Common use of COLLABORATIVE ARRANGEMENTS Clause in Contracts

COLLABORATIVE ARRANGEMENTS. SOLAS Apprenticeship Services believes in the concept of working together with our stakeholders in pursuing quality assurance and in striving for continuous improvement. 3.4.1 Education Training Boards There are 16 Education and Training Boards that deliver phase 2 of the craft apprenticeship programme. As such, they are responsible for the operational delivery of the validated programme supported by SOLAS Craft Apprenticeship Services Quality Assurance. Additionally, collaborating providers must implement their own QQI approved QA system for those aspects of apprenticeship delivery that are not covered by SOLAS (i.e., assessment events etc.) ETB also employ a network of SOLAS Authorised Officers who register employers/apprentices on SOLAS behalf in addition to carrying out the monitoring of registered employers (see 2.11 and also appendix 4 on their role and responsibilities) ETB’s may also carry out other administrative functions regarding apprenticeship. These duties are detailed in the Apprenticeship Guidelines which have been developed in collaboration with the ETBs. The Apprenticeship Guidelines are reviewed every three years and updated in collaboration with the Authorised Officers at each Authorised Officer Advisory Network meeting. The approved Apprenticeship Guidelines documentation is published and uploaded to the Apprenticeship Services intranet portal. SOLAS and ETBs enter into a Service Level Agreement (henceforth SLA) for the provision of accountable governance and management of quality assured apprenticeship support activities performed by the SOLAS Authorised Officers and administrative backup services performed by the ETB apprenticeship administrative team. See appendix 6. The emphasis of the agreement is a partnership which enables a collaborative approach to the quality assured service delivery and continuous quality improvement activities. An example of an SLA can be viewed at Appendix 6 while the agreed Apprenticeship Guidelines defines the parameters of the support activities. 3.4.2 Institute of Technology/Technological University There are 5 Technological Universities (henceforth TU) and 1 Institute of Technology (henceforth IoT) that deliver phase 4 and 6 of the craft apprenticeship. Similar to the ETB’s they are responsible for the operational delivery of validated programmes supported by SOLAS Craft Apprentices Services Quality Assurance . Additionally, TUs and the IoT must implement their own QQI approved QA system for those aspects of apprenticeship delivery that are not covered by SOLAS. ▇▇▇▇▇ enters into a memorandum of understanding (henceforth MOU) with TU and IoT which provides an agreed framework for cooperation and communication between the two organisations for the delivery of off‐the‐job training, the content of which are: • Purpose and Scope • Duration of Agreement • Partner Profiles • Legislative Content • Collaborations and Communications • Dispute Resolutions • Coordinating Provider and Collaborative Provider MOU See appendix 9

COLLABORATIVE ARRANGEMENTS. SOLAS Apprenticeship Services believes in the concept of working together with our stakeholders in pursuing quality assurance and in striving for continuous improvement. 3.4.1 Education Training Boards There are 16 Education and Training Boards that deliver phase 2 of the craft apprenticeship programme. As such, they are responsible for the operational delivery of the validated programme supported by SOLAS Craft Apprenticeship Services Quality Assurance. Additionally, collaborating providers must implement their own QQI approved QA system for those aspects of apprenticeship delivery that are not covered by SOLAS (i.e., assessment events etc.) ETB also employ a network of SOLAS Authorised Officers who register employers/apprentices on SOLAS behalf in addition to carrying out the monitoring of registered employers (see 2.11 and also appendix 4 on their role and responsibilities) ETB’s may also carry out other administrative functions regarding apprenticeship. These duties are detailed in the Apprenticeship Guidelines which have been developed in collaboration with the ETBs. The Apprenticeship Guidelines are reviewed every three years and updated in collaboration with the Authorised Officers at each Authorised Officer Advisory Network meeting. The approved Apprenticeship Guidelines documentation is published and uploaded to the Apprenticeship Services intranet portal. SOLAS and ETBs enter into a Service Level Agreement (henceforth SLA) for the provision of accountable governance and management of quality assured apprenticeship support activities performed by the SOLAS Authorised Officers and administrative backup services performed by the ETB apprenticeship administrative team. See appendix 6. The emphasis of the agreement is a partnership which enables a collaborative approach to the quality assured service delivery and continuous quality improvement activities. An example of an SLA can be viewed at Appendix 6 while the agreed Apprenticeship Guidelines defines the parameters of the support activities. 3.4.2 Institute of Technology/Technological University There are 5 Technological Universities (henceforth TU) and 1 Institute of Technology (henceforth IoT) that deliver phase 4 and 6 of the craft apprenticeship. Similar to the ETB’s they are responsible for the operational delivery of validated programmes supported by SOLAS Craft Apprentices Services Quality Assurance . Additionally, TUs and the IoT must implement their own QQI approved QA system for those aspects of apprenticeship delivery that are not covered by SOLAS. ▇▇▇▇▇ enters into a memorandum of understanding (henceforth MOU) with TU and IoT which provides an agreed framework for cooperation and communication between the two organisations for the delivery of off‐the‐job off-the-job training, the content of which are: • Purpose and Scope • Duration of Agreement • Partner Profiles • Legislative Content • Collaborations and Communications • Dispute Resolutions • Coordinating Provider and Collaborative Provider MOU See appendix 9