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Hi all,
I’m a last year apprentice hoping to complete Level 3 5357-03 qualification sometime this year.
I completed the science part about a year ago by passing all my exams and have received certain certificates for this.
The whole experience hasn’t been good at all with weeks of no tutor available or having a non electrically qualified person (bricklayer) who only “taught” us how to record the “off the job” training to ensure we achieve 20%. On top of that I also had 5 different assessors some completely useless and others not very helpful but despite that I managed to complete my portfolio. Unfortunately I was made redundant in October last year, at which point I was waiting for the college (Darlington College) to pull their finger out and find us a new assessor so I can formally submit my portfolio for review after being completed since August 24.
Due to the stage of the apprenticeship I was assured that even if I was unable to get into employment soon I will still be able to continue my learning and finish it.
Luckily I found a new job relatively quick, however the promise of being fast tracked was just another empty promise from the provider and nearly 6 months later I’m still waiting for feedback on my portfolio.
In the meantime the college told my new employer there is £6k outstanding (to my surprise) on my apprenticeship, but after a chat with my manager I asked them not to authorise payment. Long story short previous employer with whom I started my apprenticeship was a very small business so it was gov funded. Current employer is a levy payer however I believe there should have been nothing outstanding or a very minimal amount? Could someone give a bit more info on that as the college will not give a breakdown cost and not engaging with my current employer to try and sort the issue on this. My employer is a multinational business with a whole department dealing with apprenticeships and have a very good knowledge in the field and they said themselves...
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Hi all,
I’m a last year apprentice hoping to complete Level 3 5357-03 qualification sometime this year.
I completed the science part about a year ago by passing all my exams and have received certain certificates for this.
The whole experience hasn’t been good at all with weeks of no tutor available or having a non electrically qualified person (bricklayer) who only “taught” us how to record the “off the job” training to ensure we achieve 20%. On top of that I also had 5 different assessors some completely useless and others not very helpful but despite that I managed to complete my portfolio. Unfortunately I was made redundant in October last year, at which point I was waiting for the college (Darlington College) to pull their finger out and find us a new assessor so I can formally submit my portfolio for review after being completed since August 24.
Due to the stage of the apprenticeship I was assured that even if I was unable to get into employment soon I will still be able to continue my learning and finish it.
Luckily I found a new job relatively quick, however the promise of being fast tracked was just another empty promise from the provider and nearly 6 months later I’m still waiting for feedback on my portfolio.
In the meantime the college told my new employer there is £6k outstanding (to my surprise) on my apprenticeship, but after a chat with my manager I asked them not to authorise payment. Long story short previous employer with whom I started my apprenticeship was a very small business so it was gov funded. Current employer is a levy payer however I believe there should have been nothing outstanding or a very minimal amount? Could someone give a bit more info on that as the college will not give a breakdown cost and not engaging with my current employer to try and sort the issue on this. My employer is a multinational business with a whole department dealing with apprenticeships and have a very good knowledge in the field and they said themselves...
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