Course description
This occupation is found in Local Authorities, government departments and small and medium service and business compliance teams in the private sector such as manufacturing and retail. The occupation is found where there is a need for the organisation to comply with consumer protection legislation and regulatory requirements and/or where the organisation has a duty or responsibility for ensuring that businesses and/or individuals comply with those standards, specifications and/or legal requirements.
The broad purpose of the occupation is to help ensure safe, fair and legal marketplaces, helping businesses succeed and protecting communities.
An employee in this occupation will be responsible for developing and managing staff, legal compliance, safety compliance, quality and risk management systems, managing auditing systems and implementing outcomes. They have autonomy, making judgements and take responsibility for their own work. They plan and develop actions which lead to substantial changes regarding service delivery or developments both internally and externally.
Trading Standards professionals provide best practice, delivering high quality technical advice and knowledge for their organisation’s compliance and regulatory departments; and to other organisations which they regulate or audit to ensure compliance with the law and standards. They initiate and lead tasks and processes, taking responsibility for the work of others and the allocation of significant resources such as staff, equipment and budget for its projects and services. They support best practice and provide guidance to their organisation’s regulatory, business, consumer and trading compliance functions.
This standard is available in two course durations:
- 41 months (36 months learning delivery, plus 5 months for End Point Assessment).
- 29 months* (24 months learning delivery, plus 5 months for End Point Assessment).
*This course course is aimed at people who have completed the Level 4 Regulatory
Compliance Officer apprenticeship standard or have similar prior knowledge.
Upcoming start dates
Suitability - Who should attend?
Entry requirements
The 3 year Level 6 Trading Standards Professional apprenticeship is suitable for all learners who can satisfy the basic entry requirements, namely provide evidence of passes in GCSE (or ‘O’ Level) Maths and English or be willing to undertake L2 Function Skills qualifications in Maths and English as part of the apprenticeship.
Those learners who have achieved the CTSI Stage 1 qualification or who have successfully completed the Level 4 Regulatory Compliance Officer apprenticeship are exempt from the first year of this programme and can enrol on the 2 year pathway.
The 2 year programme may also be suitable for those who have some prior experience in an enforcement or Trading Standards role but will need to be assessed to determine which pathway is the most suitable.
Outcome / Qualification etc.
Level 6 Trading Standards Professional Apprenticeship
(Equivalent educational level: Bachelor’s degree)
Training Course Content
36 Month Course
Module 1: Business and strategy
• Introduction to apprenticeships
• Behaviours on this course
• Presentation skills
• Essay writing skills
• Analysis at Level 6
• Supporting business in compliance
• Growth duty
• Primary and Home Authority
• The range of consumer protection organisations
• Structure and linking of trading standards services
• Devolved government
• Partner organisations and collaborative working
• Self-regulation
• Business groups, trade associations and good trader schemes
• Codes of Practice
• Complaint handling, conducting root cause analysis, and alternative dispute resolution
Module 2: Communication and decision making
• Fundamentals of decision making
• Regulators code
• Risk-based approach
• Checking and responding to compliance
• Effective communication
Module 3: Project and change management
• Project management
• Change management
• Using information and feedback to improve regulatory performance
Module 4: Regulation and legislation
• Introduction to regulation
• Sources of law
• UK system of law
• Civil and criminal court structures
• The relevance of case law
• EU exit
Module 5: Consumer protection
• General and sector specific legislation
• Fair trading
• Fraud
• Scams
• Pricing
• Strict liability and due diligence defences
• Investigatory powers
Module 6: Data analysis, intelligance and risk management
• Data analysis
• The intelligence operating model
• Market surveillance activities
• The mechanisms for collection of market surveillance data
• The concepts of product risk, process risk and compliance risk
• Hazards and risks in relation to products
• An understanding of risk management protocols in securing compliance
Module 7: Investigation and evidence gathering
• Prosecution
• Types of evidence
• PACE
• Criminal Procedures and Investigations Act
• Safeguards
• Human Rights Act
• RIPA Surveillance
• IPA communications data
• Briefings
• Witness statements roleplay
• Interviewing suspects
• PACE CODE C and E
• PEACE model
• Court day
• Review and feedback
Module 8: Leadership values
• Leadership values
• Leading teams
• Delivering results
• Creating effective relationships
Module 9: Environmental and sustainability
• Importance of sustainability and environmental issues
• Local Authority responsibilities
• Trading Standards role
ADDITIONAL MODULES
Select up to three additional modules from the selection below (modules A - E) to undertake between modules 1 & 2.
Disclaimer
Please note the modules undertaken must be relevant to your current employment!
Module A: Product safety
• Legislative Overview - New Approach v Old Approach
• Standards
• CPA
• GPSR
• Powers and duties
• DD
• Toys
• Electrical equipment
• Cosmetics
Module B: Weights and measures
• Introduction to weights and measures legislation
• Roles of Trading Standards and other major organisations
• The Weights & Measures Act
• Powers and general enforcement
• Units and standards of measurements
• Types of weights and measures equipment
• Introduction to weights and measures controls over prescribed equipment used in the field of weighing
• Introduction to UK weights and measures legislation concerning packing food and commodities
• Weights and measures controls over prescribed equipment used in the field of volume
Module C: Food
• Introduction to food law
• Relevant codes of practice
• The duties and responsibilities of food authorities and their relationship with central government departments
• Legal framework for sampling food products
• Legislation for specific foods
• Regulations that apply more generically to food products, including:
1.Nutrition and health claims regulations
2.Novel food regulations
3.Food additives, flavourings, enzymes and extraction solvents regulations
Module D: Animal feed
• Introduction to feed
• Feed labelling and feed additives
• Sampling and undesirable substances
Module E: Animal health and welfare
• Introduction to animal health and welfare legislation
• Animal Health Act
• Animal Welfare Act
• Roles of regulators and other organisations
• Disease control
• Animal welfare
• Enforcement
Course delivery details
This standard is available in two course durations:
- 41 months (36 months learning delivery, plus 5 months for End Point Assessment).
- 29 months* (24 months learning delivery, plus 5 months for End Point Assessment).
*This course course is aimed at people who have completed the Level 4 Regulatory Compliance Officer apprenticeship standard or have similar prior knowledge.
CSA blended learning delivery
Flexible combination of planned group workshops,
e-learning, structured workplace learning,
tutorials, and mini projects – can be fully
integrated with wider internal training and
organisational needs.
Every learner benefits from a dedicated coach throughout their apprenticeship
Why choose CSA Learning
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Rated Excellent by both Employers & Apprentices (gov.uk)
Rated "Good" by Ofsted
Expenses
Levy-paying employers can fund 100% of each apprentice’s training through the Government Apprenticeship Levy.
If an employer does not have sufficient Levy funds or is not a Levy-payer (ie has an annual pay bill of less than £3 million) then 5% of the apprenticeship cost is paid to the training provider to contribute towards the apprentice’s training.
Apprenticeships can be also be funded by a levy paying employer transferring up to 25% of their unused levy to a different employer.
Transferred funds are used to pay for 100% of the training and assessment costs of the apprenticeship up to the funding band maximum.
Transferred funds cover the cost of the whole duration of the apprenticeship.
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