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Not-for-profit End Point Assessment Organisation (EPAO) Occupational Awards Limited (OAL), is the first to offer all apprentices completing their EPA with them the opportunity to have their fees for the new Post Apprenticeship Recognition Scheme (PARS) completely covered. The scheme, set up by the Association of Apprentices (AoA) and the Chartered Institution for Further Education […]

An Award-Winning Partnership, Born Out of Challenge In September 2022 at the beginning of the new academic year, the Department for Education (DfE) approached Occupational Awards Limited (OAL), to see if they could step in to support End-Point Assessment (EPA) for three key standards within the “Marine Sector” (Boatbuilder, Marina and Boatyard Operative and Marine

Jan Richardson-Wilde, CEO of Occupational Awards Ltd (OAL), has been named Leader – Individual of the Year at the prestigious Federation of Awarding Bodies (FAB) Awards 2024. This award recognises her compassionate leadership, unwavering commitment to excellence, and significant contributions to the education and skills sector over the last year and throughout her career. Transforming

  Please be aware that when booking your spot onto one of our webinars, your confirmation email could end up in your junk/spam folder. Be on the lookout for an email from noreply@occupationalawardslimited.teams-events.com May 2025   Thursday 29th of May 15:00pm – 16:00pm Project Presentation & Best Practice  This session is designed to provide useful hints

As the world’s largest food and beverage company, manufacturing and supplying a broad range of food and drink products within the UK, you would find it difficult to find someone that didn’t know of the Nestlé brand. With a vision to “Unlock the power of food to enhance the quality of life for everyone, today

As we all know, apprenticeships play a crucial role in shaping the workforce of our future. They empower individuals with practical skills gaining hands-on experience, and to us, they’re somewhat of a no brainer. For those of us that work in apprenticeships everyday whether as employers, training providers, EPAO’s or numerous other professions in this

  The following qualifications are being retired, if you have any queries relating to these qualifications please don’t hesitate to get in touch with our customer service team customerservice@oawards.co.uk or call 01904 236 483. Qualification Qualification Number The REGISTRATION End Date After this date, no new registrations are possible. The CERTIFICATION End Date This will

If you have had an Account Management meeting within the last few months, you will no doubt be aware of OAL’s ambitious plans to improve the OAL EPA and Qualifications Portal and the evolution of how we plan and book EPA. This has been known internally as OAL2.0. An integral part of this development is

Join your apprentice community – through our founding partnership with the Association of Apprentices, you are now eligible for free membership. We are delighted to share that OAL has partnered with the Association of Apprentices (AoA), a membership organisation that connects apprentices across the UK via a dedicated social and professional networking platform.  Through our

Is Rishi Sunak’s announcement earlier this month, on his plan to extend compulsory maths education until the age of 18 a massive miscalculation?  Current analysis of public opinion indicates that it is a miscalculation and not good education practice. On a positive note its great that he has recognised that more investment is needed in