Human Resources & Learning and Development Apprenticeships

What qualifications will you gain? 

• HR Support Apprenticeship Standard 

• End Point Assessment 
• Functional Skills maths 
• Functional Skills English  

Entry Requirements 

You don’t need academic qualifications to start working in a CIPD role but some employers will want you to have a good standard of  education, such as GCSEs, including English and maths. 

Length of the course 

24 months plus three months for the End Point Assessment 

What qualifications will you gain? 

• People Professional

• Level 5 Diploma in People Management 
• End Point Assessment 
• Functional Skills maths 
• Functional Skills English  

What’s covered in the Level 5 HR qualification? 

You’ll be taught a range of subjects including: 

• Employment Law 
• Employee Engagement 
• Coaching and Mentoring 
• Resourcing and Talent Planning 
• Employee Relations 
• Performance Management 
• Reward Management 
• Professional Practice within HR 

Entry Requirements 

You don’t need academic qualifications to start working in a CIPD role, but some employers will want you to have a good standard of education, such as GCSEs, including English and maths. 

Length of the course 

24 months plus Gateway 

Progression 

After completing your apprenticeship, you’ll be able to progress onto: 

• Undergraduate and post-graduate degrees in HR Management or business-related areas 
• CIPD Level 7 Advanced Diploma in Human Resource Management 
• Chartered membership of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) 

Programme summary

This apprenticeship will equip professionals with industry standard skills, knowledge and behaviours to become a strategic HR leader within their organisation.
Individuals will learn strategies to develop people management performance within their organisations.

What’s covered in the Level 7 HR qualification? 

You’ll be taught a range of subjects including: 

• Work and Working Lives in a Changing Business
  Environment
• People Management and Development Strategies for
  Performance
• Strategic Employment Relations
• Resourcing and Talent Management to Sustain
  Success
• Strategic Reward Management
• Organisational Design and Development
• Technology Enhanced Learning
• Advanced Employment Law Practice.

Entry Requirements 

You don’t need academic qualifications to start working in a CIPD role, but some employers will want you to have a good standard of education, such as GCSEs, including English and maths. 

Length of the course 

36 months plus 4 month gateway 

Who is suitable for this?

The L&D Practitioner role supports the L&D function to contribute to, and influence, improved performance in the workplace at an individual, team and organisation level.  Typically, the role will work alongside colleagues who specialise in Human Resources, often supported by an L&D Administrator and reporting to an L&D Business Partner / Consultant / Manager. L&D Practitioners often work with Subject Matter Experts in different parts of the business.

Topics to be covered: 

• Core behaviours for people professionals
• Essentials of people practice
• Business culture and change in context
• Principles of analytics 

EPA Requirements:

• A minimum of 12 months on-programme training
• Certificates for Level 2 English and Maths qualifications

Length of the Course:

18 months approximately 

Who is suitable for this?

Typically, the individual works alongside colleagues who specialise in Human Resources and report to a Senior L&D Manager, Head of Department or Director. In larger organisations, they may be one of a team supporting the business and may have responsibility for managing people and a budget 

Knowledge – Capable of practical, theoretical or technological knowledge and understanding of the Level 5 Apprenticeship standard – L&D Consultant/Partner. The ability to use first-hand experience or observations of work to find ways forward in broadly defined, complex contexts. Capacity to analyse, interpret and evaluate relevant information, concepts and ideas. They show awareness of the nature and scope of the area of study or work. They are able to understand different perspectives, approaches or schools of thought and the reasoning behind them.

Skills – They show an ability to determine, adapt and use appropriate methods, cognitive and practical skills to complete work activities, inform actions and address broadly defined, complex problems. They have the potential to use relevant research or development to inform actions. They are capable of evaluating actions, methods and results.

Autonomy and Accountability – Level 5 apprentices take full responsibility for planning and developing courses of action including, where relevant, responsibility for the work of others and allocation of resources. They exercise responsibility, autonomy and judgement within broad parameters. They are accountable for the analysis and diagnosis, design, planning, execution and evaluation
 

Topics to be covered:

• Organisational performance and culture in practice
• Supporting self-directed and social learning
• Professional behaviours and valuing people
• Learning and development design to create value
• Facilitate personalised and performance focused learning
• Evidence based practice
• Advances in digital learning and development

EPA Requirements: 

• A minimum of 12 months on-programme training
• Certificates for Level 2 English and Maths qualifications
• More information on this can be found below.
• A statement of endorsement by the employer
• 250 words summary of proposed Consultative Project.

Length of the course:

18 months approximately