Flexibilities agreed so EPA can continue for Furniture Manufacturers

Achieve+Partners have agreed flexibilities with the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (IfATE) and the External Quality Assurance Organisation so EPA can continue for the Furniture Manufacturer Level 2 Apprenticeship.

Providers and employers can now apply to use these flexibilites where a delay to end-point assessment would cause hardship to the apprentice.

This means in most cases that EPA can be conducted remotely. Please contact us for more information.

Functional Skills flexibilities

The IfATE have published a new temporary flexibility that will enable apprentices to take end point assessment (EPA) ahead of receiving their calculated functional skills qualifications (FSQ) later on in the summer.

This will apply to:

• all apprentices due to take an FSQ test and receive a result between 20 March and 31 July;
• those apprentices that are deemed by their training provider to have the required level of functional skills and sufficient evidence to demonstrate this to receive a calculated FSQ pass; and
• occupationally competent apprentices at gateway who are ready to progress to sit their EPA.

Support available

We are committed to supporting employes, providers and learners through this difficult time. We have the following digital resources available to our customers:

• online learning courses and mock tests
• apprentice workbooks that support you and the apprentice in preparing for end-point assessment
• online EPA booking
• end-to-end solutions for apprenticeship delivery
• online support workshops