Higher and degree apprenticeship

developments, collaboration and

best practice

Brian Duffy

Faculty Director

January 2018

Summary

• Consideration of how colleges and

universities can work together to deliver

success alongside excellence in

employer engagement, the role of

mentors, key challenges and ingredients

for delivery, diversity and sustainability.

Degree Apprenticeships

• The higher level apprenticeship covers career

pathways that include:

Architectural Technology:

Building Services Engineering: Building Surveying:

Civil Engineering: CAD: Contracts Management: Estimating:

Health and Safety Management: Planning:

Project Management: Quantity Surveying:

Site Management: Site Engineering:

Structural Engineering: Sustainable Construction

Allows multi-disciplinary projects as part of the course

Keep employers & stakeholders

informed

Varying apprenticeship programmes to

meet employer demands

Clear progression pathways

Higher Apprenticeship Level 5 Sustainable Built Environment

Proposed Framework

Competency qualification

Level 5 NVQ Diploma in Construction Management

(Sustainability)

Knowledge qualification options

HND Diploma CBE

HND Diploma CBE (Civil Engineering) HND Diploma CBE (Building Services Engineering)

• Excellent work led by Balfour Beatty – Tony Ellender • Level 4 (Funding Cap £9, 000)

– Building Services Engineering Technician – Construction Design and Build Technician – Construction Site Engineering Technician – Construction Site Supervisor – Construction Surveying Technician

• Level 6 (Funding Cap £18, 000) – Building Services Engineering Site Manager – Construction Design Manager – Civil Engineering Site Manager – Construction Quantity Surveyor – Construction Site Manager

• Linked to job roles not academic levels (eg Assistant Engineer to Site/Section Engineer) • EPA must be undertaken by a professional body (cannot be named) • Standards approved some time ago – Assessment Plans are Approved with Revisions (revisions under review)

Range of standards

(not yet approved Jan 2018)

Occupational Competence

Completion and Certification

On and off-the-job training Mandatory

qualifications Maths and

English PLTS/ERR

Initial Assessment

Occupational Competence (EngTech)

Completion and Certification

End Point Assessment

Gateway

On and off-the-job training Qualifications

are not mandatory

Maths and English

Formative Assessment of

Behaviours

Initial Assessment

SASE Frameworks Trailblazer Standards

Changing Apprenticeships

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ticeship

Strategic Planning

• Ensuring RoATP

• Delivering apprenticeships and

institutional readiness

• Memorandum of understanding

• Timeliness of validations

• Business engagement

• Programme development

Challenges

• 7 sector standards in the plan

• Knowledge of standards – approved?

• Validations to include apprentices /

employers / professional institutions

• Employer mentors

• Collaborative team approaches

• Mapping and benchmarking consistency

• Resource Management

• Workplace skills and behaviours

Meeting the Mentors – areas covered

• Introductions

• Introduction to the higher apprenticeships

• Who is involved in the higher apprenticeship?

• Your role as a mentor

• The skills standard portfolio

• Evidence

• Assessment approach

• Onefile e-portfolio

• Review of plans to date & previous engagement

• Questions on the Standard / Forging partnerships

Please ask questions at any time.

The Role of the Mentor

• Mentor to ensure appropriate work experience is offered to the apprentice through liaison with line managers

• Ensure progress (both academic and work-based) is maintained through regular reviews and appraisals with the apprentice

• Review the skills portfolio, help identify gaps (as soon as possible) and suggest potential evidence

• Help the apprentice to maintain good records of their experience

• Encourage membership of professional bodies e.g. CIHT, TPS, ICE

• Stretching the apprentice, suggesting further research & CPD activities e.g. involvement with professional bodies

• Continued support and encouragement

Gateway / End Point Assessment

• One of key changes in the apprenticeship reforms

• A skills portfolio is an assessment of an apprentice’s practical capabilities in the workplace

• LCB planned knowledge qualifications HNC L4 ~ HND L5

• Passing both of these elements is ‘the gateway’ and this will enable the candidate to progress to the end point assessment

• Passing the end point assessment will show occupational competence

Varying apprenticeship programmes to

meet employer demands

Showcase Award Winners

Promote facilities and resources

Links with industry beyond the lectures

Engagement with HS2 College

E-Portfolio – OneFile

The Benefits are: -

• Design individual learning plans • Modify assessment plans • Take charge of the review process • Set and track smart targets for all

learners • Evidence can be up loaded

directly and sent to the assessor to view.

• E-Mail messaging system acts as a reminder

OneFile Nomad App

The OneFile Nomad app allows you to access your assessment portfolio on the go. Now you can plan, assess and review offline.

Promoting opportunities in

partnership with WISE

Elements of success

• 98% good or better for OTLAs

• Outstanding EQA Reports

• Apprenticeship Levy employer events

• Kirkstall Forge site visits and others

• Progressing Phase 2

• Outstanding Governor communications

• Showcase our student excellence and

employer links

Conclusion

• Develops Management Skills

• Mirrors “Bloom’s Taxonomy”

• Individual and team working

• External Quality Assurance visits

• Employer mentors; levy and non-levy

• Regional and national partnerships

• Lottery win