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Transport and logistics route review
It provides a strategic look at the route, ensuring occupational standards and their content match the current and emerging needs of employers.The 7-week stakeholder consultation focused on three core themes – industry insights, emerging skills and the occupational map.
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Agriculture, environmental and animal care route review
However, a summary report would support trailblazer groups to move forward in making changes to standards, where needed, and to understand which new occupational standards have been prioritised for development. We will continue to engage with employers and publish the full report later this year, and also reflect the impact of COVID-19 and the longer-term changes to the sector that may influence future technical education programmes.
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Creative and design - route review summary
However, a summary report would support trailblazer groups to move forward in making changes to standards where needed and to understand which new occupational standards have been prioritised for development. We will continue to engage with employers to understand and decide whether publishing this full report later this year will further support the development of technical education in the route, reflecting the impact of COVID-19 and the longer-term changes to the sector that may influence fu...
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Hair and Beauty - route review summary report
However, a summary report would support trailblazer groups to move forward in making changes to standards where needed and to understand which new occupational standards have been prioritised for development. We will continue to engage with employers to understand and decide whether publishing this full report later this year will further support the development of technical education in the route, reflecting the impact of COVID-19 and the longer-term changes to the sector that may influence fu...
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Level 3 – Employer-proposed technical qualifications – adult only
IfATE requires a proposal for this category due to the absence of a published occupational standard to which the qualification can be aligned. For this category, IfATE will use the proposal stage to assess how best to progress the application through our review process, firstly by agreeing how to address the issue of the absence of a published occupational standard.
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Level 2 – Employer-proposed technical qualifications – adult only
IfATE requires a proposal for this category due to the absence of a published occupational standard to which the qualification can be aligned. For this category, IfATE will use the proposal stage to assess how best to progress the application through our review process, firstly by agreeing how to address the issue of the absence of a published occupational standard.
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Apprenticeship builder and submissions
Apprenticeship builder has different parts covering the information needed for the:
occupation proposal
occupational standard
EPA plan
You need to complete each part as you go through the development process. Any information needed for different parts will carry through the builder.
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Mandated qualifications policy (excluding degrees)
The following two exceptions apply:
submission of a previously returned occupational standard or EPA plan in line with the outgoing policy.In such circumstances, we will accept a resubmission based on that policy
where we approved an occupation proposal in a previous cycle with significant work on drafting the occupational standard and EPA plan already undertaken in line with the outgoing policy.
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Introduction to Higher Technical Qualifications and scope of approval
We will compare submitted qualifications against approved occupational standards, ensuring sufficient coverage and assessment of the knowledge, skills and behaviours that are needed for an occupation. We will also require robust employer engagement and endorsement of submitted qualifications.
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Level 2 – Cross-cutting function technical qualifications – 16-19 and adult
Submissions will only be accepted into cycles in which both the category of qualification and routes of the aligned occupational standards are indicated as in scope for approval.
Submissions into this category must cover outcomes found in published occupational standards at level 2.
