Business Administrator Apprenticeship

Start Date: 1st September 2025

Length 18 Months
Study Apprenticeship (One day a week studying)
Location Kidderminster College

Qualification Gained

Level 3 Business Administrator

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More about the course

Business Administrators play a vital role in a wide variety of organisations across all sectors of industry.

As a Business Administrator apprentice, you'll be expected to undertake your responsibilities efficiently, show integrity and have a positive attitude. This role involves demonstrating strong communication skills (both written and verbal) and adopting a proactive approach to developing your skills. You'll also be expected to show initiative, manage your priorities and your own time, solve problems, make decisions and (where possible) seek out opportunities to support others to develop their own professional skills through coaching and mentoring.

A minimum of 20% of your contracted hours must be spent in off-the-job training. This is predominantly done one day per week at Kidderminster College, but can also include training sessions carried out at your workplace.

Entry requirements

Minimum GCSE grade 4/C or equivalent in English and maths.

What will I achieve?

Upon successful completion of this apprenticeship, you will achieve a Level 3 Business Administrator qualification.

What will I learn?

Gain a highly transferable set of knowledge, skills and behaviours that can be applied in businesses small and large, public and private, as well as the charitable sector, such as:

Developing, implementing, maintaining and improving administrative services
Developing managerial behaviours and styles
Building organisational efficiency
Teamworking skills
Problem solving skills.

How is the course taught?

College day release (term-time only)
On-the-job training
Assessment
Portfolio.

You must meet the requirements of an End Point Assessment in order to be deemed competent in your job role.

How am I assessed?

Once you have completed all elements of your apprenticeship, you will enter your Gateway period and get ready to take your End Point Assessment, which consists of:

a knowledge test
a portfolio-based interview
a project presentation.

Where can I progress?

Business Administrators play a vital role in a wide variety of organisations across all industry sectors. Our Business Administrator apprenticeship will be a gateway to further career opportunities, such as management or senior support roles.

Apprenticeship Pay

You'll be employed as a regular employee on a contract of employment for at least 30 hours per week and paid at least the National Minimum Wage for an Apprentice, which is currently £7.55 per hour.

Employers can pay the National Minimum Wage for an Apprentice for the first year of the apprenticeship. After this first year, the salary rate will change to the National Minimum Wage for your age.

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Elizabeth Brice

Tutor - Business

Working with apprentices gives great job satisfaction as you can see their knowledge and skills develop and their confidence grow in the workplace. I can pass on my knowledge and experiences to learners starting their careers and those who feel ready to progress into management. Having the link with local employers also makes the role varied and interesting, as you can see how the topics taught in the classroom are translated into the work environment.

Jayne Bartlett

Tutor - Business

I have worked with apprentices at Kidderminster College since 2015 to showcase their knowledge, skills and behaviours from their business administrator roles. I love the variety of my role, working with employers and apprentices from a wide range of organisations and sectors to help them build on their skills and achieve their potential throughout their apprenticeship. Every day is different, and nothing is better than seeing our apprentices' transformation from the start to the end of their time with us.

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