Commentary on Sections Part 1: Apprenticeships, Study and Training Specification of apprenticeship standards: England
60.Sections 23 to 27 make provision about the preparation, modification and contents of the specification of apprenticeship standards for England. Apprenticeship frameworks must conform to the requirements of the specification of apprenticeship standards for England if they are to be issued by the English issuing authority as “recognised English frameworks”. The specification could contain, for example, requirements as to competence and knowledge based elements, transferable skills such as key skills in literacy and numeracy or functional skills in English and Maths, employment rights and responsibilities and clear progression routes. It must require each recognised English framework to identify a qualification that is the “competencies qualification” for the purposes of the framework.