Learning and Skills Mentor (Level 4)

Mentoring takes place in all parts of the Education and Training Sector and staff-development context.

Within the Learning and Skills Mentor apprenticeship, you could be supporting learners of all ages and all levels to develop within a new work role.

These learners may be apprentices themselves, trainees, or new recruits.

This might be the first steps towards your aspirations to be a leader/manager or to work within education or training.

You will have sector specific experience and qualifications, which you will use to guide and advise those who are less experienced and are new to a work role.

The Learning and Skills Mentor is therefore a ‘dual professional’, having both up-to-date knowledge and skills in a specialist area and the generic skills necessary to develop, support, and advise others.

If you enjoy motivating others, are aspirational, and have a passion for learning and sharing your knowledge, this apprenticeship could be for you.

Course information

During this course you will learn a full range of skills that a mentor needs including -

• introduction to mentoring
• setting up successful mentoring relationships
• key communication skills and models
• adapting and tailoring your approach
• monitoring and evaluating progress
• ongoing evolution of your practice

You will work towards gaining an apprenticeship standard in learning and skills mentoring. The apprenticeship standard contains a list of skills, knowledge and behaviours you will need to have learnt by the end of your apprenticeship.