T Levels

City & Guilds and EAL bring together the strength of two market-leading awarding bodies in qualifications and skills development in the construction and built environment sector. Our aims during the development and implementation of this new suite of qualifications are to help people prepare for the world of work, develop in their job and progress on to their next job.

EAL is the leading specialist skills partner and awarding organisation for the engineering and advanced manufacturing industry. Committed to investing in the industries they serve and the careers of the people working within them.

City & Guilds is a global leader in skills development, providing services to training providers, employers, and trainees across a variety of sectors to meet the needs of today’s workplace.

T Levels consist of several components:

• An approved Technical Qualification (TQ) that provides technical knowledge and practical skills specific to a learner's chosen industry or occupation.
• ‘On-the-job’ experience during an industry placement of at least 315 hours (approximately 45 days).
• Functional skills in maths, English and digital at a minimum of Level 2, or GCSEs in English and maths.
• Transferrable workplace skills.
• Enrichment and tutorials

Any other requirements set by T Level panel.

EAL offers qualifications in Functional Skills English and Mathematics, where level 2 has not been achieved in these subjects at Key Stage 4

The TQ provides technical knowledge, practical skills and behaviours specific to a learner's chosen industry or occupation, and will make up between 900 and 1400 hours of the two-year T Level programme. The Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (IfATE) will approve the content for the TQ, which they will base on the same standards as apprenticeships. T Levels selected providers are responsible for the delivery and management of the industry placement. You can learn more on the UK Government’s T Levels website.

T Levels will be gradually rolled out over the next few years. By 2023, there will be T Levels available for the following industries:

To learn more, visit the UK Government’s website.

Draft Qualification Content Packs

Level 3 Construction T Level: Building Services Engineering (8710-31) (PDF)
Level 3 Construction T Level: On-Site Construction (8710-30) (PDF)

Here you will find the recordings and slides from each of our T Level update webinars.

July 2020

Construction On-Site and BSE TQ development update – download the slides | watch the webinar recording

June 2020

On-Site and BSE TQ development update – download the slides | watch the webinar recording

May 2020

Milestone and TQ development update – download the slides | watch the webinar recording

February 2020

T Level update – download the slides | watch the webinar recording

December 2019

Introducing T Levels On-Site and Building Services Engineering – watch the webinar recording (YouTube)