An apprenticeship contract must be signed at the beginning of the apprenticeship. It is used to validate individual employment agreements between the apprentice and the employer. This agreement must be signed by the apprentice and the employer at the beginning of the apprenticeship. This document is a model provided by the ESFA to help employers. This is the original version (as it was originally made). Currently, this legislation is only available in its original format. The explanatory statement provides a brief explanation of the purpose of a legal instrument and provides information on its political objective and political implications. They aim to make the legal instrument accessible to unqualified readers and to accompany a legal instrument or draft legal instrument submitted to Parliament from June 2004.