Skip to content
←  Back to home
Get started

What happens next

From the moment you say yes to the day you hold the certificate, here is the whole road. Ten steps, no surprises. Print it, screenshot it, stick it on the fridge.

The full journey Honest timescales
Before you start

The first month, give or take

1
Day one

You say yes

Tell your employer or contact us directly. That single sentence starts everything, and it commits you to nothing yet.

2
Within the first week or two

The skills check

We look at your maths, your English and what you already know about the work. Nothing here trips you up. It exists so we teach you the right things at the right level, and if you arrive with real experience the programme gets shorter or moves up a level. Be generous about what you can already do.

3
Shortly after

The three-way conversation

You, your employer and TLC around one table. We shape the programme around your actual job, agree which six hours a week belong to your learning, and answer every question you bring. Bring hard ones.

4
When you are ready, and only then

The training plan gets signed

Three signatures. Your employer promises the time and support, we promise the teaching, you promise the effort. Yours goes on last, and nothing starts without it.

5
Your first weeks

Induction

You meet your assessor properly, get your materials, learn how the six hours work in practice, and tell us how you learn best so your trainer starts the way you need them to. Slow and clear beats fast and lost.

The long middle

Learning while earning

6
Most of the programme, typically 12 to 18 months

Learn, practise, get paid

Your normal job carries on, with at least six paid hours a week spent on workshops, practice and projects. The skills show up in your daily work almost immediately, which is the point of the whole model.

7
Every few weeks, throughout

Reviews that mean something

Short, regular sit-downs with your assessor, sometimes with your employer there too. Progress gets checked, problems get named early, support gets adjusted. Say the awkward thing at these. That is what they are for.

8
Near the end

Gateway

The formal moment where you, your employer and your assessor agree you are ready for the final assessment. Nobody gets pushed through this gate early. You go when the evidence says you will pass.

You should be able to see the whole road before you take the first step. Now you have.

Why this page exists

Step one is a sentence

Still weighing it up? The readiness check takes ten minutes, and your name and your own words never reach us.