ConstructionSkills Update Construction Craft Quality Network Friday 11 th November 2011 Stephen Sheridan Scottish Careers and Qualification's Manager
Mar 28, 2015
ConstructionSkills Update
Construction Craft Quality Network
Friday 11th November 2011
Stephen Sheridan Scottish Careers and Qualification's Manager
Skills Development Scotland – Funded MAs
2010-2011 2009-2010
MA Framework VQ Title Grand Total Grand Total
SVQ level 3 Carpentry & Joinery 635 731
Painting & Decorating 227 239
Bricklaying 122 112
Plant Maintenance 74 55
Roof Slating & Tiling 68 88
Floor Covering Occupations 53 0
Plastering 39 49
Stonemasonry 43 44
Wall & Floor Tiling 14 13
Controlling Lifts Operations 8 0
Woodmachining 7 4
Accessing Operations & Rigging 2 0
1292 1335
Achievement Rates2010/2011 Modern Apprenticeships by Sector:
Construction 65%
Engineering Sector 80%
All Sectors 71%
2011 Skills Test Achievement – Overall 87% to date:
Wood Machining 100%
Wall & Floor Tiling 92%
Carpentry & Joinery 91%
Stonemasonry 91%
Bricklaying 87%
Plastering 83%
Roof Slating & Tiling 79%
Painting & Decorating 77%
What's Staying: Modern Apprenticeships in Scotland
● Skills Test here to stay. Part of new craft SVQ’s in August 2011
- Apprentices will be sitting skills tests in 2020
- important part of assessing competence
● Current Framework of SVQ, PDA and Core Skills
● Registration with Apprenticeship Council
What's Changing: Modern Apprenticeships in Scotland
● Sequence of Delivery – Off-the-Job Training, Years 1,2, 3 and 4.
This change is driven by :
- need to increase achievement rates
- inconsistent preparation for skills test
- lack of evidence gathered from the workplace
- In some cases there is limited experience on site
Change supported and signed off by Industry
What's Changing: Modern Apprenticeships in Scotland
● Evidence Recording
This change is driven by :
- lack of evidence gathered from the workplace
- robustness of evidence gathered
- In some cases there is limited experience on site
- pressure from regulator
- pressure from SSC
Change supported and signed off by Industry
What's Changing: Modern Apprenticeships in Scotland
● Content of PDA’s
This change is driven by :
- changes in industry practices
- legislation
- feedback from employers
Change supported by Industry, steering groups sign off