This version of the guide is produced in interactive ‘playbook’ format enabling users to follow their own route through the content rather than go sequentially through the pages. It pulls together all the various complex strands of policy and process which go to make up the employability and skills offer to unemployed people.
This guide pulls together all the various complex strands of policy and process which go to make up the employability and skills offer to unemployed people. It also provides hints and tips based on real experience to help learning and skills providers make sense of those strands and consider how they might best respond to the challenges posed by the ongoing changes to the Adult Skills Budget, DWP and Education Funding Agency (EFA) programmes.
A step by step guide for providers
This guide is aimed at providers who are considering offering GCSEs in English and
maths. It will also be useful for all providers who would like to adopt a more
coherent approach to delivering English and maths within Apprenticeships in general.
Although the guide mainly focuses on GCSEs, we are aware that functional skills or other English and maths qualifications may be more appropriate for many apprentices.
A step by step guide for providers
This guide is aimed at providers who are considering offering GCSEs in English and
maths. It will also be useful for all providers who would like to adopt a more
coherent approach to delivering English and maths within Apprenticeships in general.
Aimed at maths and functional skills teachers, as well as vocational teachers, these modules aim to develop the vocational maths skills of learners on apprenticeship programmes. There are four CPD modules downloadable as zip files.
A checklist to enable individuals to comment on their own English and maths skills required in Preparation for Life and Work
Integrated assignments, a collection of authentic work-based source materials and a glossary of terms.
Monochrome photocopy masters of the colour materials for photocopying.
Outdoor and practical. The target audience for this module will be the E2E learner who is keen to work in outdoor practical settings, such as land-based, waste management, portering, basic construction, animal care and caretaking. Topics include health and safety, working ith others, using maps and plans and following instructions.
Engineering and mechanical. This module will be useful to any learner who wants to work in a practical workshop setting where they use machinery, with topics such as working within tolerances, reading gauges and understanding units of measure.
