Getting started on Aptem

Aptem is our programme management system, where you complete your onboarding before you start. Once it is done, your next step is a pre-start meeting with your coach and your line manager.

What you do in Aptem

1. Personal details. Check these carefully, including your legal name. If something is wrong and you cannot edit it, ask the onboarding team to correct it.
2. Right to work. Provide evidence of your right to work in the UK.
3. Prior qualifications. List your prior qualifications. You may be asked for certificates. If you can't find one, tell the onboarding team rather than leaving the step blank.
4. Initial assessments. Short assessments in English, maths and digital skills.
5. Inclusion declaration. Tell us about any support you need. If you need extra help, we arrange a meeting with you and agree a support plan, which your coach reads before your 1:1s.
6. Skills radar. Score yourself against every part of your programme's standard. This shows where you are starting from, and your coach goes through it with you.

What happens after onboarding

1. Your pre-start meeting. You, your line manager and your coach meet on Teams for about an hour, before your group's kick-off. Your coach goes through your skills radar, agrees anything you already know that can reduce your plan, and confirms your job is a good fit for the standard. They also explain how the programme works and the time it takes.
2. Signatures. You, your employer and iO-Sphere sign your apprenticeship agreement and training plan in Aptem. Your coach will chase any signatures still outstanding.
3. Access. The onboarding team builds your learning plan in Aptem and gives you access to Teams and to the academy, our learning platform.
4. Kick-off. Your group meets for the first time. Your official start date is your first day of learning.

If you are stuck

If a step won't open, a document won't upload or a detail is wrong, contact the onboarding team: reply to the email they sent you, or email info@io-sphere.io.