May. 09 2024
Source Page: ESFA education and skills agreements and accountability agreements: 2024 to 2025Found: Funding paid to an Employer where the payment of Funding or any arrangement between the e mployer of apprentices
Mentions:
1: Lord Birt (XB - Life peer) In most sectors of our economy, shortage of skills is a critical factor, as it is, for instance, in construction - Speech Link
2: Lord Harrington of Watford (Con - Life peer) , they would in fact hire apprentices. - Speech Link
3: Lord Mair (XB - Life peer) Many girls miss out because they perceive that engineering is only about machinery or hard hats and construction—apparently - Speech Link
4: Baroness Barran (Con - Life peer) We also have T-levels to support this area in construction engineering and land management.The noble - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: None The guy who showed me how to operate a digger was teaching apprentices. - Speech Link
2: None The construction phase had not started, but those sections were signed off during that period. - Speech Link
3: None Therefore, when we came along with the Queensferry crossing project, construction companies from all - Speech Link
4: None We would hope that, given modern construction methods, the number of fatalities during the construction - Speech Link
Asked by: Catherine West (Labour - Hornsey and Wood Green)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department is taking steps to increase access to electrical appliance repair and reuse skills training.
Answered by Luke Hall - Minister of State (Education)
This government is committed to delivering a world-leading skills system which is employer-focused, high-quality, and fit for the future.
The government is investing £3.8 billion more in further education and skills over this Parliament to ensure people can access high-quality training and education that addresses skills gaps and boosts productivity. The department are working with industry to shape our training offers, creating more routes into skilled employment in key sectors, including green jobs.
The department’s high-quality employer-designed apprenticeships, including the Level 3 Digital Device Repair Technician standard, also continue to support employers and apprentices to develop the skills needed in the green economy.
Employer-led standards have shaped the design of T Levels, which are new level 3 qualifications for 16 to 19 year olds that reflect modern industrial practice and include a 45 day industry placement. Engineering and Manufacturing T Levels in Maintenance, Installation and Repair were introduced in 2022, where students can choose to specialise in electrical and electronics.
The department’s reforms are strengthening higher and further education to help more people get good jobs and upskill and retrain throughout their lives and to improve national productivity.
The department is delivering reforms to increase uptake of high-quality higher technical education. Central to these reforms is the introduction of Higher Technical Qualifications (HTQs).
HTQs are new or existing Level 4 and 5 qualifications (such as Higher National Diploma’s, Foundation Degrees and Diploma HE) that have been approved by the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education to indicate their alignment to employer-led occupational standards. These qualifications have been developed by awarding bodies in collaboration with employers and businesses so that students get the specific training, knowledge and skills required for their chosen career.
To date, 172 qualifications have been approved as HTQs across Digital, Construction and the Built Environment, Health & Science, Business and Administration, Education and Early Years, Engineering & Manufacturing and Legal, Finance and Accounting occupational routes, for first teach beginning between September 2022 and September 2024.
There are HTQs approved in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) related subjects, including Engineering and Manufacturing and Construction and the Built Environment that will help provide the skills needed for industries.
The department is investing up to £115 million of funding to help support the growth in higher technical provision across the country.
Asked by: Seema Malhotra (Labour (Co-op) - Feltham and Heston)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many businesses can be involved in the provision of (a) a T Level industry placement and (b) flexi-job apprenticeships.
Answered by Luke Hall - Minister of State (Education)
T Levels offer students a mixture of classroom learning and ‘on-the-job’ experience during an industry placement of at least 315 hours (approximately 45 days). Industry placements can be split across a maximum of two employers to help deliver a breadth of experience for the student, as well as creating opportunities within small to medium enterprises, in sectors such as creative, digital and construction, where short project-based work is common. Alternatively, a placement can be carried out across an employer’s supply chain or network, up to a maximum of two partners/sub-contractors, to enable students to experience an end-to-end process.
Over 16,000 students started a T Level course from September 2023, which is almost as many students as in the first three cohorts combined, and the department will be introducing new T Levels in September 2024. As the department scale up T Levels, we are keen to increase the numbers of employers offering industry placements. The department has recently published the T Level Action Plan, which sets out further measures the department is taking over the year ahead to support providers and employers to grow their T Level programmes and support even more young people across the country. This includes new resources from the Strategic Development Network to support easier engagement between providers and employers. The T Level action plan can be found here: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6627c087d29479e036a7e68e/T_Level_Action_Plan_2023_to_2024.pdf.
Flexi Job Apprenticeship Agencies (FJAAs) were introduced in 2022 to support sectors with short-term, project-based work to access apprenticeships. They allow apprentices to work with different host employers, and on a range of projects, to gain the skills and knowledge needed to be successful in their chosen field.
An organisation must be on the Register of FJAAs to operate as a Flexi-Job Apprenticeship Agency. Any business can contact an agency to become a host employer. The department does not place a limit on how many host employers an agency can work with, it is for the agency to decide what is best for their delivery model.
FJAAs will arrange placements with one or more host employer to cover the duration of the apprenticeship. Placements must offer apprentices the chance and time to obtain and embed the knowledge, skills and behaviours required for their apprenticeship standard. There were 640 FJAA apprenticeship starts in the 2022/23 academic year and 570 starts have been reported from August to January in the 2023/24 academic year. More details on Flexi Job Apprenticeships can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/flexi-job-apprenticeships.
Asked by: Lennon, Monica (Scottish Labour - Central Scotland)
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what engagement it has had with the construction industry in relation to the reported freeze on Modern Apprenticeships.
Answered by Dey, Graeme - Minister for Higher and Further Education; and Minister for Veterans
The funding for the 38,000 apprentices in training is committed. Skills Development Scotland commenced contracting for up to 25,500 new Modern Apprenticeship opportunities at the start of April, including in the construction sector.
Mentions:
1: Hoy, Craig (Con - South Scotland) Across Scotland, many colleges are saying that they are unable to recruit enough apprentices to meet - Speech Link
2: Grant, Rhoda (Lab - Highlands and Islands) During the pause and delay, construction costs are increasing, which is not only adding greater costs - Speech Link
3: Robison, Shona (SNP - Dundee City East) However, given not just the cut to our capital budget but the significant levels of construction inflation - Speech Link
4: Robison, Shona (SNP - Dundee City East) In the light of the construction costs and inflation that I mentioned, the cut to our capital budget - Speech Link
5: Robison, Shona (SNP - Dundee City East) investment pipeline and the reasons why we are revisiting it, which are multifaceted and include the rise in construction - Speech Link
Oral Evidence Apr. 30 2024
Inquiry: Skills for the future: apprenticeships and trainingFound: As an SME, I’m struggling to find apprentices to come into my business”.
Apr. 30 2024
Source Page: MGN 332 (M+F) Amendment 3: The LOLER regulations 2006Found: worker means a person employed on a ship under a contract of employment including all trainees and apprentices
Written Evidence Apr. 29 2024
Committee: Public Accounts CommitteeFound: of the economy, including, manufacturing, financial services, transport, food and agriculture, construction