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Overview
Taking approximately 24 with up to 6 months to complete the EPA, the Operations Manager Apprenticeship (Level 5) is equivalent to a Foundation Degree or HND. This programme is an ideal career progression route into leadership and management. Typical job roles associated with the programme include Operations Manager, Regional Manager, Divisional Manager, Departmental Manager and Specialist Manager.
Start date: Flexible
Typical duration: 24-30 Months (depending on hours worked each week)
Location: Nationwide (England)
Before beginning this higher apprenticeship, you must have achieved Level 2 qualifications in maths and English. (GCSE’s A-C or equivalent, such as Functional Skills.)
Operations Manager Apprenticeship Features
Throughout the apprenticeship you’ll gain the skills, knowledge and behaviours needed for your chosen role and industry. To help you with this, you can expect to study the following subject areas:
- Organisational Performance
- Managing People and Developing Relationships
- Personal Effectiveness
During your apprenticeship you will gather evidence as part of a portfolio to demonstrate your knowledge, skills and behaviours.
This will include:
- Completion of workbooks and knowledge questions.
- Virtual observations, carried out in line with data protection and GDPR requirements.
- Recorded professional discussions to capture reflective learning and understanding.
- Witness testimonies from managers to verify on-the-job performance and competence.
Forget about lugging around all your work. The online iLearner e-portfolio system means all your work can be uploaded directly to your account and accessed wherever you go.
The system is easy to navigate and full guidance will be provided through our iLearner handbook and from your tutor through one-to-one support.
Off-the-Job Training
Off-the-job (OTJ) training is a mandatory part of all apprenticeships funded by the Department for Education. Each apprenticeship standard has a set number of OTJ training hours that must be planned and completed. If you have no prior learning and your apprenticeship duration and funding have not been reduced, you are expected to complete the full number of OTJ hours as specified in the standard.
There is no requirement to increase OTJ hours for part-time apprentices. This includes those working less than 30 hours per week or on zero-hour contracts. The training must be realistic and aligned with the standard’s set requirements.
OTJ training takes place during your normal working hours and involves learning activities that are directly related to your apprenticeship. This could include one-to-one sessions with a tutor, preparing for assessments, role-playing workplace scenarios, attending training sessions or webinars on key industry topics and individual study time to complete coursework.
To check the minimum required hours for your apprenticeship, please use the link below:
View Apprenticeship Hours Requirements
The End-Point Assessment
As part of your Operations Manager Apprenticeship, an End-Point Assessment (EPA) will be completed to demonstrate your development and growth. You can achieve either a Pass, Merit or Distinction based on your final grade.
Professional Discussion
After completing your portfolio, you will complete a professional discussion with one of our independent assessors. You will be required to showcase any additional learning you have completed during the apprenticeship.
This additional learning can be both formal or informal learning completed or any assignments and projects you have completed.
Project Report and Presentation
Through the duration of your programme you will organise and document a project of your choosing, to show your knowledge and skills, in a practical way.
At the end of your project you will demonstrate what you’ve accomplished through a presentation, detailing the initial intentions of your project and what was achieved through this.
Go Further
Once you’ve completed your Operations Manager Apprenticeship, there are several progression routes available, dependant on your industry and job role:
You can also register as full members with the Chartered Management Institute and/or the Institute of Leadership and Management. Those with 3 years of management experience can also apply for Chartered Manager status through the CMI.
Contact us for further information!
Call us on 01246 278931, email info@apprenticeteam.co.uk or fill in the contact form below to check availability and for further advice about the next steps.
Our team will be happy to advise you on additional programmes we provide and can help point you in the right direction for any learning requirement not delivered by Apprentice Team Ltd.
