Flexible Apprenticeship Delivery:Developing Delivery Plans to Meet Employers Needs

Identifying Employer Needs

What are their needs, skills gaps, motivations

How – recruitment, delivery, timescales

Understanding apprenticeships and young people

Constraints – employer, training provider, apprenticeships

Costs

Understand Detailed Job Role

Job title(s) Job role(s)

Event ManagementAssistant

Day-to-day liaison with sponsorship clients, supporting the organisation of events, preparing event speakers, helping to source suppliers and the on-the-day support of a wide range of event activities

Junior MarketingExecutive

Developing working relationships with stakeholders, communicating with target audience, producing marketing materials, writing marketing copy, supporting designers, helping organise events and conducting market research

Market Researcher Liaising with clients, conducting research, supporting questionnaire development, carrying out surveys and supporting focus groups, analysing and interpreting data and presenting results

Required job role – Project management (creative services and account management)

Identify Delivery Models

2 delivery models

Block Release – Intensive classroom based teaching and learning

Day release - Blended learning, including regular scheduled classroom-based teaching and learning and work place learning

Both models are flexible to meet needs of sector and employers

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Delivery Models Detailed development with employers

Rules of Combination and Funding

Opportunities to blend qualifications

Additional modules for SME’s

Employers will pay for tailored provision

Add Value

Example

Risk Management Apprenticeship

• IT Level 3 Framework

• Additional modules from Business

• New modules for risk

• Incorporate internal training

Identify Additional Activity Examples• industry relevant qualifications• Marketing Value Added apprenticeships - CIM Level 3

Introductory Certificate in Marketing• CDM apprenticeships – Adobe Certification

• High Profile Guest Speakers• Nick Hindle, Senior VP McDonalds to PR• PRCA webinars

• Visits to Employers• PR apprentices visit to Bell Pottinger

• CV building activities• National and Regional skills events• Apprenticeship ambassadors

• Professional Body membership• AAT, PRCA, CIPD, APM

Develop Innovative DeliveryBlended Learning - mixing face to face teaching & assessment alongside innovative e-learningPearson Open Class- Online learning platform allowing access 24/7. A single point of access for assignments, study plans, eText & results. Email, chat, discussion boards & ClassLive whiteboard. Webinars through Webex & Adobe for learning deliveryE-portfolio system to record details of learner assessments & evidence

Ensuring Quality

Costs – quality costs

Cohort size

Delivery models – resourcing

Involve employers

Develop QA models

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