Online apprenticeship solutionsTeaching and learning resources for training providers, colleges, employers and awarding organisations

Over one million online learners

Helping you deliver more with lessApprenticeship e-Academy

Apprenticeship delivery - time for a new approach?

Over one million online learners use E►nable, Virtual College’s Learning Management System which lies at the core of our apprenticeshipdelivery solutions.

Resources can be used to enhance learner engagement to enable study at a time, pace and place which is flexible – to suit themselves and their employer

By using electronic tracking of targets and progress, paperwork is minimised

Tools can be tailored flexibly to the needs of your apprentices

Full LMS functionality and branding is available using your logo and colours

Fully customisable reporting functionality is provided

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Virtual College helps address the challenges of apprenticeship delivery faced by training providers, colleges, employers and awarding organisations. Whether you require assistance in ensuring your learners are right for programme or need to support them in improving their knowledge, we are here to help and assist you.

We offer a huge range of tools and resources which can help you reduce costs, improve efficiency and enhance quality:

Please contact us if you would like to discuss how we can help you in your quest to deliver more with less.

01943 885093info@apprenticeshipea.co.ukwww.apprenticeshipea.co.uk

Welcome to Virtual College, a leading provider of online solutions.

Teaching, learning and assessment - are you being challenged by Ofsted?

The new Ofsted Common Inspection Framework launched September 2012 places an increasing emphasis on the quality of teaching, learning and assessment. To be outstanding, the Common Inspection Framework requires that:

Our interactive resources help to provide a pedagogical approach embedded in a learner centred system which promotes feedback and independent tracking.

The tools and resources we have created are relevant for usewith all awarding bodies.

We will work with you to ensure that it meets all of the requirements of the specific awarding bodies you use.

High quality learning materials and resources including information and communication technology (ICT) are available and used by staff and learners during and between learning and assessment sessions.

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The Holistic Learner Journey

The full apprenticeship journey is illustrated below. However, learners usually move between levels flexibly as they progress towards the conclusion of their apprenticeship.

Similarly, training providers and colleges are able to support their delivery by choosing to ‘mix and match’ elements of our tools and resources at any level.

We have simplified our solution into five key products:

Competency levelApplication of skills and knowledge in the working environment, this level includes:

Pre-recruitment and screening levelPowerful aids to your recruitment and initial assessmentprocesses, including:

Foundation levelProvides a full apprenticeship induction with ERR and PLTS qualifications, including:

The functionality includes self-registration for the learners and the ability to upload their documents.

Also available, optional ERR tasks which learners can upload fortheir assessors to mark.

Functional skills levelAllows students to develop their functional skills in Maths, English and ICT, including:

Knowledge levelCovers the technical certificate modules to ensure apprentices can do their job properly, including:

Eligibility

Apprenticeship Suitability

Apprenticeship Profile

Learning Style

Apprentice Induction

Equality & Diversity

Introduction to Health & Safety

Functional Skills Diagnostic

Functional Skills Learning Plan

Functional Skills Training

Knowledge Induction

Mandatory Units

Personality Profile

Aptitude Tests

Functional Skills Screener

IT Confidence

Leaner Charter

Employee Rights & Responsibilities

Personal Learning & Thinking Skills

Functional Skills Practice Test

Functional Skills Assessment

Optional Units

Progress Review

Competency Induction

Mandatory Units

Optional Units

Progress Review

Cost effective pricing model

It has been a great addition to the Gloucester Youth Project curriculum and represents good value for money. We would recommend it to others.

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”Chris McGuirk, Director, Gloucester Youth Project

Our pre-recruitment and screening tools are sold as a full solution on an annual licence basis.

Foundation, functional skills, knowledge and competency tools and resources can be purchased on a per learner sliding scale basis or via a membership model for unlimited use.

Our solutions provide full tracking of learner progress and unrestricted assessor logins.

We offer full technical hosting, training and implementation support and are happy to tailor the Learning Management System you and your learners will access to your own organisation’s branded look and feel.

Sophisticated pre-recruitment and screening tools

Prior to the start of the apprenticeship process, we can help you through the recruitment and initial assessment stages.

This range of tools provides a flexible choice of options to meet your specific requirements.

Following self-registration, a range of questions helps build a profile of thepotential apprentice:

We can also provide sector-specific Aptitude Tests, including:

These resources allow you to develop a strong understanding of the applicant prior to the apprenticeship, to help:

Eligibility

Suitability for vacancies

Apprenticeship profile

Learning Style

Personality Profile

Engineering

Manufacturing

Health and Social Care

Customer Service

Retail

Business Administration

Hospitality

Identify the vacancy

Identify the entry level

Detect the applicant’s preferredstyle of learning

Reduce paperwork and administration

Aptitude Tests

Functional skills screeners

IT Confidence

Upload your documents

Rail engineering

Abstract reasoning

Numerical reasoning

Spatial awareness

Early years

Cookery

Warehousing

Recognise the applicant’spersonality traits

Identify the applicant’s functionalskills level

The best recruitment screening package inthe marketplace.

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Prue Day, Vision West Nottinghamshire College

The pre-recruitment and screening assessment journey

The diagram below illustrates a typical applicant journey when usingour pre-recruitment and screening tools.

We will work with you to ensure these bespoke tools meet yourorganisation’s needs.

Throughout the journey there are filters to identify ineligible applicants, notifications to provide IAGto applicants and profilers to show applicants how they have scored in the assessments.

The tools offer a cost-effective and efficient approach to pre-screening applicants to your organisation.

The candidate applies for a vacancy as normal

NAS Sales Force Your Website

The candidate is directed to your website which contains more

information about the available role. Candidate then applies via

your website and is directed to your branded self-registration page.

If the candidate is ineligible to become an apprentice they will be informed via a message which will

also provide a number they can call for more information.

The candidate creates a unique user name and

password. Contact detailswill be captured for future

use once the candidate has submitted the form.

The system will automatically filter eligible candidates so that

they can continue with the recruitment process.Ineligible candidates

will be informed.

If eligible, the candidate continues withthe recruitment and initial assessment tools.

Candidate visits your branded Learner Management System

and completes a shortquestionnaire to determine

whether they are suitable foran apprenticeship.

Eligibility Assessment

Aprenticeship Suitability

Maths Screener

English Screener

Upload Your Documents

Aptitude Test

Assessment Profile

Personality Profile

Learning Style

ICT Screener

Engaging foundation level e-learning materials to enhance delivery

Our cost effective online induction materials can help you improve delivery efficiency and quality. We have developed an optional ERR e-portfolio and 6 e-learning modules – each ending with an online test.

InductionThis is aimed at anyone starting an apprenticeship. It introduces learners to what they can expect from an apprenticeship and familiarises them with all of the elements of apprenticeship delivery.

Module Lessons:

Equality and diversityLearners will be tasked with understanding what is meant by equality and diversity in the workplace and how the law impacts on it. This will help them to promote best practice within the organisation.

Module Lessons:

Health and safetyThis course enables apprentices to recognise the range of employer and employee statutory responsibilities and rights under employment law.

Module Lessons:

Option to upgrade to our online IOSH Working Safely course to gain a globally recognised IOSH certificate

What is an apprenticeship?

Who is involved in your apprenticeship?

Assessment and training

Information, advice and guidance

Online test

Knowledge awareness quiz

Introduction to equality and diversity

Equality and diversity legislation

Understanding diversity

You and promoting equality and diversity

Online test

Learner entitlements and provider responsibilities

Staying safe at work

Staying safe whilst training

Top tips

Online test

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Engaging foundation level e-learning materials to enhance delivery

Learner charterThis covers the standards of behaviour that will be expected from an apprentice and outlines what actions can be taken to resolve any difficult situations.

Module Lessons:

Employee rights and responsibilitiesThis enables apprentices to recognise the range of employer and employee statutory responsibilities and rights under employment law.

Module Lessons:

Personal learning and thinking skillsThis course is aimed at introducing apprentices to the concept of personal learning and thinking skills which they will develop throughout their apprenticeship programme.

Module Lessons:

Responsibilities of the main participants

What if things go wrong?

Online test

Procedures and documentation

Career pathways

Representative bodies and summary

Online test

PLTS Self-Assessment

Personal Learning and Thinking Skills

Online test

The foundation courses allow us to standardise our induction process and provide engaging content to our learners.

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Andrew Lister, Director, Mobile Care Qualifications

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Cost effective functional skills solution

Our online functional skills solution provides some significant advantages over traditionalface-to-face provision:

The resources include:

Enhances quality by delivering learner progress tracking and learner completion reports

Pre-apprenticeship functional skills screeners

Initial assessments

Full diagnostics

Learning resources

Teaching resources

The online resources and delivery mechanism reduce administration and delivery costs

The Learning Management System can be tailored to the look and feel of your corporate branding

I thought that the online module and assessment were extremely well presented and were easy to navigate through.

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Mike Bracegirdle, managing director, Jarvis Training Management

The functional skills learning journey we provide to apprentices is illustrated below.

The initial assessments are designed to allocate courses depending onthe learner’s knowledge and understanding.

ScreeningOur profiling tools help to identify problems at

an early stage

Initial &Diagnostic

AssessmentSummative Assessment

Combined curriculum linked tool to identify levels

and areas of strength/weakness

Preparing your learners for their final assessments

Learning MaterialsFormative

AssessmentSelf-study e-learning

referenced to the curriculum & learner’s

abilities

Open assessment questions enabling the

development of problem solving skills

Interactive knowledge level learning resources

Developed to support specific technical knowledge certificates, these resources are relevant to all awarding bodies and content has been mapped to the Qualifications Credit Framework (QCF).

Business and administrationThese learning resources support the delivery of the technical certificate in Business Administration.

Examples of courses include:

Customer serviceThis content supports the delivery of the technical certificate in Customer Service.

Examples of courses include:

CYPWWe have developed knowledge content to support the Children and Young People’s Workforce L3 diploma, including the optional ‘Medication Awareness’ unit.

Module Lessons:

Health and social careThis content supports the delivery of knowledge content for adult social care pathways for both adult social care and the children and young people’s workforce. A large selection of modules are available to support the delivery, including all of the mandatory units for the adult social care pathway.

Module Lessons:

Principles of Managing Information and Producing Documents

Principles of Customer Service

Use of Communication in a Business Environment

Principles of personal development in adult social care settings

Principles of safeguarding and protection in health and social care

Principles of Personal Responsibilities and Working in a Business Environment

The Role of the Health and Social Care Worker

Duty of care in health, social care or children’s and youngpeople’s settings

Interactive knowledge level learning resources

Manufacturing frameworksThis content supports the three pathways in the Improving Operational Performance framework:

Examples of courses include:

Coming soon:

We regularly work alongside organisations to create technical certificate content to meet their demands.

Please contact us if you are interested in the development of specific resources.

Business Improvement Techniques

Performing Manufacturing Operations

Performing Engineering Operations

Kaizen

Visual Management

Team Working

Management

Retail

Hospitality & Catering

Team Leading

The online technical certificate content encourages a learner driven approach and helps our assessors track guided learning hours instantly.

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Theresa Newbury, Assessor, Newham College

Personalised competency level learning

Our E►nable solution allows learners to gather, store and submit evidence online for assessor/tutor review and marking which is ideal for competency type qualifications.

The e-Portfolio toolkit includes:

The benefits of the E►nable e-Portfolio:

Already have an e-Portfolio solution?Talk to us about the opportunity to integrate into your current e-portfolio.

Activity-driven assessments tasks

Assessor and Internal Verifier management

Assessors can remotely mark/assess learner submissions

Detailed activity progress matrix provided

Allows all stakeholders to manage the process

Virtual classroom provision for online assessment/learner reviews

Creation of competency-based qualification structures including unit, performance criteria and scope mapping

Multimedia evidence formats including photographs, video and audio observation scheduling and recording

Portfolio development can be structured to match specific learning criteria set by awarding organisations

Provides a route to measure and track learners at all stages of their e-Portfolio development

Ability to manage and schedule the verification process linked to a systemic corrective action process

E►nable allows us to keep track and record our learners’ progress. We find it an essential tool for learning and development.

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Simone Cobb, e-learning development officer, Lincolnshire County Council

Personalised competency level learning E►nable – the complete LMS solution

Virtual College’s powerful Learning Management System lies at thecore of our apprenticeship delivery solutions.

E►nable is an ideal tool to manage the delivery of our apprenticeship resources and solutions but this is just one use of E►nable amongst many.

Talk to us about how E►nable can revolutionise your staff development.

StaffInductionTraining

MandatoryTraining

e.g. H&S/CPD

Store Company Policy

& Procedure

Product &Equipment

Training

TrainingNeeds

Analysis

BlendedTraining

Apprenticeships/Traineeships

Audit Tools

Our online apprenticeship delivery tools and resources have been developed through our understanding of the needs of colleges, learning providers, apprentices and employers. We have coupled this with our powerful, tried and tested learning technology to help you deliver more with less.

Contact us to find out how we can help you.

Contact us:01943 885093info@apprenticeshipea.co.ukwww.apprenticeshipea.co.uk

Delivered by one of the leading providersof e-learning solutions in the UK

As a leading provider of online learning solutions, Virtual College has been providing learner programmes since 1995. We now have over one million online learners using our Learning Management System, E►nable.

Our credibility as a learning provider with a direct SFA contract makes us perfectly placed to deliver the most innovative and rewarding apprentice programme in the UK.

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