A new apprenticeship scheme for estate agents and letting agents is launching and is due to accept its first intake of students in October.
The Bloom Apprenticeship Academy is based in Birmingham and says it aims to deliver "the next generation of well-educated, commercially aware agents to help promote professionalism in the industry".
It says that working in close partnership with forward-thinking estate and letting agencies, it “hand picks tomorrow’s potential performers who seek vocational training as an alternative to university”.
The apprentices attend an intensive six-month training course, which will be split between classroom-based training at the Academy and as an employee of their supporting estate agency in the field.
Successful apprentices will sit for an NFoPP Technical Award in sales or lettings, a Level-3 NVQ assessment, a European Computer Driving Licence, and learn competence working with portals and agency software.
The academy is being sponsored by HomeLet, whose managing director John Boyle said: “Our partnership with the Bloom Apprenticeship Academy is a great way of helping to shape the future of our industry whilst supporting the next generation of letting agents.
“There are many young people who seek an intelligent route to employment that allows them to hit the ground running, and we’re proud to play our part in this.”
Bloom’s managing director, Gary Redmonds, said: “HomeLet’s sponsorship will help us to equip our state-of-the-art training centre, which replicates an actual estate or letting agency.”
New apprenticeship scheme set to launch for agents
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Industry Observer.....how long have you been an agent???
I really didn't think such an insignificant article could possibly generate so much discussion. University of Life eh - thereby hangs the entire problem with both the sales and lettings industries. Try setting up in Australia or the USA and see how far you get without formal qualifications, registrations and licences etc. That incidentally is how and why realtors can command 6% or 7% fees - because they are professional, licensed and do a good job. Ray Evans is right - who says this is going to be good, recognoised or anything else? The big opportunity has now gone courtesy of the coalition - no registration.
Peeee very nice, looking after Ray, sweet love, today being gay is fine so don't worry. PC site.
the university of life is far more important than any of this.
Bored... - Ray Evans has more to say on the subject than you could ever apparently comprehend. Your posts are a tribute to your education. Good school - it was approved, after all...
Got ya! hah Dont tell me "Ray Evans of Sheringham" is your real name? Or have you brought a title with your "qualifications" ??
Bored. Try spelling correctly and when you do, use the correct words and your real name to say something worthwhile.
Ray, with the brought FNEA inits, why do you feel the need to comment on every subjct when you clearly have nothing to say!? Just once try to be positibe about something!
Richard Rawlings.
'Proper' agents do not do what you indicate and those others who do will not engage in 'apprenticeships'.
However, I look forward to more detail.
A recognised qualification? Recognised to who? The people who say it's better than any other training out there?
I'm helping Bloom with their training programme. I know that if I were entering the industry I'd prefer to have proper training and a recognised qualification rather than "there's the desk, there's the phone, off you go, you're on your own!" There are no plans for this to become compuulsory, and many good agents I know are already considering the apprenticeship route to source the next generation of agents, who are looking at this as a possible alternative to university. I believe their new website should be live later today.
First thoughts......
Yet another outfit jumping on the 'band wagon' of 'training' 'qualifications' etc.
One would have thought that there are sufficient courses already and if 'apprentices' (newcomers) do not want to take up the existing ones what will make this one so different?
If it does not become compulsory for existing agents then why should a trainee sign up for this apprenticeship? Does it make current agents less 'qualified'?
The initial two mischevious and unworthy thoughts are "This is about 30 years too late" and of course "Will it be compulsory for existing estate agents?"