Environmental Health

This is a four-year course, delivered over 48 months. A blended learning approach will be adopted to enable attendance for off the job learning to be restricted to one-day per week with four days spent with the employer undertaking on the job training.

All apprenticeships in England are required to include an End-point Assessment (EPA) to test that apprentices have demonstrated all the knowledge, skills and behaviours required for full occupational competence as specified in the nationally approved Apprenticeship Standard. As this is an Integrated Apprenticeship, Leeds Beckett University will also be the end-point assessment organisation.

The apprenticeship is based on a hybrid delivery model consisting of distance learning combined with block on campus delivery together with work-based learning. Apprentices will undertake a wide range of off-the-job (OTJ) and on-the-job activities, at work and at the University. Off-the-job learning is defined as activity which is undertaken outside of the normal day-to-day working tasks required for the apprentice’s job and links to the Knowledge, Skills, and Behaviours you need to pass the apprenticeship. This can include training delivered at the apprentice’s workplace.

Apprentices must spend at least 20% of their paid working hours doing off-the-job activities. Apprentices must carefully and regularly log these activities/ hours and submit them to the University as they will be used in regular reviews (guidance will be provided on this).

The off- and on-the-job learning activities work together and collectively enable you to develop the KSBs that are required for apprentices to successfully complete the apprenticeship’s End-Point-Assessment (EPA) (please see below) and determine competency as an Environmental Health Practitioner

Apprentices’ employers and the team will offer support and guidance throughout the apprenticeship, providing the necessary learning opportunities and helping you to make the connections between the different activities you will undertake and the Apprenticeship Standard.

Examples of off-the-job learning:

• Lectures on food safety hazards and controls, Food Safety Law and practical
• Food inspection
• Lectures on Private Sector housing, Public Health, Professional Practice, Health and Safety
• Lectures and Laboratory sessions on Environmental Protection
• Mock Court and Emergency Planning events

Through the apprenticeship journey to becoming a competent practitioner apprentices will be provided with a range of opportunities to develop confidence and resilience, to recognise the value of diversity and inclusivity in society and in the profession, and to prepare the apprentice for further learning/ training/ employment following the apprenticeship.

Additionally, the University and the apprentice’s employer will ensure that apprentices have a safe learning experience and are supported in terms of their wellbeing, online safety and understanding of the Prevent Duty (preventing individuals from being radicalised).

Minimum 112 UCAS points, or equivalent.

GCSE English Language and Maths Grade 4 or above (Grade C for GCSEs taken before 2017) or equivalent. Key Skills Level 2, Functional Skills Level 2 and the Certificate in Adult Literacy and Adult Numeracy are accepted in place of GCSEs.

Individuals

• Apply direct to an employer offering opportunities on the programme. Visit our website for details of current vacancies.

Business

• Email: apprenticeships@leedsbeckett.ac.uk
• T:0113 812 4500

General

Please note applications are submitted through the relevant employer, not directly from applicants. Before starting an apprenticeship, applicants will be required to sign a “Training Plan” which details key information regarding the apprenticeship such as learning requirements, responsibilities of the apprentice, employer and university, assessments, delivery schedule, etc, some of which are detailed below. Further information on this, and general apprentice admissions requirements, may be sought from the Apprenticeships Team.