Developing Apprenticeships for the Heritage

Sector

Liz Long, Heritage Apprenticeships Programme Manager

Historic England

Conservation Trailblazer Event 6th July 2017

▪ The Historic England Apprenticeship Programme

▪ Commissioning a future programme of Labour Market Research into

the skills gaps and shortages in the sector and employment

trends/barriers to evidence the need for apprenticeships

▪ Developing new apprenticeships for heritage specific roles through

working with partners in the Historic Environment Trailblazer

What is an apprenticeship?

▪ Work based training and 20% off the job training

▪ Apprenticeship frameworks and apprenticeship standards

▪ Level 1 to Level 7 (GCSE – post graduate degree)

▪ Could be a new apprentice or an up-skilling opportunity

▪ Employed for 12 months or more

▪ Intention to offer employment at the end of their training

7 December 2015 - the government published its outline plan for:

▪ increasing the quality and quantity of apprenticeships

▪ achieving 3 million apprenticeships by 2020

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/apprenticeships-in-england-vision-for-2020

1. Levy. C £145k pa from April 17

2. Public sector targets for apprenticeships – 2.3% which

equates to approximately 22 per year – will average out

3. Culture White Paper requirements for apprenticeships:

• Recruit our own heritage apprenticeships and non

heritage apprenticeships

• Strategies for creating and developing standards in

sector

• Address areas where there is the greatest need – skills

analysis, demand

Historic England Apprenticeships

▪ Levy – we are now paying the levy and will reclaim part of this through supporting

apprenticeships (new staff and up-skilling or side skilling opportunities) and off set

part of this through developing charged services

▪ Public sector targets – year 1 set up and trial an apprenticeship programme with

three non-heritage apprenticeships, year 2 support eight apprenticeships (heritage

& non-heritage), year 3-4 maintain eight per year

▪ CWP requirements – we are convening the Historic Environment Trailblazer to

develop new heritage apprenticeships

Historic England

Apprenticeships

▪ Infrastructure is now in place to deliver a new

programme

o Apprentice contract documents, terms & conditions,

commitment statement

o Apprentice pay band

o Training programme

o Web pages

o Toolkit for recruiting Managers

o Set up training for Managers & Mentors

▪ Mapped existing standards to Historic England roles

▪ Identified initial opportunities based on BAU approach

– procurement apprentice and HR assistant

apprentice in shared services, customer services

apprentice in Listing

▪ Further non-heritage non BAU apprenticeships will be

identified in skills needs assessment of individual

groups carried out by HR

Developing new apprenticeship standards for the sector

“Nobody understands the skills employers need better than the employers themselves. That is why we are placing them in the driving seat. They are designing apprenticeships so that they focus on exactly the skills, knowledge and behaviours that are required of the workforce of the future.

A levy will put employers at the heart of paying for and choosing apprenticeship training, and place the funding of apprenticeships on a sustainable footing. Employers will choose between high quality education and training providers, or be able to train their apprentices themselves.”

Sajid Javid - Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and SkillsNicky Morgan - Secretary of State for Education and Minister for Women and Equalities

Trailblazers

Where do we start with designing new standards for the Heritage

Sector?

• Historic Environment Trailblazer – heritage specific roles

• Occupations that could have a Historic Environment element

Historic Environment Trailblazer

Historic Environment Trailblazer

Archaeology sub group

Archaeology sub group

Conservator sub group

Conservator sub group

Advisory sub group

Advisory sub group

Develop/author standards and assessment plans, commitment from employers (apprenticeship numbers)

& communication

Develop/author standards and assessment plans, commitment from employers (apprenticeship numbers)

& communication

Submission of EOIs, standards & assessment

plans, oversight, overlaps, communication

Submission of EOIs, standards & assessment

plans, oversight, overlaps, communication

Historic Environment Trailblazer & sub

groups

• Historic England

• CIfA

• Oxford

Archaeology

• Cotswold

Archaeology

• Wessex

Archaeology

• MOLA

• Historic England

• ICON

• English Heritage

Trust

• National Trust

• V&A

• Tate

• Cliveden

Conservation

Proposed standards for development

▪ Archaeological Technician Level 3 - in development

▪ Archaeology degree level apprenticeship Level 6

▪ Cultural Heritage Conservation Technician Level 4 – in development

▪ Conservator Level 6

▪ Historic Environment Advisor Level 6

▪ Historic Environment Records Officer Level 4

Mapping standards against job

roles and sub groups(example)

▪ Prioritise entry level standards, then we need to determine if higher level standards are

appropriate (will they be learning substantial new specialist skills)

Historic Environment Trailblazer

Historic Environment Advisor Level 6 (core & options)

• Historic Environment Places Advisor

• Planning Advisor

• Listing Advisor

Cultural Heritage Conservation

Supervisor Level 6 (core)

• Conservator

Archaeological Specialist Level 6 (core & options)

• Archaeologist (Artefact Analysis)

• Archaeologist (Spatial Analysis)

• Job title

Historic Environment Records Officer Level 4 (core)

• Historic Environment Records Officer

Archaeological Technician Level 3(core)

• Archaeological Technician

• Job title

• Job title

• Job title

Cultural Heritage Conservation Technician Level 4 (core)

• Conservation Technician

• Collections Care Technician

• Job title

Archaeology sub group Conservator sub group Sub group for Advisory roles

Trailblazer approved

Submit an Expression of Interest (EOI) to develop a

standard

Develop standard

Submit standard for

approval

Develop assessment

plan

Submit assessment

plan for approval

Standard and assessment

plan ready for delivery

Development through sub

groups, submission through HE

group. Training Providers (TP) &

End Point Assessors (EPA) are

kept informed on progress

TP and EPA actively involved in

developing the assessment plan

TPs and EPAs develop training

programme alongside assessment

plan

Standard and

assessment

plan ready for

delivery

Historic

Environment

Trailblazer &

sub groups –

representatio

n, ToR

In sub

groups:

commitment

from

employers,

timeline

1 2 3 4 5

▪ We set a timeline based on the guidelines set out by the Institute of Apprenticeships – detailing

the development & submission of each EOI, standard & assessment plan

Institute for Apprenticeships

(IfA)

▪ Independent crown non-departmental government body funded by the Education & Skills Funding

Agency (ESFA)

▪ Responsible for monitoring the quality of apprenticeships, approving standards and assessment plans

▪ Each route will be led by an Industry Expert

▪ Representation on Route Panel

▪ The Institute will produce a series of occupational maps based on the 15 Routes

15 Route Panels

Agriculture, Environmental &

Animal Care

Business & Administration

Catering & Hospitality

Childcare & Education

ConstructionCreative &

DesignDigital

Engineering & Manufacturing

Hair & Beauty Health & ScienceLegal, Finance &

AccountingProtective Services

Sales, Marketing & Procurement

Transport & Logistics

Social Care

Historic Environment Trailblazer

Historic Environment Trailblazer

Museums & Galleries

Trailblazer

Museums & Galleries

Trailblazer

Construction TrailblazersConstruction Trailblazers

Archiving TrailblazerArchiving Trailblazer

• Construction Route Panel

• Partnership agreement with CITB

• Mainstreaming conservation, repair &

maintenance in to Construction standards

• Mainstreaming in to Architecture standards

Geospatial TrailblazerGeospatial Trailblazer

• Construction Route Panel

• Paul Bryan, Geospatial Imaging Manager

• Geospatial Surveying Technician

• Geospatial Surveying Degree Level

• Creative & Design Route Panel

• Historic Environment Trailblazer

and Museums & Galleries

Trailblazer checking for overlaps

• Business & Administration Route

Panel

• Mike Evans, Head of Archiving

Horticulture & Landscape Trailblazer

Horticulture & Landscape Trailblazer

• Agriculture, Environment & Animal

Care

• John Watkins, EHT

Architecture Trailblazer

Architecture Trailblazer

Trailblazer Considerations

▪ Representation on the Route Panel

▪ Representation in the occupational maps

▪ Identifying what could be and what should be an apprenticeship

▪ Mainstreaming Heritage

▪ See this as an opportunity to develop the skills we need and address shortages and gaps in the sector

▪ Get the right representation on Trailblazer groups to reflect roles within as many organisations as possible & carry out wider sector consultation

▪ Joined up working between Trailblazer groups - resolving overlaps, checking terminology

▪ Promoting the Trailblazers and standards in development/ready for delivery