Introduction
Government has identified that apprenticeships are key to addressing skills shortages. To this end, employers have contributed to developing new Apprenticeship Standards which outline the knowledge, skills and behaviours that they would expect to see for specific job roles.
QFI’s contribution to the delivery of Apprenticeships in England
QFI’s End Point Assessment Organisation
All apprentices in England must go through an independent end-point assessment which is a general assessment of the knowledge, skills and behaviours learned through undertaking an apprenticeship programme.
Through QFI’s End Point Assessment Organisation we are able to offer end point assessment to independently make sure that apprentices meet the standards set by employers and are confirmed fully competent in their chosen occupations.
For further information on QFI’s End Point Assessment Organisation please email your enquiry to: leadassessor@qfiepa.org
Standards that QFI are approved to end-point assess:
Advanced Carpentry and Joinery
Bricklayer
Carpentry and Joinery
Demolition Operative
Digital Engineering Technician
Engineering Construction Pipefitter
Engineering Construction Erector/ Rigger
Engineering Design and Draughtsperson
Formworker
General Welder (arc processes)
Geospatial Survey Technician
Groundworker
Highways Maintenance Skilled Operative
Industrial Coatings Applicator
Laboratory Technician
Lifting Technician
Piling Attendant
Plasterer
Road Surfacing Operative
Steel Fixer
Tunnelling Operative
Wireless Communications Rigger
EPA for the Engineering Design and Draughtsperson Apprenticeship
QFI is approved to end-point assess the Engineering Design and Draughtsperson Apprenticeship Standard. Click on the summary PDF below for more information.
Engineering Design and Draughtsperson Info Sheet
EPA for the Engineering Construction Pipefitter Apprenticeship
QFI is approved to end-point assess the Engineering Construction Pipefitter Apprenticeship Standard. Click on the summary PDF below for more information.
EPA for the Steel Fixer Apprenticeship
QFI is approved to end-point assess the Steel Fixer Apprenticeship Standard. Click on the summary PDF below for more information.
EPA for the Lifting Technician Apprenticeship
QFI is approved to end-point assess the Lifting Technician Apprenticeship Standard. Click on the summary PDF below for more information.
EPA for the Demolition Operative Apprenticeship
QFI is approved to end-point assess the Demolition Operative Apprenticeship Standard. Click on the summary PDF below for more information.
EPA for the Piling Attendant Apprenticeship
QFI is approved to end-point assess the Piling Attendant Apprenticeship Standard. Click on the summary PDF below for more information.
EPA for the Formworker Apprenticeship
QFI is approved to end-point assess the Formworker Apprenticeship Standard. Click on the summary PDF below for more information.
EPA for the Highways Maintenance Skilled Operative Apprenticeship
QFI is approved to end-point assess the Highways Maintenance Skilled Operative Apprenticeship Standard. Click on the summary PDF below for more information.
EPA for the Laboratory Technician Apprenticeship
QFI is approved to end-point assess the Laboratory Technician Apprenticeship Standard. Click on the summary PDF below for more information.
Laboratory Technician Info Sheet
EPA for the Industrial Coatings Applicator Apprenticeship
QFI is approved to end-point assess the Industrial Coatings Applicator Apprenticeship Standard. Click on the summary PDF below for more information.
Industrial Coatings Applicator Info Sheet
EPA for the Digital Engineering Technician Apprenticeship
QFI is approved to end-point assess the Digital Engineering Technician Apprenticeship Standard. Click on the summary PDF below for more information.
Digital Engineering Technician Info Sheet
EPA for the Tunnelling Operative Apprenticeship
QFI is approved to end-point assess the Tunnelling Operative Apprenticeship Standard. Click on the summary PDF below for more information.
Tunnelling Operative Info Sheet
EPA for the General Welder Apprenticeship
QFI is approved to end-point assess the General Welder Apprenticeship Standard. Click on the summary PDF below for more information.
General Welder – Arc Processes Info Sheet
EPA for the Carpentry and Joinery Apprenticeship
QFI is approved to end-point assess the Carpentry and Joinery Apprenticeship Standard. Click on the summary PDF below for more information.
Carpentry and Joinery Information Sheet
EPA for the Groundworker Apprenticeship
QFI is approved to end-point assess the Groundworker Apprenticeship Standard. Click on the summary PDF below for more information.
Groundworker Information Sheet
Further information on Apprenticeships in England
Who pays for Apprenticeships?
Where an employer pays the levy, the funding for apprenticeship training comes from this. Where an employer does not pay the levy then they must contribute 10% of the cost of the apprentices training, and the Government pays the rest (90%). Each apprenticeship is set a Funding Band which indicates the maximum contribution that can be made from the levy pot or from Government.
Can employers do the training part?
Anyone that provides apprenticeship training must be on the Skills Funding Agency’s Register of Approved Apprenticeship Training Providers. Employers can apply to be on this Register in order to deliver training to their own employees.
How are Apprentices trained?
Apprentices must spend at least 20% of their time in ‘off the job’ training. This doesn’t necessarily mean that they must leave the workplace, but they should not be doing their day to day work. They may for example be in meetings, learning on-line, shadowing etc. There is further guidance as to what this can involve.
How are Apprenticeships assessed?
All of the new Apprenticeship Standards have an ‘end-point assessment’ that is conducted by an independent organisation towards the end of the apprenticeship.
Apprenticeships are also graded, e.g. pass/ merit/ distinction, and all successful apprentices are awarded a full apprenticeship certificate.
What is QFI’s role in the delivery of Apprenticeships in England?
QFI is approved as an End Point Assessment Organisation (EPAO) for specific Standards. QFI’s End point Assessment Organisation develops assessment materials, approves assessors and assesses apprentice’s using the methods that employers have chosen and documented in the Assessment Plan that accompanies each Standard.
For further information on QFI’s End Point Assessment Organisation please email your enquiry to: leadassessor@qfiepa.org