Team Leader/Supervisor Advanced Apprenticeship Standard

Course overview

The topics you will cover whilst training include leading and managing people, building relationships and advanced communication skills. Organisational performance including operational management, project management and finance. Personal effectiveness including awareness of self, planning and time management and, decision making.

Typical job roles include:
The role of Team Leader/Supervisor is a first line management role, with operational/project responsibilities or responsibility for managing a team to deliver a clearly defined outcome. Your core responsibility is to provide direction, instructions and guidance to ensure the achievement of set goals. You will demonstrate behaviours of taking responsibility to achieve excellent results within your area whilst learning how to organise projects and motoring progress. You will gain knowledge on finance within your organisational and how to build relationships within your team.

Key responsibilities are likely to include supporting, managing and developing team members, managing projects, planning and monitoring workloads and resources, delivering operational plans, resolving problems, and building relationships internally and externally.
Roles/Occupations may include: Supervisor, Team Leader, Project Officer, Shift Supervisor, Foreperson, and Shift Manager.

What else do I need to know?

On an apprenticeship programme you usually will work for a minimum of 30 hours a week for the employer and then have one day a week at college or designated time in the workplace.
Some job roles will require a DBS before starting, you will be advised at interview stage if this is required.

Whilst you are on an apprenticeship your employer pays you a salary, this includes all off the job training.