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Arboriculture, Forestry, Horticulture and Landscape Trailblazer

Overview of progress

Trailblazer Apprenticeships

• ‘Trailblazers’ are pilots of a completely new system for

apprenticeships in England

• Trailblazers are defining how apprenticeships will work for all

industries in England

• All new apprenticeships must now go through the trailblazer

process

• Employer led and driven with no financial support for the

development

• Run by Government Department for Business, Innovation &

Skills (BIS)

Development Process

Develop standard BIS approve standard Develop assessment plan BIS approve assessment plan Pilot / initiate delivery

Apprenticeship Standards

• Short documents written in clear language
• Define
• The occupation
• Skills, knowledge and behaviours required
• Qualifications that are regulatory or required to gain work
• Duration for an average learner

Assessment Plans

• Explains how the apprentice will be tested against the standard
• Focus is on assessment at the end of the apprenticeship
• The end-point assessment must assess across the whole

standard

• Must be appropriate, fair and consistent
• The end-point assessment must be graded
• Independence of assessment – impartial judgements

Achievements

When Achievement Autumn 2014 Ministerial approval to develop Arboriculture, Forestry, Horticulture & Landscape standards as part of trailblazer 3 January 2015 Project plan agreed and all groups in place May 2015 Standards drafted and consultation opens on all 4 May 2015 Successful consultation - over 200 responses August 2015 Arborist and forest operative standards submitted for approval September 2015 Assessment plans drafted for all three industries September 2015 40 + providers attended a consultation event on the assessment plans November 2015 Arborist and forest operative standards approved January 2016 Horticulture & landscape operative & supervisor standards submitted for approval

Arboriculture, forestry, horticulture and landscape trailblazer

Principal Group:

• to oversee the development of the trailblazer

Sub Groups:

• to develop the apprenticeship standards and assessment plans

for the trailblazer

Delivery Structure

Principal Group Chair: Ian Barrow Horticulture Sub Group Chair: Neil Huck, Ground Control Arboriculture Sub Group Chair: Ian Barrow, Bartlett Tree Expert Forestry Sub Group Chair: Geraint Richards, Duchy of Cornwall

Job Roles Covered

• Arborist
• Forest Operative
• Horticulture / Landscape Operative
• Horticulture / Landscape Supervisor

Horticulture / Landscape

• Covers grounds maintenance, public green space, domestic,

historic & botanic sectors

• Goals:
• to develop workers with core skills required to be useful across all the

sectors covered

• Motivate apprentices to achieve excellence
• To give apprentices a broad understanding of the industry
• Feasible for employers of all sizes to offer
• Cost efficient, practical and proportionate in time for employers
• High quality consistent standards
• Deliverable for training and assessment providers

Horticulture / Landscape Operative

• A ‘hands on’ role covering a

range of manual tasks, with specialist skills being learnt through progression.

• Level 2 worker
• Two years average duration
• Specialise by choosing an
• ption – construction or

horticulture

Horticulture / Landscape Supervisor

• Can manage a site with

minimum supervision, supervise a team and maintain the health and safety and security of personnel and resources.

• Level 3 worker
• Three years from entry to the

industry

• Specialise by choosing an
• ption – construction or

horticulture

Arborist

• Chainsaw work, aerial tree

work, pruning, dismantling and using appropriate machinery.

• Undertakes aerial tree work but

may also be ground-based.

• A range of tree work jobs with

indirect supervision.

• Supporting the tree work team

across a range of basic technical skills.

Arborist

• Level 2 worker
• Two year average duration
• Significant number of

qualifications (tickets)

• Emergency first aid at work
• Brushwood chipper
• Traffic management
• Use of a MEWP & use of a

chainsaw from a MEWP

• Chainsaw crosscutting,

maintenance & felling of small trees

• Climbing, aerial rescue & aerial

cutting of trees

Forest Operative

• Carry out practical operations

required to maintain and harvest forests and woodlands

• Level 2 worker
• Two year average duration
• Two options
• Establishment & maintenance
• Harvesting

Forest Operative – qualifications (tickets)

• Core
• Emergency first aid at work
• Chainsaw crosscutting,

maintenance & felling of small trees

• Harvesting
• Felling trees over 380mm
• Establishment & maintenance
• Pesticides – PA1 & 6
• Brush-cutters & trimmers
• Forestry clearing saws

Next Steps

• Informal consultation on assessment plans
• Additional scrutiny from training and assessment providers
• Completion of technical syllabus
• Submission of assessment plans to BIS for approval
• Target date April 2016
• Delivery initiated late 2016 – possibly some pilots
• Drive up demand
• Employers
• Apprentices
• Training & assessment providers

An employer’s perspective

Neil Huck, Chairman of the Horticulture/Landscape Sub Group