Completing your apprenticeship

Gateway to completion

Once you’ve completed your on programme training you will go through gateway to completion. This is where we agree with you and your line manager that you have acquired the knowledge, skills and behaviours set out in the apprenticeship standard and are ready to undertake your final assessment.

Apprenticeship assessment

Apprenticeship assessment is the process for you to demonstrate that you have acquired the knowledge, skills and behaviours (KSB’s) set out in the apprenticeship standard.

The assessment will be carried out by an impartial Assessment Organisation, which takes responsibility for the assessment of the apprentice against the requirements of their standard.

Your assessment

During your assessment you will complete the following:

This assessment method has 2 components:

  • project with a project output – a c 4000 report on a significant and defined piece of work that has a real business application and benefit.
  • presentation with questions – a 25 minute presentation about the project that was completed followed by questioning lasting 35 minutes about the project, report and presentation.

  • A formal, two-way, 60 minute conversation with an Independent Assessor to assess your competence in the knowledge, skills and behaviours required by the apprenticeship standard.

Top tips

Keep on top of recording evidence

Use an hour of your off the job time each week to update your OneFile journal weekly to log your OTJ training and activities. This will save you from undertaking a big job at the end when you need to reach your target to move into gateway to completion.

Challenge Yourself

You will need to deliver a presentation as part of the assessment.

Look for opportunities to practice your presentations skills as part of your job role or in your apprenticeship seminars.