JTL Assessment
The next stage of the application process is to take the JTL Assessment. This will give you the opportunity to show that you have the potential to successfully complete your JTL apprenticeship.
The assessment is in three main parts:
- Literacy Assessment
- Numeracy Assessment
- Aptitude Test
There is also a short free-writing exercise, which will allow you to write a couple of paragraphs in support of your application.
You need to pass all three papers at the same time. Only two attempts at the assessment are permitted in any one year. If you don't pass literacy, numeracy and aptitude at your first attempt, you are only allowed one re-sit, when you must again take and pass all three sections.
We will contact you when a JTL Assessment session has been arranged to take place in your local area, usually February and August, and invite you to attend. You will not be invited to a JTL assessment session until you have provided evidence that you do not suffer from colour deficiency.
You must make every effort to attend, it's an important part of the application process. If you cannot attend, for any reason, contact us on 0800 0852 308. If you don't attend and don't tell us, it may be classed as one failed attempt.
As preparation you should try the practice JTL Assessment. Either download a paper copy or try the on-line practice.
Learning Difficulties
If you have certain learning difficulties, for which you have a current Statement of Special Educational Needs or Additional Learning Needs, we can provide certain reasonable adjustments and support when you take your JTL Assessment.
You may have a physical disability, which does not preclude you from working in the sector, but which may cause learning difficulties. Again, we may be able to provide appropriate support for your assessment.
In order to ensure that this support can be offered, you must provide JTL with the relevant documentary evidence. If you do not provide evidence to JTL that matches the criteria set out below, we will not be able to organise support on the day of your assessment.
Criteria for documentary evidence:
- The evidence should be sent to the JTL National Administration Centre - see the Contacts section for this address
- The evidence must be no more than two years old.
- The evidence should be a Statement of Special Educational Needs/Additional Learning Needs signed by an Educational Psychologist or other suitably qualified specialist.If your learning difficulties are due to a physical disability, we will require a letter from your GP stating the nature of the disability that is causing your learning difficulties.
Please note that a letter from your parents or school, stating that you have difficulties in learning, will not be sufficient evidence.
Approved Candidate List
Once you have provided evidence from an optician that you are not colour blind and successfully completed your JTL Assessment, you will be placed on the JTL Approved Applicant List. This list is circulated to all employers in your local area who have enquired about taking on a JTL apprentice. If an employer is interested, you will be invited to an interview with them. But, you should also keep looking for a job yourself - don't rely on JTL to find you one.
