New arrangements for scanning knowledge tests Posted on 20th October 2020 Over the coming months you will observe changes to the format of multiple-choice knowledge assessments. The questions themselves will remain the same, but instead of apprentices completing by...
Update on COVID-19 and EUIAS EPA flexibilities Posted on 20th October 2020Updated: 20th October 2020 When we first started talking about COVID-19 flexibilities, not many thought the situation would last as long as it has. The current situation suggests, if anything, there is greater uncertainty...
New EQA arrangements and the impact on customers Posted on 20th October 2020 Earlier this year the IfATE confirmed that Ofqual will be taking over the external quality assurance of end-point assessment organisations for all apprenticeship standards except for degree...
Coronavirus: How United Utilities didn’t allow the crisis to stop the career prospects of its next generation of key workers Posted on 7th July 2020Updated: 7th July 2020 As many young people fear about the pandemic’s impact on the labour market and future job prospects, water company United Utilities has been creatively coming up with safe social distancing...
IfATE Consultations on Funding Bands and External Quality Assurance Posted on 15th June 2020Updated: 18th June 2020 Energy & Utility Skills has recently submitted responses to two IfATE consultations on funding bands and external quality assurance on behalf of the energy and utilities sector. The IfATE...
New EUIAS Web-based Learner Management System Posted on 15th June 2020Updated: 18th June 2020 COVID-19 has not stopped us from continuing to implement our web-based learner management system, QuartzWeb. The plan is to roll out QuartzWeb for registrations in Autumn 2020, where the end-point...
COVID-19 and EUIAS EPA Flexibilities Posted on 15th June 2020Updated: 18th June 2020 At the beginning of the lockdown period, there was a collective ‘pause’ while everyone tried to make sense of the new circumstances. Quite soon after, the IfATE produced advice for end-point...
EUIAS End Point Assessment Resources Posted on 15th June 2020Updated: 18th June 2020 We are consolidating our support materials into a single EPA Specification document for each apprenticeship standard. Our EPA Specification is the ‘one-stop-shop’ for all your queries...
Energy & Utilities sector collaborate to close 277,000 workforce gap Posted on 9th June 2020 The Energy & Utilities Skills Partnership today launches the 2020-2025 Workforce Renewal and Skills Strategy. The sector, central to achieving Net Zero carbon targets and providing essential...
End-point assessment update from the EUIAS Posted on 14th May 2020 The Energy & Utilities Independent Assessment (EUIAS) has been working closely with our customers and Open Awards, our main external quality assurance provider, to continue to carry out...
