Guidance

T Level industry placements delivery guidance

Guidance to help providers and employers deliver high-quality industry placements

Applies to England

Documents

Annex E: industry placement agreement template

Annex F: progress indicators

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Annex G: employer due diligence checklist

Annex J: T Level technical qualification in health guidance, specific to dental nursing

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Agriculture, environmental and animal care route: example industry placement objective templates

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Business and administration route: example industry placement objective templates

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Catering and hospitality route: example industry placement objective templates

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Construction route: example industry placement objective templates

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Creative and design route: example industry placement objective templates

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Digital route: example industry placement objective templates

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Engineering and manufacturing route: example industry placement objective templates

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Hair and beauty route: example industry placement objective templates

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Health and science route: example industry placement objective templates

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Legal, finance and accounting route: example industry placement objective templates

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Details

This guidance will help providers and employers to deliver high-quality industry placements, which form a mandatory component of the T Level programme.

This guidance is for:

  • the principals, senior leadership teams, governing bodies, trustees, and staff of all institutions delivering T Levels
  • all institutions delivering T Level-style placements through the industry placement capacity and delivery fund, and those considering offering T Levels
  • industry and employers interested in or involved in delivering T Level or T Level-style industry placements, and their representative bodies

In May 2021, we published the industry placement employer guide, that is a shorter version of the industry placement delivery guidance, written specifically for employers.

Published 3 July 2020
Last updated 23 October 2023 + show all updates
  1. Added ‘Recommended supplementary qualifications for students studying agricultural T Levels’.

  2. 'T Level industry placements: delivery guidance', ' Further guidance on delivering pathway level placements for health, healthcare science and science T Level students', 'Education and childcare route: example industry placement objective templates', Annex A, Annex C and Annex D were updated. 'Existing industry placement flexibilities' was removed.

  3. The core principles have been updated in 'The T Level industry placements: delivery guidance' (PDF and HTML versions). Annex A and Annex B have been updated with the new industry placement delivery approaches guidance.

  4. We have published further guidance on delivering pathway level placements for Health, Healthcare Science and Science T Level students.

  5. We have updated the T Level industry placements: delivery guidance with updated links to further guidance, and information on using the Manage T Level results service.

  6. We have published Annex J: T Level Technical Qualification in Health guidance, specific to Dental Nursing.

  7. We have published guidance on temporary flexibilities for 2020 and 2021 students.

  8. We have updated Annex D, and published new Creative and Design route example, and a summary of existing industry placement flexibilities.

  9. We have published an updated version of the T Level industry placements delivery guidance with additions to Annex D.

  10. We have updated Annex D, specifically the section on Wave 2 - 2021 delivery and the T Level in Building Services Engineering for Construction.

  11. We have published Agriculture, Environmental and Animal care route: example industry placement objective templates.

  12. First published.