Apprenticeships in the Health and Science sector
Choosing to work in the Health and Science sector opens up opportunities across a wide remit. Whether looking to work in the rapidly expanding area of Community Health or choosing to take a more scientific route such as Pharmacy or Mammography, workers in this sector are in demand and essential to the general health and wellbeing of the country.
We’ve worked closely with industry experts to develop our apprenticeship offer to ensure you can deliver apprenticeship programmes that reflect the latest industry best practices.
Standards included
| Standard | Level | Assessment |
| Pharmacy Services Assistant | Level 2 | EPA |
| Pharmacy Technician | Level 3 | EPA |
| Healthcare Science Assistant | Level 2 | On-programme only* |
| Healthcare Science Associate | Level 4 | On-programme only* |
| Healthcare Support Worker | Level 2 | EPA |
| Senior Healthcare Support Worker | Level 3 | EPA |
| Assistant Practitioner (Health) | Level 5 | EPA |
| Mammography Associate | Level 4 | EPA |
| Community Health and Wellbeing Worker | Level 3 | EPA |
You can use Pearson as your end-point assessment organisation (EPAO) regardless of whether you choose to use our on-programme offer.
*No EPA available, see standard page for further details of any optional or mandatory qualificiations available.
Apprenticeship standards and End-point Assessments (EPAs)
We’ll provide the expert knowledge, EPA resources and services you'll need at every stage of the process, so you can focus on supporting your apprentices. Our apprenticeship standards programmes are broken down into two distinct areas:
"We have chosen to use Pearson for learners moving forward as they have not only the required approval from Pharmacy regulators and other stakeholders but are leaders in qualifications with a professional Pharmacy team for support."
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