Throughout the apprenticeship, we need to evidence that the apprentice is making progress from their starting point.
To be able to do this successfully we need to identify what the starting point is in relation to the apprenticeship. Knowledge assessments link directly to the knowledge section of an apprenticeship standard and will help us to understand what the apprentice already knows through the questions that are asked.
This will allow you to develop an appropriate scheme of learning individual to that apprentice.
It is also a funding requirement that we do not charge for development of knowledge and skills that already exist.
The Knowledge Assessment have been designed around the knowledge section of a specific standard.
There is a Knowledge Assessment for every standard, if there isn't one for the standard you are looking for, we may need to create one using the template.
For the Knowledge Assessment to work effectively we have to look at the knowledge of a standard and divide it into modules.
Current Knowledge Assessments have been divided into 5 modules, however you may feel this doesn't do justice to the knowledge of your standard.
Many of the current Knowledge Assessments contain questions around the core knowledge of a standard, because there are may be several pathways that will follow on.
Below is an example of one of our knowledge assessments.
MOET Knowledge assessment
For this to be an effective tool, it's important that the scheme of learning has similar section headings as the knowledge assessment.
If an apprentice scores very high in a particular section of the knowledge assessment, we should consider removing that section from their individual scheme of learning.
This will reduce not only the funding cost but also the duration. If the duration drops below 12 months then it cannot be considered an apprenticeship.