AI & Automation Practitioner Apprenticeship
Level 4 Apprenticeship
Funding band: £18,000
Duration: 18 months
Delivery Style: Blended learning with live tutor sessions, 1:1 coaching, and workplace based projects
The employer is responsible for covering this cost. SMEs may be eligible for up to 100% funding. For Levy employers, additional information is available here. Apprentices are not required to contribute toward these expenses.
Launch Your Career with the AI & Automation Practitioner Apprenticeship
The Level 4 AI & Automation Practitioner Apprenticeship is designed for individuals who want to help organisations improve productivity through workflow automation, lowcode tools, and responsible AI adoption.
Delivered by NowSkills, this programme equips apprentices with the technical, analytical, and ethical skills needed to support digital transformation across UK businesses.
This apprenticeship is ideal for employers looking to build internal capability in AIenabled automation, process optimisation, and digital operations.
NowSkills Masterclass Modules
Delivered live by NowSkills tutors to enhance the core curriculum.
Workflow & Process Mapping Masterclass
- Mapping current and future state workflows
- Identifying inefficiencies and automation opportunities
LowCode Automation Tools Masterclass
- Hands-on configuration using Power Automate, Zapier, Make
- Building and testing automated workflows
Responsible & Ethical AI Masterclass
- Fairness, transparency, accountability
- Governance and assurance frameworks
AI Productivity Tools Masterclass
- Prompt engineering
- AIassisted summarisation and workflow augmentation
What You Will Learn on the AI & Automation Practitioner Apprenticeship
Core Learning Themes
- Identifying automation opportunities that improve efficiency
- Mapping workflows and analysing business processes
- Designing and building automated workflows
- Using lowcode/nocode tools such as Power Automate, Zapier, and Make
- Applying AI tools responsibly and ethically
- Integrating systems using APIs and connectors
- Managing change, user adoption, and workforce impacts
- Ensuring compliance with GDPR, governance, and AI assurance frameworks
- Communicating technical concepts to nontechnical audiences
- Monitoring, testing, and refining automations
Trusted by leading employers
Career Outcomes
This apprenticeship prepares learners for roles such as:
- AI Integration Officer
- Digital Automation Specialist
- Process Automation Analyst
- Workflow Solutions Assistant
- Digital Operations Technician
- Junior Innovation Consultant
- Technology Operations Coordinator
Entry Requirements
Apprentices must:
- Have the right to work in the UK
- Have lived in the UK for the past 3 years
- Hold GCSE English & Maths at grade 3+ (or complete Functional Skills Level 1 during the programme)
- Ideally hold a Level 3 qualification or relevant experience
How We Deliver This Apprenticeship
1:1 Tutor Support
Monthly sessions include:
- Teaching delivery
- Professional Development Reviews
- Progress tracking and target setting
- CEIAG support
- Safeguarding, EDI, British Values
- Portfolio development
Gateway to EPA
This is the period in which the apprentice crosses the threshold phase, from the learning and formative assessment period to the end-point assessment phase. This decision will be made by the employer, training provider, and apprentice based on the apprentice’s progress. To move onto the end-point assessment phase, it is essential to have passed all the knowledge modules and/or vendor qualifications or professional qualifications and to provide a portfolio of work.