Developing a new Trailblazer
Standard
Lessons learned form Food and Drink
Overview
Current
Apprenticeships
• Developed by employer led
SSCs, paid for by govt. and
involving wide scale employer
consultation across the UK in a
regulated and prescribed
process
• A framework of qualifications
based on National Occupational
Standards with unit flexibility
to reflect competency
requirements for individual
company jobs
• Policy driven requirements of
ERR, PLTS and functional skills
New Apprenticeships
• Developed by groups of
employers in England with
no payment in an non
prescriptive process
• A single standard for an
apprentice to reach in an
occupation irrespective of
company approach
• No ERR or PLTS
requirements
Start with the end in mind…
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Aim is to produce a written statement of a STANDARD
– Two A4 sides (excluding assessment annex)
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Clear, concise, easy-to-follow format and language
States requirements for full competence (at a high level)
for the occupation.
– NOW may include core and options
Sufficient content and level that a new entrant to the
occupation will need at least 12 months of training
Professional registration if relevant
Recognised by employers of all sizes as fit for purpose
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1. Choosing the Occupation
Potential Approaches
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Labour Market Intelligence
Occupational Map
Shared employer group needs
Current apprenticeship gaps
Beware
• Job vs Occupations
• Uniqueness
• Your Responsibility
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Profile of employers involved – generally larger , automated
companies in the group
Higher levels of automation in the industry
Previous experience of problems in training engineers
Current apprenticeship felt to not be delivering
Food and Drink Maintenance Engineer
2. Developing the Standard
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The Mantra
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Express what apprentices should
know, and be able to do, at the end
of the apprenticeship
Potential Approaches
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Existing standards
National Occupational Standards?
Job Role descriptions
Consultations with employers
International standards
Links to any Institute entry
requirements
Food and Drink Maintenance Engineer
Utilised 18 months of development of maintenance engineer
apprenticeship undertaken by the NSA and the dairy industry
as the basis for consultation
2. Developing the Standard
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Challenges
– Occupations across other industries
– Differences across employers –lowest
common denominator if you are not careful
(no core and options in Round 1)
– UK wide requirements
– Self determining /restricting /interest group
Food and Drink Maintenance Engineer
Food and Drink Maintenance engineer became 2 versions:
Multi skilled Maintenance Engineer
Mechanical maintenance Engineer
2. Developing the Standard
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Decisions to make/consider early on
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Should Behaviours be in the standard?
Standpoint on grading – can you grade competence?
Qualifications- important to include ?
English and maths requirement
Entry requirements to be allowed to undertake the
apprenticeship
Learning and Training required
Apprenticeship duration
Challenge
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To express a simple standard significant work has to
take place to identify what is included- and what isn’t
Managing any tensions and resolving differences of
opinions
Food and Drink
Behaviours vital
Grading seen as a positive development
Qualifications vital if young people in other sectors have them (we
are all competing for engineers)
3. Developing the assessment approach
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Covered by another workshop
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The clearer the articulation of
the standard in terms of
– Knowledge
– Skill
– Behaviour
the easier it is to describe an
appropriate assessment
approach
Questions