Feedback invited for trailblazer apprenticeship standards

Employers are being invited to provide feedback on Trailblazer Apprenticeship Standards; the industry's vision for new-look employer-led apprenticeships. The first draft of new standards are published today and are accompanied by an online survey to gain views and feedback from employers across the hair and beauty sector. The intention is that new standards will be agreed with the government and signed off by June 16, so Hellen Ward, managing director of Richard Ward Hair and Metrospa, who is leading the strategic group on hairdressing, urged employers to read the standards, get involved and make their views known. “This is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to create apprenticeship standards that really work for our industry, so I strongly encourage all employers to take the time to sit down and read through our draft document carefully. It is vital people provide feedback to ensure we get this process right for employers and for all the young people keen to come into our great industry,” she said. Hair standards can be viewed here and beauty standards can be viewed here. The accompanying surveys can be filled out at the links below: Hair standard - employers Hair standard – training providers Beauty standard – employers Beauty standard – training providers