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New Standard for

New Standard for. Apprenticeships in England. Benita Holmes – Quality and Programme Design Director. Last Updated: Feb 2011. Legislative Drives Raising of the participation age, requires all young people under the age of 19 to participate in full time education or training

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  1. New Standard for Apprenticeships in England Benita Holmes – Quality and Programme Design Director Last Updated: Feb 2011

  2. Legislative Drives • Raising of the participation age, requires all young people under the age of 19 to participate in full time education or training • The Apprenticeship, Skills, Children and Learning Act due to commence April 2011: • New Specification for Apprenticeships • Apprenticeship Certificates • Employment Status

  3. Purpose To explain the following: • What is “The Specification of Apprenticeship Standards for England” (SASE); • Content of SASE • SASE Compliance / Certification • Employment Status

  4. The Specification of Apprenticeship Standards for England (SASE): What is it? • The Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning (ASCL) Act introduces the Specification of Apprenticeship Standards for England (SASE) • The SASE sets out the minimum requirements to be included in a recognised English Apprenticeship framework • Compliance with the SASE will be a statutory requirement of the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning (ASCL) Act • The Issuing Authorities, (SSCs) designated by the Secretary of State, are responsible for ensuring that only those Apprenticeship frameworks which comply with the SASE are issued as recognised English Apprenticeship frameworks

  5. What is in the SASE? 4 recognised levels of Apprenticeships in England • Intermediate Level (2) • Advanced Level (3) • Higher (4 and 5) Framework developer, in consultation with the Issuing Authority, will decide and agree content of the Apprenticeship framework.

  6. SASE Completion / Certification

  7. Employment Status The ASCL bill explanatory note states that: “The Apprenticeship Agreement will be a contract entered into between the employer and the apprentice. The Government expects that it should set out both the on-the-job training and the learning away from the workstation that will be delivered; make clear what job role an apprentice will be qualified to hold upon completion; and stipulate the supervision that an apprentice will receive throughout the period of the Apprenticeship. ” Apprenticeship content must be delivered within contracted hours.

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