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Non Yard Based Apprenticeship Survey

1.INTRODUCTION

This survey is designed to find out more about the non-yard-based opportunities for young people that currently exist.

The survey results will help shape future employment pathways for young people into racing, and should not take any longer than 10 to 15 minutes to complete.

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1.Name of your organisation?(Required.)
2.How many people does your organisation employ, both full and part time?(Required.)
3.Turnover for the last financial year (optional)?
4.What sector best describes your business? For example, charity, racecourse, stud, administration, other (please detail)?(Required.)
5.Is there an identified skills gap in your business or organisation? (please detail)(Required.)
6.Do you use apprenticeships in your organisation?(Required.)
7.If yes, how many apprentices are currently in your business?
8.If yes, what apprenticeships do you support.  Please detail, level, type, length?
9.For those who utilise apprenticeships, do you recruit individuals into apprenticeships or are they used to upskill existing staff members?
10.Which training providers do you use?
11.Which ethnic group best describes your apprentices? Please tick more than one if required.
12.What are the ages of your apprentices? Please select more than one group if required.
13.If you do not have apprentices, what is the reason for this?
14.Would you like to see the development of general apprenticeships that have racing-related modules? For example admin, grounds, marketing, or HR?(Required.)
15.What apprenticeships do you support or would you like to support?  Please select more than one if required.(Required.)
16.At what level would you like to see additional apprenticeships?
17.How would you like training to be delivered.  Please tick all that apply.
18.Are you paying into the Apprenticeship Levy?(Required.)
19.If you are not utilising all your levy, do you transfer any funds to other companies/charities?(Required.)
20.Do you use any established levy transfer platforms to transfer your levy to other companies? For example GOV levy share scheme, Coop Leveyshare, or Growth Platform?(Required.)
21.Do you utilise any other company’s surplus levy funds to support
apprenticeships within your organisation?(Required.)
22.Are you aware of the option to access surplus funds from other organisations to support apprenticeships?(Required.)
23.If Racing offered apprenticeships that were funded by organisations who currently do not utilise their own levy, giving you access to free of charge funding, would this be enough to encourage you use such a scheme?(Required.)
24.If you do not use your apprenticeship levy, what are the reasons for this?(Required.)
25.We aim to understand more about entry-level roles in the sport and how these are recruited for. We feel we will be able to support businesses in the sport with the recruitment of entry-level roles with further apprenticeships. Would you be interested in having access to a new pool of people?(Required.)
26.Do you have an average cost of acquisition per candidate for entry level roles?  Please state amount.
27.What training would currently be offered to candidates in these positions?
28.What is the average length of employment for someone working in these positions?
29.What percentage of entry-level recruits are promoted within the organisation?
30.If they are not promoted, what is their reason for leaving?
31.Where are you successfully recruiting these candidates from?
32.Do you maximise Diversity and Inclusion practices through your HR recruitment and selection strategy?(Required.)
33.If you are happy to discuss your survey responses, please provide your contact details.