The end-point assessment for the electrician apprenticeship (ST0152, plan v1.2) has three parts, all pass or fail. Two of them you sit, one your employer confirms. Here is how to get ready for each, and what has to be in place before gateway.
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Prepare for the two parts you sit. For the AM2S practical, rehearse safe isolation, a full installation, testing and certification and fault finding against the clock. For the 45-question online test, practise finding answers in BS 7671, GN3 and the On-Site Guide, because the books are provided. Make sure your employer’s behaviours declaration and the gateway checklist are signed.
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01 · Apprentice Guide
Your employer and training provider decide when you go through gateway. Check that these are done, because without them you cannot be put forward:
The behaviours declaration is one of the three parts of the end-point assessment, so talk to your employer about it early rather than at the last minute.
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02 · Apprentice Guide
The practical is 17 hours over no more than 3 working days. Practise each component on its own and at its real time limit:
The AM2 assessment preparation guide, the AM2 exam tips and the AM2 simulator guide go through each component in detail.
03 · Apprentice Guide
The test is 45 multiple-choice questions in 90 minutes, two minutes a question. NET provides BS 7671, IET Guidance Note 3, the On-Site Guide and the Electrician’s Guide to the Building Regulations on the day; you cannot bring your own. NET sets the pass mark.
04 · Apprentice Guide
Nothing is assessed on the day for behaviours. Your employer confirms them by signing a declaration at gateway that you have shown all the behaviours in the ST0152 standard during your apprenticeship. Read the behaviours in the standard with your employer well before gateway. The best preparation is the way you work across the whole apprenticeship.
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05 · Apprentice Guide
Plan v1.2 has no interview, no professional discussion and no portfolio review. If you are using older revision material that tells you to prepare a portfolio presentation or practise discussion questions for the EPA, it is describing something else. Keep your portfolio for your Level 3 qualification, but you will not be questioned on it at the end-point.
06 · Apprentice Guide
Every part is pass or fail, and you need all three. If you fail one, you only redo that part. Your employer decides whether you re-sit it with no more training or re-take it after more training, usually within 3 months. It must be done again within 6 months, or the whole end-point assessment has to be taken again.
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