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
Required job role – Project management (creative services
and account management)
Job title(s)
Job role(s)
Event Management
Assistant
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 Marketing
Executive
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
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
Pearson in Practice
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 Delivery
Blended Learning - mixing face
to face teaching & assessment
alongside innovative e-learning
Pearson 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 delivery
E-portfolio system to record
details of learner assessments &
evidence
Ensuring Quality
Costs – quality costs
Cohort size
Delivery models – resourcing
Involve employers
Develop QA models
Any Questions?
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