What a journey it has been for all involved in the delivery of work-based learning in Wales. Over the past four years the two key strands of the Assembly Government's contracted work-based learning delivery--namely the Skill Build and apprenticeship programmes--have been transformed. Once regarded as the weak link in the sector, the quality of work-based learning in Wales is now high--and getting better. In this article, the author describes how the National Training Federation Wales (NTfW) improved and transformed its work-based learning delivery.