Dismissed from employment during EPA

No, they have to be employed until they sit the final element of their EPA, with the exception of redundancy 

Thanks Chloe, would this rule still apply if the learner finds new employment (Employer change) but DAS, contracts etc would not be in place before the  EPA was due to have been taken

Sue

This depends on whether the new job role is related.

120.2. Where an apprentice has changed employer after they have completed all 
the training and reached gateway, including where the new job role is not 
related to the apprenticeship, the apprentice may complete the end-point 
assessment in agreement with the end-point assessment organisation and 
the provider, so long as the end-point assessment can be successfully 
delivered and funded. 
120.2.1 Providers must contact apprenticeship service support to get 
approval to report this change to us and to receive the 
technical details for claiming the completion payment.