Sector Gateway / Pre-Employment Training
Those providers delivering a Sector Gateway (SG) programme on behalf of the WMCA will be aware that these are short programmes, usually about two weeks long designed to get Students directly into jobs straight after completion.
An SG programme will consist of the following aims:
- Main aim
- Optional employability aim
- Optional Work Experience
- Job Outcome aim
In the ILR the main aim will need to be coded as follows:
ILR Name |
ILR code |
Mandatory |
Notes |
LearnAimRef |
Learning Aim Reference |
Y |
Must be one of the predefined aims, see below |
LSDPostcode |
Student Postcode |
Y |
Students must have a WMCA postcode |
EmpStat |
11 or 12 | Y |
Employment Status at the start of the learning aim |
FundModel |
35 | Y | |
SOF | 112 | Y | |
DAM | 002 | N |
Required for Procured AEB i.e. All ITP provision and if an activity is part of the Grant Growth Contract award |
DAM | 023 | N |
Prevents validation error - Use only if the Students' Benefit Status Indicator (BSI) is null |
The main aim will need to be selected from one of the following aims:
LearnAimRef |
Title |
Z0009143 |
Sector Gateway: Care Worker |
Z0009144 |
Sector Gateway: Employability |
Z0009145 |
Sector Gateway: Logistics |
Z0009146 |
Sector Gateway: Retail and Customer Services |
Z0009147 |
Sector Gateway: Security |
Z0009327 |
Sector Gateway: Stewarding |
Z0009148 |
Sector Gateway: Warehousing |
If the main aim reference you wish to deliver is not one of the above, please contact the WMCA before you commence delivery of a new programme. Please note, a new aim could take up to a month to appear on LARS.
As part of SG, the provider might wish to deliver an Employability aim within the programme. The aim has already been set up in LARS, and this is how we would like providers to return it in the ILR:
ILR Name |
ILR code |
Mandatory |
Notes |
LearnAimRef |
Z0009142 |
Y |
This aim must be used if the provider is delivering an Employability aim as part of Sector Gateway |
LSDPostcode |
Student Postcode |
Y |
Students must have a WMCA postcode |
EmpStat |
11 or 12 | Y |
Employment Status at the start of the learning aim |
FundModel |
35 | Y | |
SOF |
112 | Y | |
DAM |
002 | N |
Required for Procured AEB i.e. All ITP provision and if an activity is part of the Grant Growth Contract award |
DAM |
042 | Y |
Component Aim of a SG Programme |
DAM |
023 |
N |
Prevents validation error - Use only if the Students' Benefit Status Indicator (BSI) is null |