Starting your apprenticeship at CWA

You'll find important information about starting your apprenticeship at CWA on this page of our website. 

You can find most of the information you need to know about starting your apprenticeship with CWA on this page of the website.

We're really pleased to hear that you're planning to start an apprenticeship with CWA. We're one of the largest training providers in the region and work with hundreds of employers across East Anglia in supporting students through apprenticeships in a wide variety of sectors. You're in great hands - and we can't wait to see you start your journey with us. If you are waiting for your GCSE results, we may not do this with you until after GCSE results day and you've uploaded a photo of your grades.

Please click each section below for further details on completing your enrolment and your induction.

• When is my induction / start date?

  If your apprenticeship starts in September, you'll be invited to an induction during the summer (or in the first week of September) to collect your ID card and lanyard, meet your apprenticeship advisor, course director and see the facilities. This is also your opportunity to ask any more questions about college and what your apprenticeship will look like. If there are multiple induction sessions for your apprenticeship, your apprenticeship advisor will confirm what slot you should attend with you / your employer separately.

  You can find your induction date below. Please bring some ID with you to your induction session. If a slot is not listed for your apprenticeship and you're not sure when to come in, please contact your apprenticeship advisor.

  Apprenticeship(s)	Date	Room	Apprenticeship Advisor
  Carpentry & Joinery - Level 2	30th August (9am - 4pm)	F101, Front Block, Wisbech campus	Kate Martin
  Brickwork - Level 2	30th August (9am - 4pm)	F101, Front Block, Wisbech campus	Kate Martin
  All Engineering apprenticeships at King's Lynn (Group 1)	27th August (9am - 4pm)	TBC	Nicole Allford & Sharon Butcher
  All Engineering apprenticeships at King's Lynn (Group 2)	3rd Sept (9am - 4pm)	TBC	Nicole Allford & Sharon Butcher
  All Engineering apprenticeships at Wisbech (Group 1)	28th August (9am - 4pm)	F101, Front Block, Wisbech campus	Nicole Allford & Sharon Butcher
  All Engineering apprenticeships at Wisbech (Group 2)	4th Sept (9am - 4pm)	F101, Front Block, Wisbech campus	Nicole Allford & Sharon Butcher
  Electrical Installation - Level 3 (Group 1)	19th August (9am - 4pm)	U010, University Centre, King's Lynn campus	James Donald & Izzy Cook
  Electrical Installation - Level 3 (Group 2)	27th August (9am - 4pm)	Q306, Tower Block, King's Lynn campus	James Donald & Izzy Cook
  Electrical Installation - Level 3 (Group 3)	28th August (9am - 4pm)	U010, University Centre, King's Lynn campus	James Donald & Izzy Cook
  Gas Engineering Operative	29th August (9am - 4pm)	TBC	James Russell

   

• Complete your enrolment - important!
  We've added a new section to your student portal called "Studying with us soon?" which is where you'll confirm your personal details, upload a photo of yourself for your ID card , upload a photo of your grades /certificates and confirm your course (if you've applied for more than one). If you have just finished year 11, you won't be able to upload a photo of your grades transcript until you receive it on GCSE results day (Thursday 22nd August). 

   

  You'll find four different steps on the student portal which you will need to complete. Please click the eye icon next to each step, follow the on-screen instructions and then press "Complete" to finish the step. 

   

  Once you've completed this, a member of our enrolment team will review what you've done and "verify" each step. If we have everything we need, we will confirm your enrolment shortly after this.

   

  It's really important that you complete these steps on the student portal as soon as possible to avoid any unnecessary disruption to the start of your apprenticeship. Even if you have just finished year 11, you should still complete steps 1 - 3 and leave step 4 until you've received your grades. You'll thank yourself later when you only have to think about uploading a photo of your grades at the end of August!

   

  Launch Student Portal

  You'll receive your ID card and lanyard during your induction.

• Haven't achieved the maths grade required for your apprenticeship?

  If you don't achieve the maths grade required for your apprenticeship, we may be able to offer you the opportunity to do a fast-track level 2 functional skills qualification in Maths. This fast track course will start on 25th August and will run for one week. Please note that it will depend on your GCSE result or previous Maths assessment result on whether we can enrol you on this fast track course.

  If you're interested, please contact enrolment@cwa.ac.uk as soon as you have your grades (and you've uploaded them to the portal) and we'll get back to you as soon as we can