Over the last 10 years we have seen significant change within the Apprenticeships sector in the UK. With the introduction of the Apprenticeship Levy and Apprenticeship Standards, there has been a huge shift in how colleges and training providers operate and deliver.There has also been lots of innovation over the last decade with a big increase in the use of technology to enhance the learner journey from Online Learning, ePortfolio, Video and Apps to the improvements in efficiency within the operational delivery of apprenticeships via increased use of MIS systems, CRM’s and Electronic Data Capture software such as iPEGS.The iPEGS products have also evolved based on the changes within the sector, improved connectivity and mass adoption of mobile devices.Our drive continues to focus on a fully electronic and paperless enrolment, commitment statements, apprenticeship contracts and all other related documentation relating to the apprenticeship. We feel that the face to face time spent with the apprentice should focus on learning and not admin and so our Remote product has seen a big increase in its use and volume over the last 12 months.
The idea is to ensure that the learner (and employer) only ever have to enter their information once and that this data can flow on throughout the enrolment process. By enabling the learner, employer and provider to complete their respective parts of the forms remotely, via any device means that all documents can be completed, signed and checked by admin in a fraction of the time.If a mistake is made on the form or a change is required then the iPEGS ‘Request Change’ feature enables the admin team to highlight the field/s that needs to be amended and send the form securely back to the learner or employer in the click of a button. No more unnecessary journeys and delays in getting the forms corrected and completed.We have also just launched a new variation of the 3rd Party Approval field that enables the form to be sent to all parties simultaneously for approval and signing (electronically of course).Some colleges and training providers still like to finalise the enrolment forms and commitment statements on the first face to face visit. In this case the forms can be completed remotely prior to this and then reviewed and signed at that point. This means that the ‘admin’ aspect is reduced to a matter of minutes as opposed to hours and ensures the time can be focused on actual learning.It is clear that colleges and training providers use a multitude of systems and processes and so we have ensured that the iPEGS Products are as flexible as possible to allow for these differences.Below is a short video demonstration of a fully paperless and remote process of completing an Apprenticeship Commitment Statement between the learner, employer and provider via iPEGS Remote Web Forms.
iPEGS Remote forms can be accessed as web forms on any device or via the free iOS and Android App. All iPEGS Remote forms can be auto populated with learner and employer data via our User Profile and Field Mapping tools.
So if you are still using paper based forms or even word documents and PDFs – now is the time to move to the next level, improve the learner and employer journey, reduce costs and inefficiencies within your enrolment process and remove unnecessary admin so that your tutors and coaches can focus on learning.If you are interested in finding out about how to Go Paperless with iPEGS then please contact us.
