In what is thought to be the longest delay for any standard in any sector, the Level 3 has not appeared because the assessment plan, a version of which was in place last September, has still not been signed off by the Institute for Apprenticeships.
Hawk Training’s operations manager Clare Craig said, ‘We hear that news is coming and then nothing [happens] and months roll on and on’, adding that there was a ‘lack of confidence in the sector in ever getting a solution to the issues and a standard actually released'.
Chris Baker, finance director of training provider Crackerjack, said, ‘In 2017 we were told we had to continue to deliver the old framework, but there would be this brand spangly new well-funded standard to deliver in the future.
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