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Everything you didn’t want to know about Apprenticeships, but were afraid you might be asked?

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?

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  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. London Apprenticeship Performance

  9. 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%

  10. 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

  11. 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

  12. 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

  13. 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?

  14. Apprenticeships Training the future workforce for business

  15. 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/

  16. 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/

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