Employers are making another attempt to get a level 2 business administration apprenticeship over the line, with plans to launch a government petition if officials continue to reject the proposal.
A trailblazer group held a meeting with around 100 employers last week to sound out support for the bid ahead of a formal submission in September.
A survey has also been launched to ask more businesses to back the proposal, working with the provisional title of level 2 “administration assistant”, to “demonstrate current business need” to the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (IfATE).
The institute has batted away proposals for such a course since the popular level 2 business admin apprenticeship under the old-style frameworks was officially switched off on July 31, 2020. Officials claimed that a proposed replacement did not meet the required duration or quality of the new-style apprenticeship standards.
