Lynne Green

Calculating off the Job Hours

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Please can someone help me with calculating OTJ hours for an Apprentice that is working under the 30 hours.  She is currently working 18hrs per week and term time only (39 weeks)

I have extended the programme to encompass the hours. Generally, for a Level 3 this is 18 months, however this can be 15 months also. I really would like a second opinion please on these two areas.  I have extended the programme to 28 months.

Thank you so much

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Steve Hewitt

So, usual caveats about this not being properly official apply, but my TTO calculator is here:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_Kbfvp9CmKjsiaisE_W9W9FlNATfYni3/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=116891575082143579414&rtpof=true&sd=true

I make it your learner is averaging just over 15 hours a week for a "full" year, so you basically need to double the usual duration.

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Martin West

Apprentices with term-time only contracts

P47 The off-the-job training requirement for an apprentice with a term-time only contract (e.g. such as those in the teaching profession) should be no less, as a minimum, than any other apprentice. Term-time apprentices must also meet the minimum duration requirement.

P47.1 Off-the-job training is calculated as though the apprentice is working 52 weeks per year (minus statutory leave). Once the calculation is made, the training can be delivered across the weeks specified in the term-time only contract (usually 39 contact weeks), if this is what has been agreed between the employer and main provider.

P47.2 This will mean delivering more than an average of 6 hours per week (for a full-time apprentice) during term-time, in order to meet the minimum requirements of the off-the-job training policy.

P47.2.1 For those apprentices with a term-time only contract, if there is no planned activity over the 6 week summer holiday we do not require a break in learning. This is the only exception to the active learning / break in learning rules.

I calculate it at 130 weeks duration with the same OTJ hours as full time at 417

HT

Lynne Green

Hi Steveh

Thank you so much for your help. Huge relief to share this with someone else!

 

Kind regards

Lynne Green

Thank you Martin