SECTOR Business, Retail & Logistics
Business, Retail & Logistics
The office, warehouse and shop-floor roles that run everything else.
These are the apprenticeships people forget exist: administration, accounts, warehousing, retail, childcare and classroom support. They are often the quickest way into permanent employment with a recognised qualification.
Most run 12 to 18 months at level 2 or 3, and stack neatly into supervisory and professional qualifications afterwards.
9 Trades in this sector
Assistant Accountant
Keep the books, run payroll and prepare accounts — a profession you can qualify into without a degree.
- Pay
- £25k–£42k
- Level
- L3
- Train
- 1.5 years
Business Administrator
Run the systems, records and coordination that keep an organisation working.
- Pay
- £24k–£34k
- Level
- L3
- Train
- 1.5 years
Customer Service Practitioner
Handle the phone calls, emails and problems that decide whether a customer stays — a qualification every…
- Pay
- £23k–£31k
- Level
- L2
- Train
- 1 year
Early Years Educator
Care for and teach children under five in nurseries, pre-schools and schools.
- Pay
- £22k–£30k
- Level
- L3
- Train
- 1.5 years
Funeral Team Member
Care for the deceased and their families — steady, respected work that never stops being needed.
- Pay
- £24k–£34k
- Level
- L2
- Train
- 1 year
Retail Team Member
Serve customers, run a section and learn the trade of selling — the most widely available first job with a…
- Pay
- £22k–£30k
- Level
- L2
- Train
- 1 year
Teaching Assistant
Support pupils and teachers in the classroom, including children with additional needs.
- Pay
- £21.5k–£28k
- Level
- L3
- Train
- 1.5 years
Team Leader / Supervisor
The first step into management — and the apprenticeship that formalises what you already do.
- Pay
- £29k–£42k
- Level
- L3
- Train
- 1 year
Warehouse & Supply Chain Operative
Receive, store, pick and dispatch the goods that keep shops, sites and factories supplied.
- Pay
- £24k–£33k
- Level
- L2
- Train
- 1 year