What are T Levels?

T Levels are a 2-year course that offers a combination of classroom and workplace learning, designed with employers, to give you the skills that industries need. They are ideal for you if you want to get hands-on experience and learn skills that will get you a job in a technical profession, for example, Healthcare, Science, Childcare, Engineering, Accountancy, or Media. To succeed in your chosen T Level, you need to show technical knowledge, specific learned abilities, concepts, and skills for the industry area, and a basic working knowledge of the occupations and career paths in your chosen field.

Every T Level includes an on-the-job industry placement with an employer, with 315 hours (approximately 45 days) of content and training within your chosen sector, either as a day release or a block of days together. Workplace learning focuses on developing the practical and technical skills you need.

T Levels are supported by The Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) and National Apprenticeship Service (part of ESFA), working with employers to design the industry placement around the student.

Subject areas can include:

• Animal Care and Management
• Business, Management and Administration
• Construction and the Built Environment – Building Services Engineering
• Construction and the Built Environment – Design, Surveying and Planning
• Construction and the Built Environment – Onsite Construction
• Creative and Design – Craft and Design
• Creative and Design – Media Broadcast and Production
• Digital – Production, Design and Development
• Education and Early Years
• Engineering and Manufacturing – Design and Development
• Engineering and Manufacturing – Maintenance, Installation and Repair
• Health and Science – Optical Care Services
• Health and Science – Technical: Laboratory Sciences
• Legal, Finance and Accounting
• Marketing