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Scottish Decorators Federation - SPADAC

Apprenticeship Registration Scheme Rules

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Registration


The following Scheme Rules apply to SPADAC Registrar, Managing Agencies, Private Training Providers and Employers of Apprentices who are members of the Scottish Decorators’ Federation and all other companies who employ painting and decorating apprentices.


  1. Managing Agencies and Private Training Providers are to ensure that the SPADAC Modern Apprenticeship Agreement is completed by the relevant parties within eight weeks of starting. Employers are to forward together with payment to SPADAC at the Scottish Decorators' Federation in Stirling. The Modern Apprenticeship Agreement can be found at Annex A.

  2. Upon receipt of the Agreement and payment the registrar will enter the apprentice details onto the registration system and also input the year that a skill test will be due.

  3. The system generated apprentice number will be sent to the Managing Agency and Employer with the proposed skill test year.

  4. It is the responsibility of Managing Agencies and Private Training Providers to ensure that the SPADAC Registrar is informed of any changes to status or contact details of the apprentice.



Skill Test Allocation


The following scheme rules apply to the SPADAC Registrar and ConstructionSkills Skill Test administration.


  1. The SPADAC Registrar is to monitor the registration system and print off apprentice names which are eligible for a Skills Test in a given year. This print off must take place 9 months prior to the event to ensure Apprentices stay in the time served criteria. The print-off is to be sent to ConstructionSkills for use when checking Apprentices against Skill Test Booking-on-forms.

  2. Managing Agencies are to book candidates onto the Skills Test using the booking-on-form. ConstructionSkills will check the Apprentice against the SPADAC print off and then allocate a test. There will be no allocation of a test if the Apprentice is not registered with SPADAC.



Skill Test Pass/Fail


The following scheme rules apply to the SPADAC Registrar and ConstructionSkills Skill Test administration.


  1. ConstructionSkills upon receipt of the Marking Schedules will result the Apprentice within 10 working days.

  2. ConstructionSkills will inform Employers and SPADAC of the result from the marking schedule by letter. The letter is produced from the Skill Test system and is a standard layout.

  3. SPADAC Registrar upon receipt of the result is to up-date the registration system with the result and date of occurrence.

  4. ConstructionSkills will inform employers of new test dates for failed Apprentices and it is the employer's responsibility to inform the Apprentice of the date, time and location of the new test.



Test Resulting to the Rewarding Body Partnership


The following scheme rules apply to the SPADAC Registrar and the Awarding Body Partnership.


  1. The SPADAC Registrar upon receipt of the Skill Test result from ConstructionSkills is to up-date the registration system and identify if the Apprentice is within the qualifying period to be resulted.

  2. If the Apprentice is in the qualifying period the SPADAC Registrar is to send the result to the Awarding Body Partnership to be entered onto the qualification system as a unit achievement towards the full qualification.

  3. If the Apprentice has not met the qualifying period then the Registrar is to hold the result until the time served criteria is met and then result to the Awarding Body Partnership.



Industry Accredited Assessors


The following scheme rules apply to SPADAC and appointed Industry Accredited Assessors Trainer and Industry Accredited Assessors.


  1. To ensure the standardisation of marking of the Painting and Decorating Skills Test an appointed trainer has been identified who will train all new assessors and up-date existing assessors. The appointed trainer is the Head of Construction at Edinburgh Telford College Mr Jeff Brown.

  2. SPADAC will approve new Industry Accredited Assessors who submit a CV with references covering the following criteria:

    • Employer within the Painting & Decorating Industry Scotland
    • Have a knowledge of the Qualification Structure and National Occupational Standards
    • Have Apprentices or an understanding of the Modern Apprenticeship
    • Can allocate time to mark Skills Test
    • Others as agreed by SPADAC

  3. SPADAC will arrange a training period with the trainers at a Skill Test Centre after liaison with Construction Skills. The training will take place after a live Skill Test and the marking schedule will be used.

  4. ConstructionSkills will provide a payment detail form for all new assessors and this will be used to place the assessor onto the data-base. ConstructionSkills will allocate Skills Tests to be marked and pay the Industry Accredited Assessor a marking fee.



Appeals Procedure


The following scheme rules apply to SPADAC, Scottish Decorators' Federation, UCATT, ConstructionSkills and Awarding Body Partnership.


  1. SPADAC will have in place an appeals procedure for Apprentices who wish to appeal against the registration and resulting system.

  2. The appeals panel will be setup by SPADAC and include the following:

    • SPADAC
    • Scottish Decorators' Federation
    • Union representation UCATT
    • ConstructionSkills
    • Awarding Body Partnership

  4. SPADAC will ensure that the appeals panel is informed of an appeal when all avenues have been investigated. SPADAC will inform the appeal panel within 10 working days of the date of appeal to be heard.

  5. SPADAC will ensure that minutes and an accurate record of the appeal is taken and held at its Head Office Stirling.



Registration Non-Payment

The following scheme rules apply to the SPADAC Registrar and Financial Accountant.


  1. SPADAC Registrar is to notify the Financial Accountant of any non-payment of the Registration Fee.

  2. Non - payment letters are to be sent to the employer and informed that the registration of the Apprentice will not take place until payment is received. This will affect time served criteria and notification of a Skills Test.

  3. SPADAC Registrar is to remove the Apprentice from the registration system for non-payment informing the Employer and Apprentice.



Liaison Committee


The following scheme rules apply to SPADAC, Awarding Body Partnership, Scottish Decorators' Federation (Education), ConstructionSkills and UCATT.


  1. The Liaison Committee will meet quarterly or when required to discuss the Registration Scheme and components of the scheme.

  2. The following is a suggested agenda but may change prior to the day

    • Introduction and Welcome CEO SPADAC
    • Minutes & Apologies SPADAC
    • Registration Scheme Statistics SPADAC
    • Employers Requirements SPADAC
    • Certification Statistics SQA Awarding Body
    • SQA Qualification Update SQA Awarding Body
    • Modern Apprenticeship Update ConstructionSkills
    • NOS Development & Incremental Change ConstructionSkills
    • AOB SPADAC
    • Date of next meeting SPADAC

  4. The Liaison Committee may be called if issues arise around the scheme outside of its normal quarterly period.




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