Learning and Development Practitioner
Version 1 – VQA Level 3 Apprenticeship Assessment for ST0562 Learning and Development Practitioner (603/3867/2)
Version: 1.0
Duration: 18 months
Level: 3
LARS Number: 326
Reference: ST0562
Funding: £6,000
Learning and Development (L&D) Practitioners help professionals take their skills to the next level. They have expertise in a particular educational field, whether that be technical, vocational or behavioural, and use that knowledge to design and deliver training programmes that will help people build on their abilities and businesses improve performance. L&D Practitioners can work in a wide range of organisations in the public, private or third sectors, so the role is well-suited to people who like broad horizons in their career.
Apprenticeship Assessment Components
To complete their Apprenticeship Assessment, Learning and Development Practitioner apprentices must achieve a pass or distinction in the following two components.
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The apprentice completes a work-based project, which takes the form of an executive summary-style report of 2250 words (+/- 10%). It requires the implementation of a learning and development solution to a real business problem and should be based on the apprentice’s work experiences in order to show how they’ve demonstrated aspects of the standard’s knowledge, skills and behaviours. The project is submitted one month prior to the end of the five-month Apprenticeship Assessment period.
The Professional Discussion takes 60 minutes (+/- 10%) and addresses the work-based project. The Assessor asks the apprentice between eight and ten open questions that complement the work done in the project, testing its contents and the apprentice’s competence.
Between two and seven hours of video evidence of delivery is also required.
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Apprentices are asked to write a learning journal for the duration of their programme until the gateway stage. The aim of this journal is to provide them with an opportunity to reflect on activities where key learning has taken place. Entries can include any number of media, including blogs, diaries and social media posts.
The 20-minute presentation provides the opportunity to demonstrate attained knowledge, skills and behaviours, and use examples from the journal to show evidence and lessons learned. The presentation should cover three examples from the journal that best demonstrate how the apprentice has developed their learning and development practices and/or how they developed their understanding of best practice in a particular area.
The presentation is followed by a 25-minute Q&A session conducted by the Assessor.
Why VQA?
Gateway to completion submission reviewed within 24 hours
Assessments booked within 1 working day of gateway to completion approval
Results released in market-leading time
Assessment planning meetings offered to all apprentices
Average gateway-to-completion of 6 weeks*
*unless otherwise stipulated by the assessment plan Gateway to Completion Requirements
Learning journal
Work-based project scope
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