Larger companies often have apprenticeship programmes and recruit every year.
Many employers recruit through the Apprenticeship Matching Service. Some employers may also recruit apprentices through their own websites.
Companies recruit at different times of the year. (So not all of the links below will contain live opportunities.)
To help get you started, below is a list of some of the larger employers who recruit for apprentices.
If you are an employer who is looking for information on employing an apprentice please visit Apprenticeships - information for employers.
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Employers who offer apprenticeships are listed below in alphabetical order to help you find them:
- Avara Foods
- ABP
- Atkins
- Audi
- Atos
- Army
- Anwyl
- Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
- Amazon
- Allen & Harris
- Aldi
- Airbus
- AFI
- Accor Hotels (IBIS, Novotel)
- Blaenau Gwent Council
- Bridgend Council
- Barburrito
- BAM
- Balfour Beatty
- BAE Systems
- Babcock
- Barratt
- Barclays
- BBC
- Burges Salmon
- Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
- Bupa
- BT
- BSW
- British Airways
- Bourne Leisure (Butlins, Haven, Warner Leisure)
- Boots
- BMW
- Cardiff Council
- Carmarthenshire Council
- Ceredigion Council
- Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
- Councils
- Compco Fire Systems
- Costain
- Co-op
- Clarke Wilmott Solicitors
- Capgemini
- Civil Service (Inland Revenue, DVLA, DWP, ONS ...)
- Channel 4
- CGI
- Centrica (British Gas)
- Celtic Manor
- Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
- HSBC
- Hywel Dda University Health Board
- Hyundai
- Howdens Joinery Co
- Honda
- Hilton Hotels
- Hanson
- Halfords
- Jaguar Land Rover
- JCB
- John Deere
- John Lewis Partnership
- Johnson Controls
- Jones Bros Civil Engineering UK
- Magnox
- Marriott Hotels
- Mazars
- Mazda
- McDonalds
- Mercedes Benz
- Microchip
- Mitchells and Butlers (Harvester, O’Neills, Toby Carvery)
- Mitsubishi
- Morgan Sindall Group
- Morrisons
- Mott MacDonald
- National Botanic Garden of Wales
- National Grid
- National Tyres and Autocare
- Nationwide Building Society
- Nationwide Repairs
- Network Rail
- New Look
- Newport Wafer Fab
- Newydd Housing
- NG Bailey
- NHS
- Nissan
- Natural Resources Wales
- Panasonic
- Parkdean Resorts
- Parkwood Leisure
- Persimmon Homes
- Pizza Hut
- Pobl
- Powys Council
- Powys Teaching Health Board
- PSA Group (Vauxhall, Peugeot, Citreon, DS Automobiles, Opel)
- PWC
- RAC
- Raytheon
- Redrow
- Renishaw
- RNLI
- Robert Price Builders' Merchants
- Royal Airforce
- Royal Bank of Scotland
- Royal Mail
- RSM
- RWE npower
- Ryder
- S4C
- Sainsburys
- Saint Gobain (Jewson, British Gypsum ...)
- Santander
- Savers
- Scottish Power
- SEAT
- Shoezone
- Siemens
- Signet (H Samuel, Ernest Jones)
- Skanska
- Skoda
- Specsavers
- Speedy Hire
- SPTS
- SSE
- Stagecoach
- Starbucks
- Stonegate Pub Company
- Superdrug
- Suzuki
- Swansea Bay University Health Board
- Swansea Council
- Sky
- Sunbelt Rentals
- Tarmac
- Tata Steel
- Taylor Wimpey
- Tesco
- TGI Fridays
- Thales Group
- The AA
- Toyota
- Transport for Wales
- Travis Perkins (Wickes, City Plumbing, Benchmarx, Tile Giant)
- Trinity House
- Trivallis
- Troupe Bywaters and Anders
- Tui
- Vale of Glamorgan Council
- Vinci
- Virgin Holidays
- Virgin Media
- Viridor
- Vision Express
- Vodafone
- Volkswagen
- Volvo Cars
- Volvo Trucks
- Wales and West Utilities
- Welsh Government
- Welsh Parliament (Senedd Cymru)
- Western Power Distribution
- Whitbread (Premier Inn, Costa, Beefeater, Brewers Fayre)
- Worcester Bosch
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