Tulloch PriestCo-founder, Gas Engineer Software · Co-founder of Gas Engineer Software

This Is The Most Expensive Way To Train An Apprentice

4 Dec 2025 · 1 min

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In this brief dialogue, Speaker A explains that training an apprentice directly through a private arrangement can be very costly—approximately £12,000 per year in salary. They note that official apprenticeship routes may be cheaper because the government can subsidize wages, though exact figures are unknown. Because of the significant investment, Speaker A stresses the importance of selecting the right person and proposes regular monthly meetings to assess the apprentice’s happiness and any concerns. Speaker B confirms that these meetings would serve to define and track progress. The exchange highlights the financial considerations, potential public funding, and the need for structured monitoring when onboarding an apprentice.

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The way that I'm doing it is probably the most expensive way of doing it. It will cost you about £12,000 a year in terms of salary for your trainee. I don't know about the government paying for wages if they do the official apprentice route. That's always going to be cheaper because I don't know the numbers, but I know that the government do pay you for the apprentice's time. It's a huge investment really, so you have to make sure that it is the right person, which is why probably if Charlie was not my brother, I would have a better— every month we would have a meeting about how he's happy, what he's not happy with.
So it'd be defined, are we making progress? Correct.