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Professional Apprenticeship in Construction Management 12 March 2014

Professional Apprenticeship in Construction Management 12 March 2014. Tony Ellender. Current Level 6 activity. Day release degrees On the job training: Company-specific taskbooks NVQs Supported by other training An apprenticeship in all but name BUT

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Professional Apprenticeship in Construction Management 12 March 2014

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  1. Professional Apprenticeship in Construction Management12 March 2014 Tony Ellender

  2. Current Level 6 activity • Day release degrees • On the job training: • Company-specific taskbooks • NVQs • Supported by other training • An apprenticeship in all but name • BUT • Mismatch between competence and knowledge • Inconsistent across UK • Does not always contribute to client apprenticeship requirements • Dictated by academic year • Impacted by increased tuition fees

  3. Initial SASE-compliant Level 6 Higher Level Apprenticeship proposal • Level 6 needed for professional membership • Use existing qualifications where possible • Maintain separate competence and knowledge qualifications • Direct entry or via Level 4/5 Higher Apprenticeships • Consider whether progressive or interim qualifications • Consider opportunities for synergy and innovation • Must be employer-led but include other stakeholders • Supported by EOS 2 but consider Trailblazer status • Range of Construction Management occupations • Replace current part-time degree routes

  4. Level 6 Higher Level Apprenticeship – initial proposal

  5. Level 6 Higher Level Apprenticeship proposal

  6. Level 6 Higher Level Apprenticeship proposal • Issues • Some development of qualifications required • Demand from industry • University-led framework already approved • Funding unclear • Opportunities • Overlapping objectives could lead to reduction in duration/cost • Delivery unrelated to academic year • Innovation in delivery/assessment • Incorporate professional membership

  7. Apprentice Trailblazers (launched 28 October 2013) • Employer-led: two sides of A4 • Describe what full competence for occupation means (skills, knowledge, behaviours) and outcomes-led • Written by a consortium of at least 5 employers (including SMEs) and appropriate professional body • At least 12 months of training • Include skills and requirements for professional registration • Specify English and Maths requirements • Specify any qualifications necessary • Training and Assessment • At least 20% off the job • Can include qualifications • Assessment largely at end (two thirds) • Synoptic element to assessment • Apprenticeship graded at end – Distinction, Merit, Pass (can be related to knowledge element only) • Trailblazer Round 2/EOP 2 Proposal • Not approved for Trailblazer 2 but favourable for Trailblazer 3 • Part of EOP Round 2 • Occupational areas: Construction Management, Civil Engineering, Quantity Surveying, Building Services Engineering, Design Management • Consortium of employers and professional bodies already established • Define standards July 2014 (mirror Trailblazer 2 and accelerate readiness for Trailblazer 3 in Sep 2014) • First delivery Sep 2015

  8. Trailblazers – process for developing standards/assessment • Five levels: • The standard: written by employers and professional bodies • The high level assessment approach: written by employers and professional bodies • The detailed assessment design: can involve training/education providers • The delivery of assessment: can involve training/education providers (but must be independent) • Certification: can involve training/education providers • Level of non-employer engagement is up to employers but they must always lead • Qualifications are not essential but can be included

  9. Professional Apprenticeship in Construction Management • Employer-led • Balfour Beatty leading • Number of other UKCG employers involved • Also SME interest • Professional institutions • RICS, ICE and CIOB already supportive • Engagement with CIBSE and CIAT has started • Training/Education providers • CHOBE engaged • Pearson and Competence Matters interested in a solution • SSC • CITB have overseen SASE-compliant Level 6 • CITB facilitated forum for Trailblazer 2 • Other stakeholders?

  10. Professional Apprenticeship in Construction Management – responsibilities • Employers • Express interest and form consortium • Write standards • Engage professional institutions • Professional institutions • Assist with writing standards • Incorporate professional assessment • Engage with training/education providers • Training/Education providers • Assist with detailed design of delivery and assessment • Cost up design and assessment proposals • Deliver • SSC role is unclear – consortium directly engages with BIS Account Manager but SSC could help facilitate/project manage consortium

  11. Professional Apprenticeship in Construction Management – opportunities • Content • Consider common knowledge modules early on • Include latest initiatives (eg BIM) • Include HSE, Sustainability • Consider interim qualifications • Assessment • Include professional review (synoptic) • Decide on what is grade-able and what is not • Consider use of simulation • Delivery • Look at overlaps of Skills, Knowledge and Behaviours • Consider year round delivery (to meet 20% off-job) • Compare local day release vs. national block release • Funding • Consider once outline design is done • Government contribution still unclear • Compare to current costs • Links to CITB Grant

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