Consultation on L7 Senior Leader Occupational Standard (Closed)
The Trailblazer has analysed the responses from the consultation and have attended a workshop to consider what revisions are appropriate to make to the draft occupational standard. With support from the Institute, they are now revising the occupational standard with a view to finalising a draft for submission into the Institute’s next approvals cycle.
The currently envisaged timeline for the revision of the standard and related end-point assessment plan is as follows:
| Action | Date | Status | |
| 1 | IFATE/Trailblazer evidence gathering from training providers and employers delivering the standard | 16-27 March | Completed |
| 2 | Remote Intensive workshop with the trailblazer to develop a first draft of a policy compliant revised occupational standard | 18 March | Completed |
| 3 | Finalise redrafting of the occupational standard | 23 March – 3 April | Completed |
| 4 | Trailblazer consultation on revised occupational standard | 8-29 April | Completed |
| 5 | Trailblazer to analyse consultation responses with Institute support | 30 April – 4 May | Completed |
| 6 | Consult IFATE Peer Reviewer and Worldskills on the draft occupational standard | 11-15 May | |
| 7 | Remote intensive workshop to review the consultation feedback and revise the occupational standard | 5 May | Completed |
| 8 | Finalise occupational standard | 6-19 May | |
| 9 | Final checks of standard and submission | 19-20 May | |
| 10 | Remote intensive workshop to revise the End-Point Assessment plan so that it is policy compliant and aligns with the revised standard | 1-5 June | |
| 11 | Trailblazer to request costings from training providers and an end-point assessment organisation to inform IFATE’s funding band recommendation | 10 June | |
| 12 | Outcome of occupational standard approval process | 6 – 10 July | |
| 13 | Finalise EPA plan and revisit standard to check for any knock-on effects on KSBs to enable grading descriptors | 6-17 July | |
| 14 | Draft EPA reviewed by Education Advisor | 20-24 July | |
| 15 | Finalisation of EPA plan and costings | 27 July – 23 August | |
| 16 | Final checks of EPA plan and costings | 26 August – 16 September | |
| 17 | Outcome of EPA plan approval process | 2 – 6 October | |
| 18 | Addressing of any EPA plan conditions and ministerial approval of funding band | October – November | |
| 19 | Apprenticeship standard approved for delivery | November – December* |
*Consideration will need to be given as to whether a notice period needs to be given between its approval and final implementation.
Regards
Sally
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