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Why use the FSC?

Why use the Fire Service College operational firefighter programme

The skills and experience of the Fire Service College, combined with the experience and capability of one of the UK’s largest apprentice programme providers, offers all fire and rescue services in England, and private sector companies employing their own fire and rescue service, a cost-effective managed service that allows access to the apprentice levy to fund the training and developing of firefighters.

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Why use the FSC?

Benefits of the Capita - delivered apprenticeship scheme

  • Fire and rescue services can draw down from their apprenticeship levy to fund most of the training, resulting in a one-off cost of only £4,500 for training budgets for each learner, for the two-year duration of the scheme 
  • The programme has been developed by expert sector professionals and past apprentices ensuring a high-quality apprenticeship 
  • The scheme will be delivered with little or no additional burden to fire and rescue service management and training staff and in a manner that provides great value for money
  • It provides access to a curriculum specifically designed to meet the demanding requirements of the apprenticeship standards, but flexible enough for fire and rescue services to adapt to meet their own needs 
  • The apprentice will undergo a best practice residential Firefighter Foundation Development Programme course at the Fire Service College, with access to world-class training facilities and experienced, highly qualified instructors 
  • The apprentice will benefit from regular progression updates to identify any at-risk learners, with a development plan agreed to support them 
  • The flexible curriculum allows fire and rescue services to utilise their own internal learning pathway to blend into the apprenticeship programme 
  • The talent coach will support fire and rescue services to ensure that all mandatory requirements of the apprenticeship scheme are met in the most efficient manner 
  • Safeguarding will be at the heart of the programme with all instructors and mentors having completed a full range of safeguarding training, on-going safeguarding continuing professional development (CPD) and subject to electronic disclosure and barring service (eDBS) clearance Throughout the apprenticeship programme, the apprentice and their line manager will receive mentoring support from a talent coach who is an experienced and qualified firefighter, instructor, assessor and mentor 
  • Fire and rescue services will have access to a range of real time data reporting and will meet with the Capita operations manager and client partner on a monthly basis 
  • The delivery of the scheme will be monitored and quality assured by Capita. Quality assurance activity will include portfolio sampling activity, teaching and learning assessments and observations and interviews 
  • Learning will be supported and evidenced by the state-of-the-art learning management system, BUD, specifically designed to support the delivery of apprenticeship programmes. This allows the integration of social media, peer sharing, remote instructor intervention, anytime-anywhere access and many other features that provide an intuitive learning experience

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