1. Project Management Apprenticeships
Michelle Palin
Employer Review Group Chair

2. Why should you recruit / train apprentices?
The profession has an “aging” profile
Candidates are looking for an alternative to university
Funded way to re-train or formalise training for existing staff
Mature candidates looking to change careers

3. Level 4 – Associate Project Manager Standard
Don’t be fooled by the name!
Designed by Employers for Employers
Approved August 2016
Expecting 250+ starts 2016/17
Applicable to all employers
Learning split into Knowledge / Skills / Behaviours

4. Knowledge Project Governance Stakeholder Management
Project Communication
Project Leadership
Consolidated Planning
Budgeting & Cost Control
Business Case & Benefits Management
Project Scope
Project Schedule
Resource Management
Project Risk & Issue Management
Contract Management & Procurement
Project Quality
Project Context

5. Skills Project Governance Stakeholder & Communications Management
Budgeting & Cost Control
Business Case
Scope Management
Consolidate d Planning
Schedule Management
Risk and Issue Management
Contract Management & Procurement
Quality Management
Resource Management

6. Behaviours Collaboration & Team Work Leadership
Effective & Appropriate Communication
Drive for results
Integrity, Ethics, compliance and professionalism

7. Assessment
Knowledge
Assessed by achieving an IPMA level D qualification (usually APM’s PMQ)
Skills & Behaviours
Assessed by Portfolio of Evidence
Panel Presentation
Professional Discussion

8. Entry Criteria / Duration
Can be flexed by organisation
“Typically” 5 GCSE’s at A* - C (including English & Maths)
2 A-levels at A* - D (or equivalent)
Duration
Typically 24 months for a new recruit
May be less if someone has previous experience

9. Other Apprenticeships in the pipeline
Level 3 – Project Controls
Level 6 (Degree) – Project Management
Level 7 (Masters) – Programme & Portfolio Management

10. Funding New Funding rules from April 2017 Apprenticeship Levy
Applies to organisations with a pay bill of more than £3,000,000 per annum
0.5% levy collected through payroll
Available to spend in your DAS account
If you don’t spend in 24 months money goes back to the treasury

11. Levy Continued
If you’re organisation is a levy payer, what is 0.5% of your PM staff’s pay bill?
Make a case to have these funds spent on PM apprenticeships

12. Non-Levy 90% contribution to cost of training up to cap amount
10% employer contribution

13. Funding Bands L4 Associate Project Manager
£9000
Other bands will be confirmed as standards are approved

14. Questions

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