1. Apprenticeships
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2. Apprenticeship levy
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3. Apprenticeship Levy From 1st May 2017
Payable by employers with an annual wage bill of more than £3million
Report and pay levy to HMRC through PAYE process on a monthly basis
Rate is 0.5%
Allowance of £15,000 per year above which levy is paid
Levy does not affect funding for apprentices who started a programme before 1st May 2017
Eg wage bill £6million
0.5% is £30,000
£30,000 - £15,000 allowance leaves £15,000 levy to pay for the year or £1,250 per month
Apprenticeship Levy

4. Apprenticeship Levy payers will access funds they have paid through a new digital account
Government top up monies paid in by an additional 10%
Funds expire after 24 months if not used – first in first expire basis
Can only be used to fund apprenticeships which commenced after 1st May 2017
Apprenticeship Levy

5. Funding bands are in place to determine maximum funding which can spend on each apprenticeship training course through the digital account
Funding bands vary by apprentice occupation and level
Age of apprentice does not impact on the amount paid
Funding band maximum per apprentice not per employer
Further incentive payments of £1000 for recruiting year olds or with an Education, Health Care Plan
Course costs above the funding band maximum would be met by the employer
EHC – Education, Health and Care plan
Spending Funds

6. Funding bands Bands range from 1 to 15
From band £1,500 to band £27,000
Examples:
Formwork – band 8 = £6000 per apprentice
Construction Operations – band 6 = £4000 per apprentice
Management Quantity Surveying and Commercial Management – band 10 = £12000
Funding bands

7. Spending funds To spend funds in your account need to:
Choose an approved training provider for your apprenticeship programme
There are 2 different types of apprenticeship programmes to choose form:
Apprenticeship standards
Apprenticeship frameworks
use the ‘Find apprenticeship training’ service to select an approved apprenticeship training provider
if you are using a standard, use the register of apprenticeship assessment organisations to select an approved assessment organisation.
Spending funds

8. Non Apprentice levy payers
Still get funding assistance from the Government for training apprentices*
Same funding bands apply for apprenticeship programmes
Incentives still available for employing year old or year old on a EHC Plan
From 2018 will have access to funding through a new digital account
Government funding currently only confirmed until end December 2017 for new starts – Government and SFA reviewing provision of on going funding past this date!
Non Apprentice levy payers

9. How it works Employer You pay Government Pays Incentive payments
Apprentice Levy paying employer
The cost of training from your digital account and 10% of any amount over this, plus any fees over the funding band maximum
90% of any fees your digital account will not cover, up to the funding band maximum
£1000 for each year old apprentices or year old with an Education, Health and Care Plan
Non Apprenticeship Levy paying employer (50+ employees)
10% of any apprenticeship training fees, plus any fees over the funding band maximum
90% of any apprenticeship training fees, up to the funding band maximum
Non Apprenticeship Levy paying employer (fewer than 50 employees)
0% of any apprenticeship training fees for year olds or year old with an Education, Health and Care Plan. 10% for other apprentices. Additionally you will pay any fees over the funding band maximum
100% of any apprenticeship training fees for year olds or year old with an Education, Health and Care Plan.
90% for other apprentices, up to the funding band maximum
Extract from Build UK/CITB Apprenticeship Funding Guidance

10. How it works - remember Must select a apprentice framework or standard
Must select an approved training provider
Employer negotiates the cost of the apprenticeship with the training provider and monthly payment plan
Funding bands are per apprentice
Government will provide additional funding up to 90% of funding band maximum where insufficient funds in digital account
How it works - remember

11. Apprenticeships are devolved policy
Apprenticeships are devolved policy. This means that authorities in each of the UK nations manage their own apprenticeship programmes, including how funding is spent.
Different rules apply to apprenticeship funding in Scotland and Wales where funding will be accessed in the same way as it is at present
Contact relevant authority in these countries to find out more.
Apprenticeship levy is collected on the wages paid to the whole UK workforce but funds are distributed depending on where the employee home addresses are registered.
England only?

12.
Employing an apprentice: technical guide for employers -
More info links

13. CITB grants for apprentices
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14. CITB grants for apprentices
CITB grants for construction apprenticeships at level 2 and 3 remains available to in scope employers
This is separate to Apprenticeship Levy Funds
Consult the CITB website for more information on how to register for these grants
CITB grants for apprentices

15. CITB grants for apprentices
How much you can get – England and Wales 2016/2017
NVQ level 2 (two-year programme)
Up to £6000. This includes:
£1965 for year 1 attendance
£1660 for year 2 attendance
£1975 for completing the apprenticeship framework
£400 for gaining the NVQ level 2
NVQ level 3 (three-year programme)
Up to £10,250. This includes the payments for a two-year course, plus: 
£1125 for year 3 attendance
£2275 for completing the apprenticeship framework
£400 for gaining the NVQ level 3
CITB grants for apprentices

16. Standard or Framework?
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17. What are they? Framework Standard
The existing apprenticeship programmes we have been using
Will remain until replaced by a Standard
To be phased out by 2020?
New trailblazer apprenticeships
Owned and developed by employers
Include an end point assessment
Will replace Frameworks
Average 3 year review
What are they?

18. Current Framework apprenticeships
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19. Current Framework Apprenticeships - construction
Level 2
Level 3 and 4
Formwork*
Construction Operations
Plant Maintenance*
Plant Operations*
Steelfixing Occupations Major Projects
Wood Occupations*
Civil Engineering for Technicians* (3)
Occupational Work Supervisor (3)
Construction Site Supervision* (4)
Starred are already undergoing the Trailblazer development process
Current Framework Apprenticeships - construction

20. Current Framework Apprenticeships - construction
Higher Apprenticeships
Foundation Degree Professional Practice in Construction Operations Management (5)
Sustainability (5)
Foundation Degree in Built Environment (5)
Foundation Degree in Civil Engineering (5)
Construction Site Management (6)
Management Quantity Surveying and Commercial Management (6)
Current Framework Apprenticeships - construction

21. Apprenticeship standards
Ready for delivery or Standard Approved or Standard in Development

22. Apprenticeship Standards – ready for delivery
Property maintenance operative
Surveying – Chartered
Surveying – Technician
Steelfixer
Construction – Highway electrician/service operative
Construction – Highways Electrical Maintenance and Installation operative
Apprenticeship Standards – ready for delivery

23. Apprenticeship Standards – approved but not ready for delivery
Construction technician
Construction site supervisor
Construction civil engineering site management degree
Construction site engineering technician
Construction surveying technician
Construction quantity surveying degree apprenticeship
Construction site management degree apprenticeship
Construction assembly technician
Construction steelfixer
Construction carpentry and joinery and advanced version
Construction lifting technician (cranes)
Scaffolder
Formwork
There are more than this but these are the ones most relevant to our sector
Construction standards
Apprenticeship standard: highway electrician / service operative (approved for delivery)
Apprenticeship standard: construction site supervisor
Apprenticeship standard: building services engineering site management degree apprenticeship
Apprenticeship standard: construction quantity surveyor degree apprenticeship
Apprenticeship standard: civil engineering site management degree apprenticeship
Apprenticeship standard: highway electrical maintenance & installation operative (approved for delivery)
Apprenticeship standard: highways maintenance skilled operative
Apprenticeship standard: highways maintenance supervisor
Apprenticeship standard: construction site management degree apprenticeship
Apprenticeship standard: construction design management degree apprenticeship
Apprenticeship standard: construction assembly technician
Apprenticeship standard: advanced carpentry and joinery
Apprenticeship standard: carpentry and joinery
Apprenticeship standard: steel fixer
Apprenticeship standard: digital engineering technician
Apprenticeship standard: construction design & build technician
Apprenticeship standard: construction site engineering technician
Apprenticeship standard: construction surveying technician
Apprenticeship standard: building services engineering technician
Apprenticeship standard: piling attendant
Apprenticeship standard: lifting technician
Apprenticeship standard: plasterer
Apprenticeship standard: civil engineering technician
Apprenticeship standard: tunneling operative
Apprenticeship standard: scaffolder
Apprenticeship standard: fence installer
Apprenticeship standard: industrial coatings applicator
Apprenticeship standard: bricklayer
Apprenticeship standard: engineering construction erector/rigger
Apprenticeship standard: trade supplier
Apprenticeship Standards – approved but not ready for delivery

24. Apprenticeship Standards – in development (not complete list)
Asbestos removal operative
Asbestos technician
Construction equipment operative (plant operator)
Construction equipment maintenance engineer
Demolition
General construction operations
Civil engineering – civil engineer
SHE technician
Occupational work supervision – needs employer lead
Apprenticeship Standards – in development (not complete list)

25. Wider than construction
Apprenticeships outside of construction trades available including:
Team Leading
Leadership and Management
Human Resources Management
Customer Service
Business and Administration
Wider than construction

26. For the most current information see www.gov.uk