AutoRaise has appointed Seren Skills Consultancy to support trailblazer group BRIT in updating apprenticeship standards.
BRIT has warned that the five automotive apprenticeship standards are out of date and there is risk to the future of apprenticeships until they have been properly reviewed, but this requires more time than the BRIT volunteers are able to provide.
With the Institute for Apprenticeships, Training and Education, (IfATE) growing increasingly concerned by the lack of progress, AutoRaise and BRIT chair Steve Hoe approached consulting firm Seren Skills Consultancy for support.
Seren Skills will now lead a review of all five standards, with AutoRaise providing financial and operational support. Work on the Accident Repair Technician standard has already begun, while Seren Skills owners and consultants Patrick Tucker and Hannah Lloyd will meet the wider BRIT group later this year.
AutoRaise Trustee and BRIT member, Dean Lander, said, “It is so important that the industry has quality apprenticeship standards that reflect the complexity of skills required to safely repair today’s vehicles and all the incumbent technology. I am so pleased that collaborating with both BRIT and AutoRaise we have been able to secure this important expertise on behalf of the sector.”
