Hi phantomcruiser.
As this forum is for
aircraft maintainers, are you thinking that this is what the BAA apprenticeship is for?
If it's an aircraft apprenticeship your after, then you're looking at the likes of Monarch etc. Otherwise, good on BAA for offering full training in this day and age.
Doing an apprenticeship and then carrying on with higher education is a brilliant path to take. It means you've progressed through the mechanic, technician
then engineer route by the proper definition of the word.
Good luck.