Stage 3 Butchery Apprenticeship award underneath risk
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Meat Administration understands that the Institute of Apprentices and Technical Training (IfAte) is believed to be contemplating dropping its Stage 3 Butcher Apprenticeship award.
Talking on the latest Institute of Meat (IoM) Awards, chairman Invoice Jermey stated: “The scenario is that IfAte haven’t but decided, however are positively seeking to cut back the variety of apprenticeships and have strongly intimated that within the present evaluation of the L2 Butcher some features of the L3 award may be included, which might imply that the L3 may go.
“Nevertheless they are saying the choice lies with employers, not different events.
“After L2, if L3 goes, there isn’t any alternative for butchers to get recognised {qualifications} on their technique to Grasp Butcher.
“IfAte argues that the supervision ingredient just isn’t applicable and they need to do a Supervisory apprenticeship as an alternative. Not all agree with that however in any case the L3 normal is in want of an replace, simply as L2 goes by now, and there’s a robust case for together with extra particular butchery and meat processing expertise within the revised normal.”
Employers who see the necessity for one thing extra that the L2 apprenticeship may contact [email protected]
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