Engaging Employers - Apprenticeships in England Presented by Andrew Barlow International Skills...
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Engaging Employers - Apprenticeships in England Presented by Andrew Barlow International Skills Development Manager
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Engaging Employers - Apprenticeships in England
Presented byAndrew Barlow International Skills Development Manager
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National Apprenticeship Service
Apprenticeships are the centre-piece of the Government’s approach on vocational training
Ambition is to create a vocational pathway of equal value to that of higher education
England has had a long history of Apprenticeships, with first mentions dating back to the 13th century
Recent successive Governments’ support has reinvigorated the programme with funding at 1.5bn this year
Apprenticeships in England
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Apprenticeships in England
Straddles Dept for Education and Dept for Business Innovation and Skills (16-18 and 19+ learners) – unusually, the Apprenticeship Unit is joint, with a joint Minister: Matthew Hancock
An expanding programme with 700,000 apprentices on 200 Apprenticeships programmes in 2010/11
Modern, online application, matching and support tools
A programme for all ages (16+) and increasingly at all academic levels
National Apprenticeship Service for operational delivery
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Key Features
National Apprenticeship Service
•A job with training”
•Demand led - for employers and apprentices
•All sectors (250+ sector frameworks, and expanding)
•3+ levels (Intermediate, Advanced, Higher)
•Standards of core content for all Apprenticeships: S.A.S.E.
•Employer pays the Wages
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Apprenticeships - Funding
Funding from Government forTraining costs = 100% age 16-18
The Apprentice’s wages are paid by their employer
Each apprentice must have an employer and be paid.
About 170,000 workplaces in England had apprentices in 2010/11
Each apprentice must have a registered training provider (which can also be their employer)
There are 1,100 providers in England
Government funded apprentices must study one of 200 Apprenticeship ‘qualification framework’ areas.
Frameworks are at European qualification framework levels 2, 3, 4 or 5
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Apprenticeship Frameworks
The largest frameworks by volume: 2010/11 1. Customer Service 2. Health and Social Care 3. Retail 4. Business Administration5. Hospitality and Catering6. Management 7. Children's Care Learning & Development8. Engineering 9. Active Leisure and Learning10. Hairdressing
Top 10 = about 72% of all starts
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Employer Engagement - Key Features
National Apprenticeship Service
• Direct Grant Employer – Large
• Key Accounts – Large Employers >250 Employees
• Small Business Unit – Dealing with <250 Employees
• On Line Application Process
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There is evidence of strong benefits to employers from investing in the Apprenticeship Programme
36%
43%
58%
64%
65%
66%
67%
69%
72%
A lower overall wage bill
It has helped us win business (private sector only (3,364)
It has improved our ability to attract good staff
Brought new ideas to the organisation
It has helped improve staff retention
Improved our image in the sector
Improved our product or service quality
Improved staff morale
Improved productivity
Base: All Employers unless stated (unweighted 4,075)
