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Interview for business admin apprenticeship but I need less hours than they are offering, advice please?

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MyPatronusIsAUnicorn · 07/06/2017 12:22

I applied on a whim because I don't even hear back from jobs. The only interviews I got were ones where they gaurantee an interview if you are disabled. This one didn't.

So, I have been shortlisted. Interview is 2 weeks. I am excited but at the same time nervous because it is 30 hours a week for 12 months and it is too much tbh. It will give me an NVQ2 qualification in Business Administration. I have done NVQ2 Teaching Assistant before and it was a piece of piss for me. I have done a level 1 short Business Admin course and again, ridiculously easy so I know I can do it and I will do it well and probably less than the time frame they give. When I did my Teaching Assistant NVQs (I did 2 and 3), I completed them both in 8 months. This apprenticeship is over 12 months.

So, actually to the point, can I ask for less hours? Or doing some of it at home? Or working 4 days and having a day off inbetween, so Wednesdays off for example? I am worried about putting them off me but I have ME and I am worried about setting my health back again. I am at an ok level now, still get symptoms and there are days that are a struggle but I am better than I was. I am worried working too many hours will really set me back again. Plus I have recently been diagnosed with aspergers and am still coming to terms with that and what it meams for me and how I can manage it.

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MovingOnUpMovingOnOut · 07/06/2017 12:28

An apprenticeship is basically an in the job training scheme so it's unlikely you will be able to reduce hours or work elsewhere because you need to be present to learn.

30 hours isn't full time so they are likely to have structured the training around this. It may also be that you have to do a minimum number of hours to qualify.

You could ring them and ask what reasonable adjustments could be made but I wouldn't get your hopes up because it may not be possible due to factors outside of the employer's control or ones that are too onerous to be reasonable.

MovingOnUpMovingOnOut · 07/06/2017 12:28

On the job. Not in the job.

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