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candidates who will be supernumerary to the employers
requirements - or not essential for the successful
running of the business - and which allow candidates to
do work based learning. |
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The purpose of the Training & Work Experience Scheme
is to allow candidates to learn skills - which
will benefit them on their return home - where these skills
may not necessarily be available to them in their home
country.
Work Permits (UK) approve TWES permits on the clear
understanding that the candidate
intends to return overseas at the end of their
agreed stay.
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| TRAINING
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The candidate should
have the skills, qualifications and experience to do
the job
in line with the expected criteria, proving that
they will indeed benefit from the training or
work experience on offer.
Entry level qualification for a Training and Work Experience
Visa (TWES) is now set at NVQ level 3, however
the candidate would normally be expected to have at least
an NVQ level 3 or equivalent qualification, and be undertaking
work experience relevant to the qualification being studied.
The candidate is also expected to have adequate command
of the English language to enable them to benefit
from UK training or work experience.
The candidate is required to work for a minimum of
30 hours a week and should be offered both salary
and conditions in line with which UK nationals receive.
Training Permits are issued for up to 3 years ,
and it is the employer who applies on behalf of the candidate.
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The Work Experience Visa is more limited than the
Training Visa in that the visa is normally granted for
a maximum of 1 year, however, under exceptional
circumstances Work Permits(UK) will grant 2 years .
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| WORK
EXPERIENCE VISA |
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work experience should be at managerial, or at
least National / Scottish Vocational Qualification (N/SVQ)
level 3 or equivalent, which is not readily available
in the home country but will be of use there. |
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candidate must have the necessary educational, professional
or work experience in
line with the expected criteria to be able to benefit
from the work experience on offer'. |
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work must be for a minimum of 30 hours a week,
and the employer must provide a programme detailing the
planned work experience, and the employment should be
surplus to the usual needs of the employer. |
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pay and conditions should be in line with that
of a resident worker doing similar work experience. |
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Work Experience programmes should in general NOT exceed
12 months. In exceptional circumstances, a longer
period of up to 24 months can be granted. |
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you are providing work experience in this country to a
student studying at a college outside the EEA, the student
would normally be expected to have at least an NVQ
level 3 or equivalent qualifications, and be undertaking
work experience relevant to the qualification being studied. |
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NOTE: After a candidate
has held a TWES Permit, they are expected to spend
a period of time working outside of the UK
before they are eligible to hold a full UK Work
Permit.
(i.e. If a person was on a Training & Work Experience
Visa for 12 months, they will not normally be eligible
to return for a further work permit until 12 months
was spent working overseas. If they were on a permit
for 24 months, they will not normally be eligible
to return on a further work permit until 24 months
had passed working overseas.) |
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purposes and should NOT be construed as formal (or informal) advice.
You are strongly encouraged to seek formal advice before relying upon
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of one's precise factual circumstances. Definitive Work Permits
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