IMPORTANT CONSULTATION ON APPRENTICESHIPS - YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO CONTRIBUTE
Following the commissioning of the Richard Review of Apprenticeships, the Government has launched its Apprenticeship reform programme which is aimed at Apprenticeships in England becoming more rigorous and responsive to employers requirements.
Here are the details of the Foundation and Advanced Standards
In summary, the reform principles are as follows
* Apprenticeships are to be based on short, easy to understand standards of competence designed by large and small employers to meet their needs
* Apprentices will be required to demonstrate their competence through rigorous assessment focused at the end of the apprenticeship
* Grading will be introduced to encourage apprentices to strive for excellence
* English and maths requirements will be strengthened
* Trailblazer Apprenticeships will be developed in a range of industries to develop the new standards and assessments.
Together with these reforms apprenticeship educational funding will be channelled through the employer. These reforms will be introduced in 2015 / 2016 changing the face of apprenticeships and superseding the current apprenticeship offerings.
For consultation purposes your comments would be welcomed on the draft copies of the proposed Land-based Service Engineering Trailblazer (Foundation Apprenticeship) and (Advanced Apprenticeship) prepared by the Land-based Education Training and Education Committee (LE-TEC) to facilitate the continuation of apprenticeships within our industry.
The key areas to be addressed are:
1) Do the proposed Land-based Service Engineering Foundation and Advanced Apprenticeships meet the requirements of the apprenticeship roles within your business?
2) If the answer to the above question is no please state which apprenticeship and give your reasons.
3) Having read the Foundation and Advance standards is the difference between the two apprenticeships clear and easy to understand? If not please elaborate on your concerns.
4) Are there any additions or alterations to the standards that you would like to propose?
5) What type of assessment would you like to see applied at the end of the apprenticeship?
6) Would you like to be contacted for further input into the apprenticeship standards and their assessment?
Please do look at the details of the new standards and complete the SURVEY FORM in the left hand column of this issue of Service Dealer Update. (Responses are required by Friday 9 May)
