From Monday 10th February you will have to complete 4 mandatory tabs when adding an apprentice.

 

Previously you had to complete;

 

– Basic Information

 

– Employer Details

 

– Identifiers

 

From Monday 10th February you will also have to complete;

 

– Framework

 

 

PLEASE NOTE

Under the Framework tab there are several rows that are yellow. These rows are mandatory for certification however when adding an apprentice you will need to leave these blank until the record has been created. Otherwise the information that you enter will be lost.

 

For full instructions please visit the Knowledge Base.

 

 

 

In line with the recent system developments we have updated the MA Online Bulk Upload Template. From Monday 10th February 2014 please use the following template for all bulk uploads to avoid errors.

 

New Bulk upload Template

 

A brief summary of the changes are as follows:

 

Fields added:

 

Framework and Pathway

 

Prefix

 

Asylum Seeker

 

Disability

 

Mental/Physical Impairment

 

ESOL needed

 

Employer Sector

 

Full bulk upload guidance is available on the bulk upload section of the Knowledge Base.

 

 

From Monday 10th February Centres’ abilities to edit candidate records will change. Centres will only be able to edit candidate details when candidates are at Entered or Rejected.

 

To request any changes at other status’ and for certificate re-prints please contact your Certification Body.

 

 

As part of the Monday 10th February updates the Employer Details tab will now remember the employer details you enter most frequently.

 

When adding a new apprentice typing the first 3 characters of an employer name will show a drop down of any matching employers you have previously entered.  This will hopefully help users speed up the registration process and will also help to minimise errors with employer details.

 

 

On Monday 10th February a new days elapsed column will be added on the Apprentice tab on MA Online. This will show the number of working days that a candidate has been at each status.

 

For more information on the Apprentice tab please visit the Knowledge Base.

 

 

From Monday 10th February all notifications sent by the Federation within the MA Online 2 system will also be sent to your registered email account.

 

This means you no longer have to log-in to the system to check for important update messages, however to successfully receive these messages you will need to keep your MA Online accounts up-to-date with your current email account.

 

Your Certification Body will also be able to send you system Notifications which will also be sent to your registered email account.