Improvement Specialist: IfATE Retirement Consultation – Have your say!

28 November, 2024

The Level 5 Improvement Specialist apprenticeship standard was approved for delivery on 8th November 2018.

Improvement Specialists are responsible for leading the deployment of improvement strategy, for training others and for providing broad and deep technical expertise in advanced and complex Lean and Six Sigma, Project and Change Management principles and tools to enable identification and delivery of improvement opportunities aligned to key business goals.

The Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (IfATE) are proposing to retire this apprenticeship for new starts due to low take-up and outcomes on the Level 5 Improvement specialist apprenticeship.

To submit feedback on this intention please email businessandadministration.ifate@education.gov.uk  by 09 December 2024. Please note that retirement of this standard has not yet been authorised.

You can access the Level 5 Improvement Specialist apprenticeship standard here.