Who is involved in the delivery of an apprenticeship standard?
There are three main organisations involved in the delivery of new apprenticeships:
The Employer – who is responsible for creating and providing the job and issuing a contract of employment for the duration.
The employer is responsible for paying the apprentice’s wages and selecting the training provider who will support the off-the-job training.
The Training Provider – is responsible for providing a minimum of 20% off-the-job training to the apprentice.
This training must not form a qualification unless mandated in the apprenticeship standard.
Training providers are expected to respond to employer need and therefore develop occupationally current and relevant training.
They can only deliver apprenticeship training and drawdown funding to do this if they are formally on the Register of Apprenticeship Training Providers.
The End Point Assessment Organisation – who is responsible for assessing the apprentice’s competence in line with the Assessment Plan.
They must be independent of the Training Provider and Employer (but can be known to both) and must be on the formal Register of Apprenticeship Assessment Organisations.
The employer is responsible for selecting the Assessment Organisation they use.
Assessment Organisations are responsible for recruiting occupationally competent assessors as per the conditions outlined in the Assessment Plan, and must meet agreed External Quality Assurance requirements.
