For apprenticeship enhancement
Responsible AI practice, relevant to the occupation
EAS can complement an apprenticeship by helping learners apply AI appropriately, check outputs and explain decisions. The apprenticeship provider and employer remain central to planning, delivery and assessment.
Bring the apprenticeship standard, provider and employer task.
Why this works for you
Start with the occupation
Identify tasks where AI could help and where it should not be used. Connect learning with the apprentice's responsibilities and workplace controls.
Support human capability
Develop communication, curiosity, collaboration and judgement alongside practical use. The learner remains accountable for explaining their own work.
Avoid duplicate effort
Explore relevant evidence and activities with the provider. Reuse only where suitable, with provenance and assessment requirements preserved.
How delivery runs
- 1Plan the deliveryAgree the relationship with the training plan, protected learning time, supervision and review.
- 2Choose the pathwaySelect relevant learning rather than attaching a fixed EAS level to an apprenticeship level.
- 3Use evidence honestlyChecked task records, declared AI assistance and reflection support learning.
At a glance
- The relationship with the training plan, protected learning time, supervision and review is agreed first
- Any mapping to knowledge, skills and behaviours is specific to the standard and checked by the provider
- Relevant Foundation, Bronze or deeper learning is selected rather than attaching a fixed EAS level to an apprenticeship level
- Formal assessment decisions remain with the responsible provider and assessment arrangements
Responsible AI practice. Relevant to the occupation.
Apprenticeship
- Plan the delivery
- Agree the relationship with the training plan, protected learning time, supervision and review. Any mapping to knowledge, skills and behaviours must be specific to the standard and checked by the provider.
- Choose the pathway
- Select relevant Foundation, Bronze or deeper learning rather than attach a fixed EAS level to an apprenticeship level. Formal assessment decisions remain with the responsible provider and assessment arrangements.
- Agree the offer
- Do not assume EAS fees are levy-funded, transferable or count as off-the-job training. The provider must confirm any eligible provision and funding treatment before it is quoted or contracted.
Illustrative model for discussion. Scope, availability and terms are agreed before commitment.
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EAS fees are not assumed to be levy-funded, transferable or counted as off-the-job training. The provider must confirm any eligible provision and funding treatment before it is quoted or contracted.