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Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009

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27Contents of specification of apprenticeship standards for England
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(1)The specification of apprenticeship standards for England—

(a)must specify requirements to be met by recognised English frameworks,

(b)may specify different requirements in relation to recognised English frameworks at different levels, and

(c)must, in particular, specify requirements in relation to—

(i)recognised English frameworks at level 2, and

(ii)recognised English frameworks at level 3.

(2)The requirements specified by the specification of apprenticeship standards for England must include—

(a)requirements as to English certificate requirements, including requirements as to standards of attainment to be required by them,

(b)requirements for a recognised English framework to include, as an English certificate requirement, the requirement that an apprenticeship certificate relating to the framework may be issued to a person only if the person has received both on-the-job training and off-the-job training, and

(c)requirements for a recognised English framework to—

(i)include, as an English certificate requirement, the requirement that one or more qualifications be held,

(ii)include, as an English certificate requirement, the requirement that the qualification, or the qualifications taken together, demonstrate the relevant occupational competencies and the relevant technical knowledge, and

(iii)identify the qualification that demonstrates the relevant occupational competencies as the competencies qualification in relation to the framework.

(3)Requirements as to standards of attainment may be specified by reference, in particular, to descriptions of qualifications or training.

(4)In this section—

  • “English certificate requirement” means a requirement specified in a recognised English framework for the purpose of the issue of apprenticeship certificates relating to that framework by the English certifying authority;

  • “off-the-job training” in relation to a recognised English framework, is training which—

    (a)

    is received for the purposes of the skill, trade or occupation to which the framework relates, and

    (b)

    is not on-the-job training;

  • “on-the-job training” in relation to a recognised English framework, is training received in the course of carrying on the skill, trade or occupation to which the framework relates;

  • “the relevant occupational competencies”, in relation to a recognised English framework, means the competencies required to perform the skill, trade or occupation to which the framework relates at the level required in the framework;

  • “the relevant technical knowledge”, in relation to a recognised English framework, means the technical knowledge required to perform the skill, trade or occupation to which the framework relates at the level required in the framework.

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