The reformed Apprenticeships are to be employer-led and designed and will be graded on completion – pass, merit or distinction.
The plans were unveiled by prime minister David Cameron during a visit to BMW’s MINI Plant in Oxford last week.
BMW is a member of one of the new Trailblazer groups, alongside more than 60 other companies who between them took on 13,000 Apprenticeship starts in 2011.
The Trailblazers cover eight broad industry areas: aerospace, automotive, digital industries, electro-technical, energy, financial services, food and drink, and life and industrial sciences.
The government implementation plan for the new Apprenticeships states that they will be based on “standards designed by employers to meet their needs”, and apprentices will need to “demonstrate their competence through rigorous, independent assessment designed with employers”.
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