managers
Insurance professional
Level 4: higher · Typically 24 months · ST0241
Leads to: Finance and investment analysts and advisers
Intelligence analyst
Level 4: higher · Typically 18 months · ST0516
Leads to: Business and related research professionals
Internal audit practitioner
Level 4: higher · Typically 18 months · ST0587
Leads to: Chartered and certified accountants
Investment operations specialist
Level 4: higher · Typically 18 months · ST0180
Leads to: Finance and investment analysts and advisers
Junior animator
Level 4: higher · Typically 18 months · ST0488
Leads to: Graphic and multimedia designers
Junior management consultant
Level 4: higher · Typically 24 months · ST0273
Leads to: Management consultants and business analysts
Junior production coordinator
Level 4: higher · Typically 18 months · ST0792
Leads to: Arts officers, producers and directors
Land referencer
Level 4: higher · Typically 30 months · ST0877
Leads to: Legal associate professionals
Lead practitioner in adult care
Level 4: higher · Typically 18 months · ST0007
Leads to: Care workers and home carers
Mammography associate
Level 4: higher · Typically 12 months · ST0583
Leads to: Medical and dental technicians
Market research executive
Level 4: higher · Typically 18 months · ST0883
Leads to: Business and related research professionals
Marketing executive
Level 4: higher · Typically 15 months · ST0596
Leads to: Advertising and marketing associate professionals
Network engineer
Level 4: higher · Typically 24 months · ST0127
Leads to: IT network professionals
Non home office police officer
Level 4: higher · Typically 24 months · ST0764
Leads to: Police officers (sergeant and below)
Nuclear welding inspection technician
Level 4: higher · Typically 48 months · ST0292
Leads to: Inspectors of standards and regulations
Oral health practitioner
Level 4: higher · Typically 14 months · ST0542
Leads to: Medical and dental technicians
Ordnance munitions explosives technician
Level 4: higher · Typically 30 months · ST0833
Passenger transport operations manager
Level 4: higher · Typically 18 months · ST0337
Leads to: Managers in transport and distribution
Police community support officer
Level 4: higher · Typically 12 months · ST0509
Leads to: Police community support officers
Policy officer
Level 4: higher · Typically 18 months · ST0526
Port marine operations officer
Level 4: higher · Typically 24 months · ST0428
Post production technical operator
Level 4: higher · Typically 12 months · ST0696
Leads to: Photographers, audio-visual and broadcasting equipment operators
Process leader
Level 4: higher · Typically 24 months · ST0695
Leads to: Production and process engineers
Procurement and supply chain practitioner
Level 4: higher · Typically 18 months · ST0313
Leads to: Buyers and procurement officers
Professional accounting technician
Level 4: higher · Typically 18 months · ST0003
Leads to: Financial and accounting technicians
Public relations and communications assistant
Level 4: higher · Typically 14 months · ST0311
Leads to: Public relations professionals
Quality practitioner
Level 4: higher · Typically 14 months · ST0853
Leads to: Quality assurance and regulatory professionals
Regulatory compliance officer
Level 4: higher · Typically 24 months · ST0430
Leads to: Quality assurance and regulatory professionals
Retail manager
Level 4: higher · Typically 12 months · ST0325
Leads to: Managers and directors in retail and wholesale
Revenues and welfare benefits practitioner
Level 4: higher · Typically 12 months · ST0602
Sales executive
Level 4: higher · Typically 18 months · ST0572
Leads to: Business sales executives
School business professional
Level 4: higher · Typically 18 months · ST0575
Leads to: Education managers
Senior housing and property management
Level 4: higher · Typically 18 months · ST0236
Leads to: Property, housing and estate managers
Software developer
Level 4: higher · Typically 24 months · ST0116
Leads to: Programmers and software development professionals
Software tester
Level 4: higher · Typically 24 months · ST0129
Leads to: IT quality and testing professionals
Specialist rescue operative
Level 4: higher · Typically 18 months · ST0487
Sports coach
Level 4: higher · Typically 18 months · ST0770
Leads to: Sports coaches, instructors and officials
Stained glass craftsperson
Level 4: higher · Typically 36 months · ST0912
Leads to: Glaziers, window fabricators and fitters
Textile technical specialist
Level 4: higher · Typically 24 months · ST0581
Town planning assistant
Level 4: higher · Typically 24 months · ST0936
Leads to: CAD, drawing and architectural technicians
Trade union official
Level 4: higher · Typically 18 months · ST0815
Leads to: Officers of non-governmental organisations
Vehicle damage assessor
Level 4: higher · Typically 36 months · ST0406
Leads to: Estimators, valuers and assessors
Level 5: higher
Air traffic controller
Level 5: higher · Typically 15 months · ST0595
Leads to: Aircraft pilots and air traffic controllers
Assistant practitioner (health)
Level 5: higher · Typically 24 months · ST0215
Associate continuing healthcare practitioner
Level 5: higher · Typically 24 months · ST0786
Bespoke cutter and tailor
Level 5: higher · Typically 24 months · ST0055
Leads to: Tailors and dressmakers
Children, young people and families manager
Level 5: higher · Typically 24 months · ST0087
Leads to: Residential, day and domiciliary care managers and proprietors
Coaching professional
Level 5: higher · Typically 14 months · ST0809
Leads to: Other vocational and industrial trainers
Dairy technologist
Level 5: higher · Typically 36 months · ST0393
Early years lead practitioner
Level 5: higher · Typically 24 months · ST0551
Leads to: Nursery education teaching professionals
Food and drink engineer
Level 5: higher · Typically 36 months · ST0624
Leads to: Mechanical engineers (professional)
Golf course manager
Level 5: higher · Typically 36 months · ST0208
Leads to: Leisure and sports managers and proprietors
Health play specialist
Level 5: higher · Typically 24 months · ST0829
Leads to: Complementary health associate professionals
Hearing aid dispenser
Level 5: higher · Typically 24 months · ST0600
Leads to: Medical and dental technicians
Horticulture and landscaping technical manager
Level 5: higher · Typically 36 months · ST0924
Leads to: Managers and proprietors in agriculture and horticulture
Leader in adult care
Level 5: higher · Typically 18 months · ST0008
Leads to: Residential, day and domiciliary care managers and proprietors
Learning and development consultant business partner
Level 5: higher · Typically 18 months · ST0563
Leads to: Other vocational and industrial trainers
Learning and skills teacher
Level 5: higher · Typically 18 months · ST0149
Leads to: Other vocational and industrial trainers
Marine pilot
Level 5: higher · Typically 30 months · ST0427
Leads to: Ship and hovercraft officers
Nursing associate (NMC 2018)
Level 5: higher · Typically 24 months · ST0827
Leads to: Nursing auxiliaries and assistants
Operations manager
Level 5: higher · Typically 24 months · ST0385
Payroll assistant manager
Level 5: higher · Typically 24 months · ST0869
Leads to: Book-keepers, payroll managers and wages clerks
People professional
Level 5: higher · Typically 22 months · ST0238
Leads to: Human resources and industrial relations officers
Vision rehabilitation specialist
Level 5: higher · Typically 24 months · ST0431
Youth justice practitioner
Level 5: higher · Typically 25 months · ST0878
Leads to: Probation officers
Level 6: degree apprenticeship (bachelor's)
Aerospace engineer
Level 6: degree apprenticeship (bachelor's) · Typically 48 months · ST0010
Leads to: Aerospace engineers
Architectural assistant (integrated degree)
Level 6: degree apprenticeship (bachelor's) · Typically 48 months · ST0534
Leads to: CAD, drawing and architectural technicians
Assistant buyer and merchandiser
Level 6: degree apprenticeship (bachelor's) · Typically 24 months · ST0668
Leads to: Stock control clerks and assistants
Broadcast and media systems engineer (integrated degree)
Level 6: degree apprenticeship (bachelor's) · Typically 36 months · ST0426
Leads to: Electronics engineers (professional)
Building control surveyor (integrated degree)
Level 6: degree apprenticeship (bachelor's) · Typically 48 months · ST0652
Leads to: Chartered surveyors
Building services engineer
Level 6: degree apprenticeship (bachelor's) · Typically 60 months · ST0372
Leads to: Civil engineers
Career development professional
Level 6: degree apprenticeship (bachelor's) · Typically 24 months · ST0694
Leads to: Careers advisers and vocational guidance specialists
Chartered legal executive
Level 6: degree apprenticeship (bachelor's) · Typically 60 months · ST0244
Chartered manager (degree)
Level 6: degree apprenticeship (bachelor's) · Typically 48 months · ST0272
Chartered surveyor (degree)
Level 6: degree apprenticeship (bachelor's) · Typically 60 months · ST0331
Leads to: Chartered surveyors
Church minister (integrated degree)
Level 6: degree apprenticeship (bachelor's) · Typically 36 months · ST0527
Leads to: Clergy
Civil engineer
Level 6: degree apprenticeship (bachelor's) · Typically 60 months · ST0417
Leads to: Civil engineers
Clinical trials specialist (degree)
Level 6: degree apprenticeship (bachelor's) · Typically 60 months · ST0609
Leads to: Biochemists and biomedical scientists
Construction quantity surveyor (degree)
Level 6: degree apprenticeship (bachelor's) · Typically 36 months · ST0045
Leads to: Quantity surveyors
Construction site management (degree)
Level 6: degree apprenticeship (bachelor's) · Typically 36 months · ST0047
Leads to: Production managers and directors in construction
Creative digital design professional (integrated degree)
Level 6: degree apprenticeship (bachelor's) · Typically 36 months · ST0625
Leads to: Graphic and multimedia designers
Cyber security technical professional (integrated degree)
Level 6: degree apprenticeship (bachelor's) · Typically 48 months · ST0409
Leads to: Cyber security professionals
Data scientist (integrated degree)
Level 6: degree apprenticeship (bachelor's) · Typically 36 months · ST0585
Leads to: IT business analysts, architects and systems designers
Design and construction management (degree)
Level 6: degree apprenticeship (bachelor's) · Typically 48 months · ST0044
Leads to: Production managers and directors in construction
Diagnostic radiographer
Level 6: degree apprenticeship (bachelor's) · Typically 36 months · ST0619
Leads to: Medical radiographers
Dietitian
Level 6: degree apprenticeship (bachelor's) · Typically 48 months · ST0599
Digital marketer (integrated degree)
Level 6: degree apprenticeship (bachelor's) · Typically 36 months · ST0481
Leads to: Advertising and marketing associate professionals
Digital user experience (UX) professional (integrated degree)
Level 6: degree apprenticeship (bachelor's) · Typically 48 months · ST0470
Leads to: IT business analysts, architects and systems designers
Electro-mechanical engineer
Level 6: degree apprenticeship (bachelor's) · Typically 60 months · ST0672
Leads to: Mechanical engineers (professional)
Embedded electronic systems design and development engineer (degree)
Level 6: degree apprenticeship (bachelor's) · Typically 36 months · ST0151
Leads to: Electronics engineers (professional)
Environmental health practitioner (integrated degree)
Level 6: degree apprenticeship (bachelor's) · Typically 48 months · ST0714
Leads to: Environmental health professionals
Environmental practitioner (Degree)
Level 6: degree apprenticeship (bachelor's) · Typically 53 months · ST0778
Leads to: Environment professionals
Express delivery manager (degree)
Level 6: degree apprenticeship (bachelor's) · Typically 36 months · ST0471
Leads to: Managers in transport and distribution
First officer pilot
Level 6: degree apprenticeship (bachelor's) · Typically 24 months · ST0523
Leads to: Aircraft pilots and air traffic controllers
Food and drink advanced engineer (integrated degree)
Level 6: degree apprenticeship (bachelor's) · Typically 60 months · ST0529
Leads to: Mechanical engineers (professional)
Geospatial mapping and science specialist (degree)
Level 6: degree apprenticeship (bachelor's) · Typically 60 months · ST0492
Leads to: Chartered surveyors
Healthcare science practitioner (integrated degree)
Level 6: degree apprenticeship (bachelor's) · Typically 36 months · ST0413
High integrity software engineer
Level 6: degree apprenticeship (bachelor's) · Typically 48 months · ST0013
Leads to: Programmers and software development professionals
Improvement leader
Level 6: degree apprenticeship (bachelor's) · Typically 18 months · ST0556
Leads to: Business and financial project management professionals
Manufacturing manager (integrated degree)
Level 6: degree apprenticeship (bachelor's) · Typically 42 months · ST0515
Leads to: Production managers and directors in manufacturing
Marketing manager
Level 6: degree apprenticeship (bachelor's) · Typically 24 months · ST0612
Leads to: Marketing and commercial managers
Materials science technologist (degree)
Level 6: degree apprenticeship (bachelor's) · Typically 48 months · ST0675
Midwife (2019 NMC standards) (Integrated degree)
Level 6: degree apprenticeship (bachelor's) · Typically 48 months · ST0948
Leads to: Midwifery nurses
Non-destructive testing engineer (degree)
Level 6: degree apprenticeship (bachelor's) · Typically 48 months · ST0369
Leads to: Production and process engineers
Nuclear reactor desk engineer
Level 6: degree apprenticeship (bachelor's) · Typically 30 months · ST0784
Leads to: Production and process engineers
Occupational therapist
Level 6: degree apprenticeship (bachelor's) · Typically 48 months · ST0517
Leads to: Occupational therapists
Operating department practitioner
Level 6: degree apprenticeship (bachelor's) · Typically 48 months · ST0582
Leads to: Registered nurse practitioners
Ordnance munitions and explosives (OME) professional (integrated degree)
Level 6: degree apprenticeship (bachelor's) · Typically 60 months · ST0574
Leads to: Physical scientists
Packaging professional (integrated degree)
Level 6: degree apprenticeship (bachelor's) · Typically 48 months · ST0637
Paramedic
Level 6: degree apprenticeship (bachelor's) · Typically 36 months · ST0567
Leads to: Paramedics
Physiotherapist
Level 6: degree apprenticeship (bachelor's) · Typically 48 months · ST0519
Leads to: Physiotherapists
Podiatrist
Level 6: degree apprenticeship (bachelor's) · Typically 48 months · ST0493
Leads to: Podiatrists
Police constable (integrated degree)
Level 6: degree apprenticeship (bachelor's) · Typically 36 months · ST0304
Leads to: Police officers (sergeant and below)
Professional economist (integrated degree)
Level 6: degree apprenticeship (bachelor's) · Typically 42 months · ST0603
Leads to: Actuaries, economists and statisticians
Project controls professional
Level 6: degree apprenticeship (bachelor's) · Typically 48 months · ST0845
Leads to: Engineering project managers and project engineers
Project manager (integrated degree)
Level 6: degree apprenticeship (bachelor's) · Typically 48 months · ST0411
Leads to: Business and financial project management professionals
Prosthetist and orthotist
Level 6: degree apprenticeship (bachelor's) · Typically 48 months · ST0601
Psychological wellbeing practitioner
Level 6: degree apprenticeship (bachelor's) · Typically 12 months · ST0568
Public health practitioner - integrated degree
Level 6: degree apprenticeship (bachelor's) · Typically 36 months · ST0631
Leads to: Social and humanities scientists
Rail and rail systems senior engineer (integrated degree)
Level 6: degree apprenticeship (bachelor's) · Typically 36 months · ST0496
Leads to: Electrical engineers
Registered nurse degree (NMC 2018)
Level 6: degree apprenticeship (bachelor's) · Typically 48 months · ST0781
Leads to: Other registered nursing professionals
Registrar (creative and cultural)
Level 6: degree apprenticeship (bachelor's) · Typically 36 months · ST0590
Leads to: Archivists, conservators and curators
Retail leadership (integrated degree)
Level 6: degree apprenticeship (bachelor's) · Typically 48 months · ST0547
Leads to: Managers and directors in retail and wholesale
Science industry process and plant engineer (degree)
Level 6: degree apprenticeship (bachelor's) · Typically 60 months · ST0473
Leads to: Production and process engineers
Scientist
Level 6: degree apprenticeship (bachelor's) · Typically 60 months · ST0626
Leads to: Biochemists and biomedical scientists
Senior and head of facilities management (integrated degree)
Level 6: degree apprenticeship (bachelor's) · Typically 42 months · ST0410
Leads to: Property, housing and estate managers
Senior compliance and risk specialist
Level 6: degree apprenticeship (bachelor's) · Typically 36 months · ST0363
Leads to: Quality assurance and regulatory professionals
Senior insurance professional
Level 6: degree apprenticeship (bachelor's) · Typically 36 months · ST0520
Leads to: Financial managers and directors
Serious and complex crime investigator (integrated degree)
Level 6: degree apprenticeship (bachelor's) · Typically 30 months · ST0512
Social worker (integrated degree)
Level 6: degree apprenticeship (bachelor's) · Typically 36 months · ST0510
Leads to: Social workers
Sonographer (integrated degree)
Level 6: degree apprenticeship (bachelor's) · Typically 36 months · ST0554
Leads to: Medical radiographers
Speech and language therapist
Level 6: degree apprenticeship (bachelor's) · Typically 48 months · ST0618
Leads to: Speech and language therapists
Supply chain leadership professional (integrated degree)
Level 6: degree apprenticeship (bachelor's) · Typically 48 months · ST0548
Leads to: Managers in logistics
Teacher - Postgraduate
Level 6: degree apprenticeship (bachelor's) · Typically 9 months · ST0490
Leads to: Secondary education teaching professionals
Therapeutic radiographer
Level 6: degree apprenticeship (bachelor's) · Typically 36 months · ST0620
Leads to: Medical radiographers
Tool process design engineer
Level 6: degree apprenticeship (bachelor's) · Typically 48 months · ST0641
Leads to: Mechanical engineers (professional)
Transport planner (integrated degree)
Level 6: degree apprenticeship (bachelor's) · Typically 60 months · ST0698
Leads to: Construction project managers and related professionals
Level 7: degree apprenticeship (master's)
Academic professional
Level 7: degree apprenticeship (master's) · Typically 18 months · ST0477
Leads to: Higher education teaching professionals
Accountancy or taxation professional
Level 7: degree apprenticeship (master's) · Typically 36 months · ST0001
Leads to: Chartered and certified accountants
Archaeological specialist (degree)
Level 7: degree apprenticeship (master's) · Typically 36 months · ST0769
Leads to: Social and humanities scientists
Architect (integrated degree)
Level 7: degree apprenticeship (master's) · Typically 48 months · ST0533
Leads to: Architects
Arts therapist
Level 7: degree apprenticeship (master's) · Typically 24 months · ST0633
Bioinformatics scientist (degree)
Level 7: degree apprenticeship (master's) · Typically 30 months · ST0649
Leads to: Actuaries, economists and statisticians
Chartered landscape professional
Level 7: degree apprenticeship (master's) · Typically 60 months · ST0742
Leads to: Architects
Chartered town planner (degree)
Level 7: degree apprenticeship (master's) · Typically 60 months · ST0536
Leads to: Chartered architectural technologists, planning officers and consultants
Clinical associate in psychology (CAP) (integrated degree)
Level 7: degree apprenticeship (master's) · Typically 18 months · ST0820
Leads to: Clinical psychologists
Clinical pharmacology scientist (integrated degree)
Level 7: degree apprenticeship (master's) · Typically 30 months · ST0798
Leads to: Biochemists and biomedical scientists
Clinical scientist
Level 7: degree apprenticeship (master's) · Typically 36 months · ST0893
Leads to: Generalist medical practitioners
Cultural heritage conservator (degree)
Level 7: degree apprenticeship (master's) · Typically 54 months · ST0628
Leads to: Archivists, conservators and curators
Curator
Level 7: degree apprenticeship (master's) · Typically 36 months · ST0782
Leads to: Archivists, conservators and curators
Ecologist (integrated degree)
Level 7: degree apprenticeship (master's) · Typically 36 months · ST0577
Leads to: Conservation professionals
Geotechnical engineer (integrated degree)
Level 7: degree apprenticeship (master's) · Typically 30 months · ST0881
Leads to: Civil engineers
Health and care intelligence specialist
Level 7: degree apprenticeship (master's) · Typically 36 months · ST0830
Historic environment advisor
Level 7: degree apprenticeship (master's) · Typically 36 months · ST0831
Leads to: Conservation professionals
Internal audit professional
Level 7: degree apprenticeship (master's) · Typically 36 months · ST0610
Leads to: Chartered and certified accountants
Play therapist
Level 7: degree apprenticeship (master's) · Typically 36 months · ST0905
Rail and rail systems principal engineer (integrated degree)
Level 7: degree apprenticeship (master's) · Typically 48 months · ST0497
Leads to: Electrical engineers
Research scientist
Level 7: degree apprenticeship (master's) · Typically 30 months · ST0759
Risk and safety management professional (degree)
Level 7: degree apprenticeship (master's) · Typically 36 months · ST0465
Senior investment and commercial banking professional
Level 7: degree apprenticeship (master's) · Typically 18 months · ST0561
Leads to: Financial managers and directors
Senior leader
Level 7: degree apprenticeship (master's) · Typically 24 months · ST0480
Leads to: Chief executives and senior officials
Senior people professional
Level 7: degree apprenticeship (master's) · Typically 36 months · ST0813
Leads to: Human resource managers and directors
Senior professional economist
Level 7: degree apprenticeship (master's) · Typically 24 months · ST0796
Leads to: Actuaries, economists and statisticians
Solicitor
Level 7: degree apprenticeship (master's) · Typically 72 months · ST0246
Leads to: Solicitors and lawyers
Storyboard artist
Level 7: degree apprenticeship (master's) · Typically 18 months · ST0489
Leads to: Artists
Through life engineering services specialist (integrated degree)
Level 7: degree apprenticeship (master's) · Typically 24 months · ST0740
Leads to: Production managers and directors in manufacturing
VFX supervisor
Level 7: degree apprenticeship (master's) · Typically 18 months · ST0901
Leads to: Graphic and multimedia designers
University degrees by field
Degrees grouped by field of study, with the universities that teach them.
- Arts & Humanities
- Business & Commerce
- Science
- Engineering
- Law & Justice
- Computing & IT
- Creative Arts & Design
- Education & Teaching
- Psychology
- Communications & Media
- Medicine & Dentistry
- Agriculture & Environment
- Health & Public Health
- Pharmacy
- Nursing & Midwifery
- Architecture & Built Environment
- Allied Health
- Veterinary & Animal Science
- Social Work & Community
Apprenticeships in England: Skills England: Apprenticeship standards (Snapshot 2026-10-03), OGL v3.0. Grouped by Peernovo.