2022 Newsletter 19/07

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In todays issue of the OAL newsletter details of the support we have in place for the employers and apprentices impacted by the unfortunate closure of LEAD Ltd last month. Below you will find useful information, FAQs and guidance on how OAL and the Department for Education can help.

We have two new products live that customers can book onto now, the “Level 3 Diploma in Food and Drink Maintenance Engineering”, This Ofqual registered qualification is the mandated qualification to achieve gateway for the newest version of the Food and Drink Maintenance Engineer Apprenticeship standard. We also have the new IOSH accredited “Level 3 Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety” providing essential occupational health and safety knowledge and skills for those who are responsible for or looking to start a career in health and safety in an organisation in any industry.

We also cover updates to our booking form, change in circumstances form and break in assessment form available to all customers via OAL Online in the document library. Finally our 2022 Training and Events Calendar has recently been updated, detailing all the informative support webinars we have on best practices and new product guidance throughout the year. 

For all Employers and Apprentices impacted by the unfortunate closure of Lean Education And Development Limited. OAL are working with the Department for Education to provide a solution for all LEAD Ltd Apprentices who had achieved or are at gateway and unable to proceed to EPA. We have also been asked to support the DfE by signposting Levy paying employers to other training providers who can pick up the on-programme apprentices. Visit our support section of our home page to find out more. 
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Earlier this month the OAL L3 Diploma in Food and Drink Maintenance Engineering was launched and is now accessible via the OAL Portal. This Ofqual registered qualification is the mandated qualification to achieve gateway for the newest version of the Food and Drink Maintenance Engineer Apprenticeship standard. Visit the oawards website to find out more and explore all the Qualifications and EPA Standards that OAL offer.

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We recently launched our brand new IOSH accredited Level 3 Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety which provides essential occupational health and safety knowledge and skills for those who are responsible for or looking to start a career in health and safety in an organisation in any industry. Knowledge covers areas such as conducting risk assessments to introducing procedures and promoting a culture of health and safety in the workplace.
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We now have lots of informative webinars available for you to book onto that will run throughout the year covering topics such as “Achieving successful EPA” aimed at supporting Training Providers or Assessors that work in EPA delivery. We also have webinars available in August introducing some of our new products such as the new OAL L2 Diploma in Food and Drink Maintenance Engineering. Visit the oawards website below, review our new 2022 events calendar and book on now! 
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Following feedback from our customers, we are currently working to improve our booking form that you can access via OAL online. In our June release you will notice that we have removed the end date, this will avoid customers duplicating the same date moving forward so it will just have a start date. Please see the example above. 

In addition to this our ‘Change of Circumstances’ form is now for ‘Change of Apprentice details’ such as name changes, personal details etc. ‘Break in Assessment Form’ – Is now for any breaks in Endpoint Assessment for illness etc. All of which can be found on the document library via the OAL Portal.