4. End-point assessment
The EPA for Employability Practitioner contains three methods of assessment:
Presentation underpinned by a Portfolio of Evidence and Research
The title of the Presentation will be “A Summary of Employability Practice, Using Evidence”. The Presentation will cover work done during the apprenticeship and will allow the apprentice to evidence the end-to-end support they deliver to service users. It’ll be underpinned by a Portfolio of Evidence and Research that covers evidence showing that the apprentice has taken a minimum of four and a maximum of six service users from first engagement through to achieving action plan goals.
The Presentation will last 90 minutes (+10% at the Independent End-Point Assessor’s discretion). The apprentice will present for 60 minutes and this will allow 30 minutes for the Independent End-Point Assessor (IEPA) to ask up to six questions to clarify any points, or allow the apprentice to expand where necessary.
The presentation is graded Fail, Pass or Distinction.
Observation of Interventions with Service Users
The Observation will take place in the apprentice’s place of work and will last for three hours (+10% at the IEPA’s discretion). The IEPA will observe the apprentice interact with a minimum of two service users. These interactions could include conducting an initial assessment, writing an action plan, carrying out a progress review, conducting an intervention to improve their employability or providing in work support if they have secured a job.
There will be a 30-minute questioning session after the Observation. The IEPA can ask up to six opening questions and then may ask follow-up questions if clarification is required, but they must ask these questions within 30 minutes.
The Observation is graded Fail, Pass or Distinction.
Knowledge Test
The Knowledge Test will consist of 40 questions and will last for 120 minutes. This will include 14 multiple-choice questions (MCQs) and 26 short answer questions (SAQs). For the MCQs, each question will contain four possible answers, only one of which is correct. Each correct answer is worth one mark and any missing or wrong answers are worth zero marks. For the SAQs, the apprentice will provide a short, written response to a given question, and each answer will be worth up to two marks.
The Knowledge Test is graded Fail, Pass or Distinction.