Approved Training Providers

Working with our partners, EDA Apprenticeships Plus, means your business gets access to the highest quality trainers and assessors.

That's because EDA Apprenticeships Plus only works with training providers who have secured an Ofsted rating of Outstanding or Good.

A UK network of approved training providers

The EDA Apprenticeship Service is managed by these external partners:

  1. For EDA Member Wholesalers our partner is EDA Apprenticeships Plus
  2. For EDA Affiliate Manufacturers, Solution Providers, and Service Providers our partner is Supplytrain CIC

Both organisations work with approved apprenticeship training providers whose tutors/assessors visit your businesses to train your apprentice.

Ofsted Good or Outstanding

Only training providers who are rated by Ofsted as Outstanding or Good (Ofsted only applies in England) can deliver training to EDA members and affiliates.

Ofsted is the government’s Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills in England.

Liaison with training providers is all part of the service

When your business uses the EDA Apprenticeship Service, all liaison with training providers is done for you by our partners.

They select the most appropriate training provider for you based on the job role and your location. They will brief them in the first instance and take care of all monitoring and reporting.

Of course, you’ll meet the tutor/assessor when they visit your business premises.

For your information and peace of mind, below is a list of the organisations who train apprentices for EDA Members and Affiliates.

There is more information about the EDA Apprenticeship Service on our website, or you can contact our Education and Training team on 020 3141 7350.

Training Providers

England

These are the Training Providers in England who deliver the Trade Supplier Apprenticeship Standard and many other Apprenticeship Standards as part of the EDA Apprenticeship Service:

  1. Aston Training: based in Northampton. Rated by Ofsted as Good. 
  2. Learning Skills Partnership: based in Hessle. Rated by Ofsted as Good.
  3. TACS Training: based in Peterlee. Rated by Ofsted as Good.
Wales
  1. ALS Training (Acorn Learning Solutions Ltd): based in Cardiff. This link will take you to their inspection report.
Scotland

Please note that Skills Development Scotland does not publish inspection reports on their Training Providers.

  1. JB Management: based in Ayr
  2. Microcom Training: based in Glasgow.
Northern Ireland
  1. Rutledge Group: based in Coleraine. This link will take you to their inspection reports.