The end-point assessment (EPA) is how an Installation and Maintenance Electrician apprenticeship (ST0152) finishes. Under the current plan, version 1.2, it has three parts, every part is pass or fail, and NET is the only organisation that runs it.
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It is the final assessment of the ST0152 apprenticeship, run by NET. Under plan v1.2 it has three parts: the AM2S practical (17 hours over up to 3 days), an online knowledge test (45 questions in 90 minutes) and your behaviours, confirmed by your employer. Each part is pass or fail, and you need all three to pass.
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01 · Apprentice Guide
Every apprenticeship standard ends with an independent assessment. For the Installation and Maintenance Electrician standard (ST0152) it is carried out by NET, the only end-point assessment organisation for this apprenticeship. Your training provider and employer prepare you, but neither of them assesses you at the end.
This page describes the current assessment plan, version 1.2. If you started your apprenticeship before 21 July 2025, your training provider will confirm which version of the plan applies to you.
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02 · Apprentice Guide
03 · Apprentice Guide
The practical takes 17 hours over no more than 3 working days at a NET-approved centre. It is split into four components:
For a component-by-component plan of the practical, see the AM2 assessment preparation guide and the AM2 exam tips.
04 · Apprentice Guide
The knowledge test is 45 multiple-choice questions in 90 minutes, taken online. It is open book, but you do not bring your own copies: NET provides BS 7671, IET Guidance Note 3, the On-Site Guide and the Electrician’s Guide to the Building Regulations on the day. NET sets the pass mark.
Because the books are provided, the test rewards knowing where things are in BS 7671, the On-Site Guide and GN3. Practise looking up tables and regulations against the clock.
05 · Apprentice Guide
There is no separate behaviours assessment on the day. At gateway, your employer signs a declaration that you have shown all the behaviours set out in the standard during your apprenticeship. That declaration is the third part of the end-point assessment.
06 · Apprentice Guide
Each of the three parts is graded pass or fail, and the end-point assessment as a whole is pass or fail. To pass, you need a pass in all three parts. There is no merit or distinction grade in plan v1.2.
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07 · Apprentice Guide
Older guides, including some still online, describe a professional discussion, an interview or a distinction grade. Those came from earlier versions of the plan or from other qualifications, and do not apply to v1.2.
08 · Apprentice Guide
Your employer and training provider decide when you are ready. Before you can go through gateway you need:
09 · Apprentice Guide
You only redo the part you failed. Your employer decides whether you re-sit it (with no more training) or re-take it (after more training), usually within 3 months. A failed part must be done again within 6 months, or the whole end-point assessment has to be taken again.
10 · Apprentice Guide
When you have passed all three parts, your training provider requests your apprenticeship certificate.
Skills England lists a revised ST0152 assessment plan for apprentices starting from 17 December 2026. If you start on or after that date, check the details with your training provider.
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