Apprenticeships

During National Apprenticeship Week, 10-16 February 2025, we showcased apprentices and apprenticeship providers in the quality industry, spotlighting this year's ‘skills for life’ theme.

View our apprenticeship insights with our latest blog, Quality Impact episode and across our social media platforms.

Building skills and future careers

Apprenticeship schemes deliver value, opportunities and impact for individuals, organisations and industries.

They can help individuals kick-start a new career, advance in an existing job or fill skills gaps that support organisational growth and foster a quality culture.

By combining real work opportunities with training and study, apprentices can:

apply what they learn into practice
earn a salary and enjoy employee benefits
gain hands-on experience in the workplace

Apprenticeships empower individuals to develop rewarding careers and enable employers to build a future-ready workforce.

We are seeing increasing uptake in both quality practitioner and business improvement apprenticeships. To overcome the challenge of attracting the right skills into their business, our partner organisations are investing in apprenticeship schemes to build a much-needed talent pipeline for the quality profession.

Ian Howe, Head of Membership, CQI

How we support apprentices

If you’re studying the level 4, Quality Practitioner level 4 or Business Improvement Apprenticeship with any of our partners, you’re entitled to the following membership discounts:

Student Membership

free application and 50% off membership
upon completion of the above, free application to regrade to Practitioner

Practitioner Membership

100% of application fee waived

For further information please contact: [email protected]

Why pursue an apprenticeship in quality?

In my Quality Degree Apprenticeship, I have developed skills in problem-solving, attention to detail and effective communication, which will be invaluable in my future career. I have also been given the opportunity to work with the CQI’s industry groups to help promote nuclear quality as a career of choice.

Anna, Quality Degree Apprentice, CQI Student Member

Partner organisations

There are a variety of quality organisations providing apprenticeships into the world of quality. We partner with the below organisations providing membership discounts to their learners.

To find out more about the opportunities on offer for partnership of apprenticeship providers with the CQI, please contact [email protected]