Vocational Education and Training Reforms

2025 Work-Based Learning Reforms – Targeted Consultation

Following public consultation in September 2024 on the redesign of the vocational education and training system, the Government has agreed to further targeted consultation with industry on the future model of work-based learning.

Two options (Option B and Option C) have been proposed, and Master Plumbers would like your feedback on these.

Master Plumbers favours Option C, the collaborative model, but questions remain about how each will work in practice.

You can read our summary of the implications, benefits, costs and risks of each model HERE
1.Which of the two proposed models do you prefer?
2.Why do you think your preferred model will work best for employers and learners in work-based learning?
3.Do you agree with our summary of the main benefits, costs and risks of each model, outlined HERE?
4.Both models will involve a transition process. What will be the critical factors in making this transition work for our industry?