EPA product codes: 9302-12 (with centre venue) 9302-13 (with City & Guilds venue)
The EPA is carried out by an independent end point assessor at a venue approved by City & Guilds such as the centre’s premises. City & Guilds can provide a venue if required. For a list of venues please visit www.cityandguilds.com 9301 or 9302 page, ‘documents’ tab
City & Guilds is already carrying out end-point assessments for Heavy Vehicle Service and Maintenance Technician (9302). As one of the biggest EPAOs in England, we pride ourselves on our first rate customer service. Our EPA team is on hand to support you every step of the way, guiding you through gateway and ensuring your apprentice has all the tools they need to prepare for the end-point assessment. Our assessment and grading is standardised and all our assessors have industry experience and receive on-going training, so you can trust that we will deliver a fair and robust assessment.
Assessment methods for this standard are:
• two online knowledge tests exploring knowledge/understanding of the apprentice
• five professional task observations
• a professional discussion and review of behaviours
For further guidance, please refer to our end-point assessment pack. The end-point assessment pack includes detailed guidance on grading criteria for the EPA and the evidence you’ll need to produce for knowledge, skills and behaviours at gateway. You’ll find this in the documents section above.
EPA preparation and gateway guidance for this standard:
Upon registration for EPA, you will have access to a range of support material for Heavy Vehicle Service and Maintenance Technician (9302) to help prepare for end-point assessment.
• EPA preparation tool: Our platform guides apprentices through online content to help them feel ready for their EPA experience. User-friendly technology takes the apprentice through a series of questions, to suggest material personalised to their apprenticeship standard and their confidence levels. The content is curated from across the web and covers areas like revision and exam skills, multiple choice test strategies, professional discussion and interview skills. You can watch our short video to learn more.
• Recording forms: supporting you to complete key stages of EPA readiness, we have prepared forms to give you peace of mind and confidence that everything is covered. These packs include a gateway declaration form that is needed during the booking process and assessment forms, if required, that apprentices might need during assessment.
• LIEPA reports: Our lead independent end assessors (LIEPAs) produce an annual report with insight into the EPA results and findings across all centres. These reports can help you refine your apprenticeship delivery to improve success rates.
Apprenticeship certification
As well as receiving their Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (IfATE) apprenticeship certificate, the apprentice will receive a City & Guilds statement of achievement for end-point assessment.