How will off-the-job training take place?
Quick facts:
- Off The Job Training is often referred to as OTJT. Under funding rules an Apprentice must log a minimum requirement over the duration of the Apprenticeship and also demonstrate engagement with learning each month
- This ensures there is enough opportunity to learn and develop Knowledge Skills and Behaviours (KSBs) required to meet End Point Assessment
- The OTJT target is set out in the Apprenticeship Training Plan and in MAYTAS, which is where you will log all the hours. This normally exceeds an average of one day per working week
- OTJT can take place anywhere, including at University lectures, seminars, in the library and through on-line learning. However, the workplace is key, for example, training activities, new experiences and time reserved to work on University assignments
- OTJT can only be logged for developmental activities that take place during the contracted working day (or if time in lieu is given back for evening, or weekend training and work activities)
- Project based learning is a great way to develop new KSBs, make an impact and log OTJT, for example, many University assignments will require you to seek out new experiences, consult with stakeholders in the workplace and review policy and practice in your organisation.
You can ask your Coach for help and check these resources:
MAYTAS Hub Guidance on the AIIR Homepage.
Training Plan User Guide v1.1.
Now, watch the video below to get a feel for the apprenticeship journey, then scroll down to take a quick test, which will help you identify OTJT more easily.
Take the OTJT test
Which of the following examples of learning related activities could be included within your log of OTJT? Read the examples, consider the possible implications for recording OTJT then click on each box to reveal the answer.
Scenario 1
Following a lecture several learners held an informal meeting over coffee to talk about a group project the tutor had just explained in the lecture. Later in the working week, the apprentice was allowed 2 hours on Thursday afternoon to draw up the assignment structure and then later that evening he engaged in a collaborative on-line session with peers for an hour.
Scenario 2
A construction apprentice is carrying out an assessed project to evaluate the impact of a new process in the workplace – designed to engage subcontractors in a considerate construction scheme. During the week the apprentice conducts the project work in the porter cabin on the construction site to meet his employer’s project deadline. She reviews responses to a consultation survey. These will have an impact on the employer’s process to manage site activities. The overall task of analysis takes her about ten hours.
Scenario 3
A health-care worker (apprentice) takes time out from his duties to observe a medical procedure and the way in which colleagues are able to use skills and behaviours to support health and safety objectives and a successful outcome in terms of patient care. He spends two hours observing and doing no productive work towards his working targets and duties for the week.
Scenario 4
An engineering apprentice has been struggling to evidence skills and behavioural development in relation to stakeholder management. The workplace mentor discusses the situation with the line manager and plant manager. The apprentice is offered the chance to handle a delay to a component manufacturing process, which is affecting the relationship with a key client, whose order is delayed. The apprentice develops an account management plan for the customer and takes the opportunity to meet his developmental targets through clear communication in a difficult situation.
Scenario 5
A quantity surveying apprentice conducts financial analysis of the impact of a contract dispute and the impact of project delay. The apprentice has done this activity several times before as it is part of a specialist element of his job role, so he does not feel that much is being learned during this activity. Then, his manager spontaneously invites the apprentice to join her at a senior management team where the financial impact will be reported and discussed. It is not necessary to attend, but he goes along with his boss. The meeting lasts 2 hours.
See your Onboarding section for more information about
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- making the most of your Skills Scan
- developing your Training Plan that integrates with your university assignments
- activity around identifying and starting to plan work-based projects