Wickes: does its apprenticeships sponsor a UK visa?

Unconfirmed. Wickes publishes no sponsorship policy for its apprenticeships, so we cannot state a firm answer. Wickes runs one of the more clearly mapped apprenticeship ladders in home improvement retail. In store, the route runs from Customer Assistant to Store Manager while working towards qualifications from Level 2 Retailer up to Level 5 Operations or Departmental Manager. A parallel route produces Design Consultants via the Level 2 Fitted Furniture Design Technician. The Installations programme works towards the Level 2 Fitted Furniture Installation qualification to become a Kitchen or Bathroom Installer, the latter being the first bathroom installation apprenticeship of its kind in the UK. Leadership apprenticeships run from Level 3 Team Leader up to degree apprenticeships, and specialist programmes lead to CIPD, Chartered Management Institute and ACCA or CIMA. Support is structured: a line manager coaching daily, a Skills Coach assessing work, an Apprentice Mentor visiting at least four times a year, facilitators delivering workshops and an apprentice admin team. Wickes is explicit that the apprentice pays nothing, with training financed by its levy and learning expenses covered.