Level 3 Improvement Technician Apprenticeship

Drive continuous improvement across your business.

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Ofsted-rated ‘Good’ Princess Royal Training Awards Gov.uk apprenticeship rating Excellent
Funding value
£4k per learner
100% funded through your levy
A commercially focused route into structured improvement capability, at no cost to your training budget.
12+1
months + assessment
Organisations we work with
Zurich Virgin Atlantic Santander PepsiCo Halfords Experian Barclays AstraZeneca Zurich Virgin Atlantic Santander PepsiCo Halfords Experian Barclays AstraZeneca
78%
achievement rate across programmes
99%
success rate
Good
Ofsted-rated
900+
thought leaders in our network
“Apprentices have positive attitudes and enjoy their learning. They describe their apprenticeship as transformational.”
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The business case

Sustainable improvement, not one-off gains.

This programme is built around the measurable difference your people make across three fronts: better-engaged people, leaner processes and stronger performance, with evidenced ROI from your levy investment.

01
People
Engaged teams who spot problems, suggest improvements and take ownership of how work gets done.
02
Processes
Leaner, more reliable ways of working that raise efficiency across the team.
03
Performance
Measurable gains in quality, cost and delivery that hold, backed by evidence for your levy.
What your people will do

Applied from day one, in your workplace.

Everything is built around the real work in front of them, so the organisation sees value long before the qualification completes.

Identify problems and root causes using structured improvement tools
Map processes end to end and design out inefficiencies
Run and support continuous improvement activity across their team
Use data to measure performance and prove the impact of changes
Engage colleagues and build support for new ways of working
Sustain improvements so gains hold, rather than slipping back
The live workplace project
One real project.
Evidenced ROI by programme end.

Every apprentice delivers a real improvement project inside your business, applying structured problem-solving to a live issue. It becomes the evidence for their assessment and a measured return on your levy investment, not a classroom exercise.

Time saved, processes improved and productivity gained are documented and reported back, so you can see the impact directly.

Beyond the qualification

More than a qualification. A network.

As an RTB client, you and your teams get more than the programme itself. Through our network of 900+ speakers and experts, your people get live webinars running alongside their apprenticeship, events, resources and the chance to book global experts directly.

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Building operational capability in a changing world Webinar
Building operational capability in a changing world
A live session on the funded and commercial routes to build capability.
Kate Richardson-Walsh Blog
High performing teams start with trust, not control
Kate Richardson-Walsh on trust, psychological safety and performance.
Sarah Furness Featured speaker
Sarah Furness
RAF combat pilot on leading high-performing teams under pressure.
Programme structure

Three connected stages.

Stage 01
Improvement foundations
Lean and continuous-improvement principles, problem identification and the tools that underpin structured improvement.
Stage 02
Tools, data & delivery
Process mapping, root-cause analysis and data techniques applied to a real workplace improvement.
Stage 03
Engagement & sustaining gains
Engaging colleagues, embedding change and evidencing improvements that hold for the long term.
The essentials

FAQ’s

Funding value
£4,000
Per learner, fully covered by the apprenticeship levy.
Duration
12 + 1 months
12 months on programme, plus a 1-month assessment period.
Assessment
Independent EPA
A mandatory project assessment by an independent organisation.
Eligibility
50% in England
Work at least half the time in England, with no existing qualification at this level in the subject.
Maths & English
Level 2, opt-in
Agreed with the employer. Exemptions accepted on evidence.
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How much work is this for me?
We handle the coaching infrastructure. Your managers provide workplace context, and we do the rest.
Employee overview pack

Get the full employee overview pack.

Get the breakdown of what your people can expect on the programme.

Ready to talk now?

Speak to our apprenticeships team.

Tell us about your teams and levy position, and we’ll map the right cohort with you.

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