Apprenticeship - Candidate SOP

Candidate Instruction Manual

THE APPRENTICESHIP PORTAL

The Apprenticeship Portal is a website of the Central Government for exchange of information on Apprenticeship. The public view gives you access to information on Apprenticeship Opportunities Posted by Companies, Registered Candidates, and Apprenticeship Guidelines.

The Candidates can access to information such as available Apprenticeship Opportunities basis the Search Parameters like State, District, Sector and Trade, Organization and so on. To apply against available apprenticeship opportunities, it is mandatory for you register on the portal. The steps for registration are as follows:

Note: The fields marked in * are mandatory.

Candidate Registration

Click on the “Register” button the top toolbar and select the option Candidate.

 

A Short Registration Form will open (as shown below). You would be required to fill your Basic, Family and Contact details and click continue.

Note: Please enter a valid email ID as the activation link will be send through a mail to that ID. Also, remember the password and you will use it to login to your account on the Apprenticeship Portal.

A dialog Box with the Registration number will notify your account creation after which you will receive an activation Email on the registered Email Address.

On the Email, click the ‘Activate’ button (as shown in the image below)

Login

Once you click on the Activate Button, the screen will automatically redirect you to the Log-In page (see below) where you type your registered Email ID/Registration Number

and Password (the email ID and Password are the same you mentioned during registration) to login.

Profile Completion

Once Logged In, you will have to click on the button ‘Complete Your Profile’ (encircled below). You will not be able to apply to any Apprenticeship Opportunity without completing your profile.

Start by clicking the ‘Edit’ button (encircled below) to add your “About Me” and Contact Details.

On clicking the ‘Edit’ button, the following screen will emerge. The fields marked in ‘*’ are mandatory.

Understanding Candidate Dashboard

There are 3 items on your dashboard and they are explained below:

1. Invitations Received – Some companies screen your profile and if they feel you’re fit for the opportunity, they send out an invitation to you to apply to the opportunity. This section lists the number of invitations received by the candidate.

2. Applications: This section lists the number of Apprenticeship Opportunities you had applied to.

3. Contracts: This section will show the contract you have signed with the company. Multiple companies can send you contracts, however, you will only be able to accept one.

Apply to Opportunities

You can use the option “Apprenticeship Opportunities” on the top toolbar to view the opportunities. You can search by keywords, such as ‘hospitality’ or ‘fitter’, ‘operator”, “chef”, “sewing machine” and so on in the ‘Search Opportunities” section (encircled below)

Simply click on the ‘Apply’ button (encircled above) to apply to the opportunity of your choice.

Invitations

Companies can view your profile and invite you to apply to an apprenticeship opportunity posted by them. You can view them by clicking the ‘Invitations’ option (encircled below) on the left menu.

You can view the details of the opportunity by clicking on the ‘View’ button (encircled above). If the opportunity interests you, you can click on the ‘Apply’ button (encircled above) to apply to the opportunity.

On clicking ‘Apply’, you will be given the option to choose the location (in cases where the company has offered opportunity in several locations). The following box will appear and you can choose the location based on your preference.

Applications and Selection Process

You can view all your application on the tab ‘Applications’ (encircled below) on the left menu.

The page will show you a summary of all your applications.

After to an Opportunity, the company will review your profile and call invite you for an interview. If the company selects you, they will issue a ‘Contract’, and you will be able to see this in the ‘Status’ column above.

View and Accept Contract

If a company wants to make you an offer, they will send the contract to you. To view the list of contracts, click on the option ‘Contracts’ (encircled below) in the left menu

To view details of the contract, click on the option ‘View’ (encircled above).

You will be able to see all details of opportunity – Stipend details, working days, location and so on. If all the details are correct as per your knowledge, you can accept the contracts by selecting the option ‘Sign’ (encircled below). If for any reason, you don’t plan to accept the opportunity, you can select the option ‘Reject’ and the contract will get deleted.