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<p>New, employer-designed apprenticeship standards are at the centre of our reforms
to drive up quality and develop the skills businesses need for the future, in every
part of the economy. Standards describe full occupational competence, as agreed by
employers, and must include a rigorous and independent end-point assessment.</p><p>In
the construction sector, 66 standards have already been approved for delivery and
a further 33 are in development by trailblazer groups comprising employers of all
sizes.</p><p>The move to standards, together with the minimum 20% off-the-job training
rule, has already contributed to a 25% rise in expected apprenticeship training hours.
The government has committed to all apprenticeship starts being on standards by the
end of the 2019-20 academic year. Frameworks will be withdrawn on 31 July 2020.</p><p>We
have also introduced quality assurance in apprenticeship training and assessment at
all levels from a range of independent specialist bodies, and strengthened the Register
of Apprenticeship Training Providers to give employers confidence that apprentices
will receive high-quality training.</p><p> </p>
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