NATIONAL CENTRE FOR
FOOD MANUFACTURING
Sharon Green
Head of Skills and Work Based Learning
What does the future look like?
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The future for providers?
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The future for employers?
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What does the future look like?
• Employer ownership of skills (Gov EOS)
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/employer-ownership-of-skills-pilot
• Employer ownership of skills (NSA EOS)
http://foodanddrink-nsacademy.co.uk/content/employer-ownership-skills
• Reduction in funding
• Reform of apprenticeship frameworks
(Trail Blazers)
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The journey of funding
Sept 2014
Sept 2016 ?
Employers
Get funding from the
provider
Applying directly for funding
or collaborating (small
companies)
The NCFM
Skills Funding Agency
contract (SFA)
Bidding for work based
learning provision/
collaborating with companies
to support delivery of provision
Curriculum
Skills for Life, IPQs and
apprenticeships
More flexible
qualifications/frameworks, no
fully funded provision for
employed individuals
Employers should seek sustainable training solutions
Why change things?
• Richards Review of Apprenticeships
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-richard-review-ofapprenticeships
• Deciding what financial support large
companies should have
• Young people in education until18 years old
• Employers seeking value for money and
control over provision
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The journey of programmes
Sept 2014
Sept 2016 ?
Skills for Life
Functional Skills
Themed Awards
Not changed
(but funding will)
IPQs
National Occupational
Standards under review
May be extended?
Will awarding organisations
want to offer them?
Apprenticeships
Existing framework
with Trailblazer pilot in
food engineering
New frameworks in Food
Engineering and Food
Science/Technology
Employers should seek sustainable training solutions
Questions?
• How will companies claim funding?
• How much provision can an employer offer
without being subject to Ofsted?
• What happens to small companies?
• How will companies work with providers?
• What role will the National Skills Academy
(NSA)have?
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What's already happening?
• Changes within the Skills Funding Agency
(SFA)
• Changes within National Apprenticeship
Service (NAS)
• Some funding only accessible to Grade 2
providers
• More rigour in co-funding checks
• Reduction in Employer Responsive
funding
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The positives!
• Flexible options for our industry (Claas)
• Employers will value training more
• Employers will focus on what they really
need (food engineering example)
• Providers will need to provide better value
for money
• Opportunities to shape training through
trailblazers
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What can you do?
• Consultation of Food Safety standards
• Optimise apprenticeship funding for next
academic year
• Plan your training needs as far ahead as
possible
• Be prepared to work towards sustainable
models
• Keep in touch with us and ask questions!
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