Apprenticeship glossary

Income Tax

What does Income Tax mean?

Tax taken from your pay if you earn over a yearly tax-free amount. Apprentices pay Income Tax in the same way as other employees.

Apprentice
Someone doing an apprenticeship: an employee who is paid to work and train towards a recognised qualification at the same time.
Incorporated Engineer
A professional engineering title. Balfour Beatty says its degree apprenticeships can lead to professional qualifications like Incorporated Engineer.
Induction
Your first days or weeks in a new job, when you learn how the organisation works and meet your team.
Industrial placement
A period working in industry as part of a university course, often a year. It's different from an apprenticeship, where you're employed from the start.
Insight day
A short, unpaid taster of what it's like to work somewhere, usually for students still in education. Several employers, like BAE Systems and Laing O'Rourke, run them, and they're a good way to find out if a job suits you.
Intermediate apprenticeship
A Level 2 apprenticeship, roughly the same level as GCSEs. Many don't ask for specific grades.

Definitions are our own plain-English summaries. Where we give figures, they come from the official sources listed on the linked guide or profile. Rules can change, so check the official source before you make decisions.