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Introduction to post-16 technical qualifications
Why is IfATE now involved with approving level 3 and level 2 technical qualifications?
IfATE already supported groups of employers to develop the ‘occupational standards’ for apprenticeships, T Levels, and Higher Technical Qualifications.
These ‘occupational standards’ set out the knowledge, skills and behaviours students must learn to be considered competent in their jobs.
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2020 - Draft outline content for Media, Broadcast and Production (MBP) T Level (closed)
Consultation now closed
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2021 - Draft outline content for the T Level in Animal Care and Management (closed)
Consultation now closed
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Higher Technical Qualifications approvals process open
24 August 2022
Information on the 15 routes to skilled employment and the occupations they contain can be found on the occupational maps.
We have used the experience of first approvals on the digital route to refine and evolve the process ahead of future cycles.
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Exciting new dawn for employer-led technical qualifications at level 3
10 January 2023
IfATE already supported groups of employers to develop the occupational standards – setting out the knowledge, skills and behaviours students must learn to be competent in their jobs – guiding apprenticeships, T Levels, and Higher Technical Qualifications. These will now guide level 3 technical qualification approvals and eventually level 2.
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2022 - Animal Care and Management T Level (closed)
Consultation now closed
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Review looks to inclusive and digitally driven future for sales, marketing, and procurement
16 November 2023
IfATE is helping to address this through the recent launch of its occupational maps, which provide a comprehensive guide to training opportunities.
It was also recognised that sales, marketing and procurement is experiencing a digital revolution.
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2021 - Draft outline content for the T Level in Agriculture, Land Management and Production (closed)
Consultation now closed
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2021 - Draft outline content for the T Level in Pharmacy services (closed)
Consultation now closed
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2021 - (Provider) Agriculture, Environmental and Animal Care route (closed)
Consultation now closed
