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Everything you didn’t want to know about Apprenticeships, but were afraid you might be asked?. Eamonn Gilbert Skills Development Manager - Apprenticeships Summer Campaign Briefing 28 th May 2008. Apprenticeships. What is an Apprenticeship? Employer / Business benefits
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Everything you didn’t want to know about Apprenticeships, but were afraid you might be asked? Eamonn Gilbert Skills Development Manager - Apprenticeships Summer Campaign Briefing 28th May 2008
Apprenticeships • What is an Apprenticeship? • Employer / Business benefits • Content of an Apprenticeship • Apprenticeship Funding • London Performance 2007/8 • Occupations the SSC & the Summer Campaign • N.A.S. National Apprenticeship Strategy / Service • London Plan for Growth / Summer Campaign • Important Links
What is an Apprenticeship? • Work based training programme • Aimed at current and future employees • Designed by business for business • Focus on the whole job, not just individual skills • On – and off-the-job education and training
Apprenticeships Structure • Categories 16-18 year olds and 19+ (incl 25+) • Employed Status • Available at two levels: • Apprenticeship to Level 2 • Equivalent to 5 GCSE’s A- C grade • Advanced Apprenticeship to Level 3 • Equivalent to 2 A Levels
Benefits to Employers • Better-trained employees, with the right skills • Improved productivity • Motivated and loyal workers • Potential managers / Leaders of the future • Improved retention especially in high turnover sectors • Addressing Skills Shortages
Content of Apprenticeship: • An Apprenticeship is not a qualification in itself • Common structure to all apprenticeships • Specific content determined by Sector Skills Councils • 180 Frameworks covering 80 industry sectors Apprenticeship NVQ Competence Based Tech Cert Theoretical Underpinning Knowledge Key skills qualifications
Funding Apprenticeships • 16 -18: year olds, full training cost met by the LSC • 19+: Employer Fee Assumption, expected (37% -50%) • Frameworks funded at different rates, see 2007/8 funding guidance: Annex B for examples or LAD • IT User FW: L2 16-18 £3,662 19+ £2,106 with 42.5% fee • Employer pays the Apprentice salary • LSC contract, minimum wage of £80:00 per week
Apprenticeship Performance Top 10 London F/works 2006/07 all App SR • Children's Care, Learning & Development 59% • Hairdressing 58% • Business Administration 67% • Customer Service 57% • Construction 36% • Hospitality & Catering 40% • Vehicle Maintenance & Repair 40% • Retail 53% • Electrotechnical 43% • Plumbing 59%
Apprenticeships the Future • National Apprenticeship Service: April 2009 • 16-18 App entitlement by 2013 = 5% to 20%! • End to end Responsibility for all App Provision • Matching Service, Learners, Employer, Provider • London I.D. as especially poor performing region • Increase App’s from 240,000 to 400,000 by 2020
The London Plan for Growth • Shadow Arrangements in Place 2008/9 • London Trials: Overtraining, GTA, Incentives, Mentors, BAME • Increase Participation (Starts) • 2008/9 9,781, 2009/10 10,624 2010 11,151 by • Increased focus on SSCs & Frameworks
London Summer Campaign 22nd May - 31st October Target to Increase Overall App participation by 200 Overall employer response rate of 3% • Retail • Construction • Hospitality & Catering • Active Leisure • Business Admin / } • Customer Service / } (Cross Cutting) • IT User / } • LSC ‘staff’ to follow up Employer leads from the campaign & convert into apprenticeship starts
Employer needs / Knowledge? • SME: Requests ‘French Polishing’ Apprenticeship? • This was available 20 years ago, why not now? • We have 17 year old employee? Why do we have to pay £8,000? • Sector Skills Council: Proskills website • Identify Framework L2, Making & Installing Furniture code (5614) Modular • Identify suitable provider?
Apprenticeships Training the future workforce for business
Important Links • List of LSC funded Apprenticeships • http://www.apprenticeships.org.uk/list/apprenticeshipsdirectory/ • Retail:http://www.skillsmartretail.com/ • Construction: http://www.constructionskills.net/ • Hospitality & Catering: http://www.people1st.co.uk/ • Active & Leisure SSC: http://www.skillsactive.com/ • Business Admin: http://www.cfa.uk.com/index.html • Customer Service: http://www.instituteofcustomerservice.com/ • IT User: http://www.e-skills.com/
Important Links • World Class Apprenticeships: Unlocking Talent, Building Skills for All • DIUS website • http://www.dius.gov.uk/publications/world_class_apprenticeships.pdf • LSC Apprenticeship Website • http://www.apprenticeships.org.uk/