Completing your Skills Scan assessment

Introduction

Your training provider has invited you to complete a Skills Scan assessment as part of your apprenticeship self-enrolment. Do not worry, this is not an exam!  This self-evaluation helps identify your current skill set, strengths, and areas for development, aligning with the specific requirements of your apprenticeship. Honestly assessing your knowledge, skills, and behaviours will help you you focus on areas that require development, to meet your individual needs. This guide will walk you through the process, ensuring you are well-prepared for your apprenticeship journey with Bud.

Completing the Skills Scan

The Skills Scan is broken down into 3 areas:

  • Knowledge - the information, technical detail, and ‘know-how’ needed to successfully carry out your duties. Some knowledge will be occupation-specific, whereas some may be more generic.
  • Skills - the practical application of knowledge needed to successfully undertake your duties. They are learnt through on- and/or off-the-job training or experience.
  • Behaviours/attitudes - mindsets, attitudes or approaches needed for competence. Whilst these can be innate or instinctive, they can also be learnt. Behaviours tend to be very transferable. They may be more similar across occupations than knowledge and skills. For example, team work, adaptability and professionalism.

Each of the three areas is broken down further into outcomes that you will need to demonstrate competency in during your End-Point Assessment.

You will need to score every outcome on a scale of 1 – 10. While there is no specific definition of each score, this might be a helpful guide:

1 = you have little to no prior knowledge and/or experience in this area. You will require full training in this area before you undertake your End-Point Assessment.

5 = you already have some prior knowledge and/or experience in this area, but you still need some further development to be ready for End-Point Assessment.

10 = you are already an expert in this area and will require no training in this area before you undertake your End-Point Assessment.

Take your time completing the assessment. There are labels on the scoring to help guide you where you sit somewhere between a 1 and a 10. The main thing to remember is to be honest about your current position and give us your best guess if you are not completely sure. You will have a chance to discuss your scores with your training provider later and they can be updated if necessary.

Do not worry if you find yourself scoring on the lower end of the scale quite often. This demonstrates that you are choosing the correct apprenticeship for you, and that you will learn a lot on the way. There would be no point doing the apprenticeship if you already have the skills, knowledge, and behaviours it is designed to develop.

If you do find that you have scored highly on a lot of the outcomes, your training provider may undertake a more detailed review of your knowledge and experience with you to discuss the requirements of the apprenticeship and discuss your options.

How the Skills Scan will be used by your training provider

Your Skills Scan assessment results will help your training provider customise your apprenticeship experience. By identifying your strengths and areas for improvement, they can create a tailored Training Plan that meets your specific needs, ensuring your learning is relevant to your industry and maximises your success.

Your training provider will collaborate with you to set meaningful objectives based on your Skills Scan results. You can discuss these outcomes during the later enrolment stages, and you may choose to adjust your score if needed.

Your apprenticeship progress will be monitored, and you may undertake multiple Skills Scans to track your development. This initial Skills Scan serves as your baseline.