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ApprenticeshipLevel 3

Business Administrator Apprenticeship, Level 3

Build the organisational and digital skills that keep a business running effectively.

Your learning, in focus

What you’ll do

  1. Support an organisation

    Coordinate tasks and work with colleagues and customers.

  2. Use business systems

    Work with software, financial processes and data.

  3. Communicate & improve

    Produce communications and improve administrative processes.

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Business administrators support colleagues and customers, coordinate tasks and improve administrative processes. Learning includes understanding an organisation, using business software, handling financial processes, analysing data and producing communications. Professional conduct, initiative and responding to changing priorities are central to the role.

Entry requirements

Academic criteria below apply to applicants under 19.

Alternative entry routes

GCSEs

9–4

Grades

  • English and Maths
or

Alternative qualification

Level 2

Functional Skills

  • English and Maths

Confirm individual requirements with the apprenticeship team.

Full entry requirements

Applicants below 19 need English and maths GCSEs at grades 9-4, or Functional Skills Level 2 in both subjects. Confirm individual requirements with the apprenticeship team.

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How you’ll be assessed

  • 50-question test: up to 60 minutes
  • Portfolio interview
  • Project/process presentation

Final assessment includes a 50-question test lasting up to 60 minutes, a portfolio interview and a presentation about a project or process improvement. The portfolio must be submitted before the interview.

Where it could lead

Possible next steps
This course
  • Higher apprenticeships or higher education
  • Professional business / management qualifications

Further options include higher apprenticeships, higher education and professional business or management qualifications.

Fees, funding & support

Apprentice tuition

£0

Apprentices do not pay for their apprenticeship training. Your employer and the college agree the funding.

  • Budget for travel and optional visits.

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Learning through employment

An apprenticeship combines a job with structured training. You can register your interest if you already have an employer, or if you need help finding an opportunity.

About this course information

These course details summarise the college’s published course page, checked on 1 November 2026.

The level shown comes from the college’s course information.

The campus for this course still needs confirmation.

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