Darren Hands

Former ESFA PFA Reviewer (auditor), former employee at Eat That Frog CIC, Skills Group (Skills 2 Group) and PGL Training (Plumbing) Ltd, now at Greenlight Safety & Training

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Apprenticeship Wage

I think I know the answer to this although the guidelines are a bit of a grey area but could I just ask for others thoughts on these scenarios with the Apprenticeship Wage... S1) A 16 year old lear...

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"Re-start" on new version of Standard

Hi We have a learner who had been doing a Level 2 Brick apprenticeship under it's old version, 1,1 (at £9k). He had to be withdrawn with 6 months of his programme left due to losing his employment....

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To get the completion payment, can they be entered a...

To get the completion payment, can they be entered as 2-8 (awaiting results) or do you need to know if they have passed or failed in order to get the completion payment?

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Darren Hands commented,

As Ruth says, the Apprenticeship Service will be abl...

As Ruth says, the Apprenticeship Service will be able to shut it down for you but it may take a few weeks for them to do so. We had a similar situation a few months back including that of the inven...

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Level 2 Functional Skills

I think I know the answer to this but the Functional Skills team here and one of my directors have asked me to confirm something one way or another and I'm struggling to find anything in black and ...

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That was exactly my thinking too Steve.  Appreciate ...

That was exactly my thinking too Steve.  Appreciate your comment there

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Transferring Apprentices - Question Marks on learning

Seeking some advice please as we have different thoughts here in the office on this situation. We have been approached by an employer about a couple of apprentices they have had at a different trai...

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Breaks in Learning

Looking fo some advice here. In regards to Breaks in Learning and the Funding Rules I note that employers should agree to the BiL being put in place. "P268.2 The decision to take a break in learnin...

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Darren Hands commented,

We're having the same issue as you Sue.  This seems ...

We're having the same issue as you Sue.  This seems to be a different issue again to the one we have had over the past few weeks.  Wonder if they are doing some sort of update?  Not great when you'...

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Darren Hands commented,

They (KPMG) have put a "fix" in place and it's now w...

They (KPMG) have put a "fix" in place and it's now working for me - for now.  As it's happened twice this week, I fear if I try again tomorrow the same issue will occur.