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Rubitek Solutions Limited
Rubitek Solutions Limited is a tech company providing learner and apprentice management solutions that ensure maximum engagement, efficiency and return on investment for training providers, learners/apprentices and their employers. Its software solutions sit at the heart of learning success.

Overview
Rubitek Solutions Limited is a provider of cloud-based software solutions that support learners and apprentices. Its flagship software, Rubitek Core is a powerful system capable of managing and supporting learners/apprentices, their employers and learning providers whilst streamlining processes and workflows and reducing the burden on central administration functions and their associated costs.

Rubitek Core is designed to reduce the administrative burden and cost of delivery for employers and learning providers whilst better engaging learners/apprentices, bringing together the support and commitment from everyone involved in each learner's journey. The system has been developed from the ground up by a team of developers working with employers, apprentices and other types of learners to meet their specific needs. Solutions from Rubitek are designed to benefit every party in a work-based learning environment. Learners and apprentices benefit from a plethora of support and resources available at the touch of a button via the Rubitek Core app, as well as the ability to record, store and evidence their work and experience. Similarly, Rubitek Core improves communication between all parties and provides a new level of structure to the learning and apprenticeship process.

Rubitek Core improves apprentice/learner engagement which, in turn, increases retention and successful completion outcomes. Employers and learning providers benefit from higher learner/apprentice retention and achievement rates. Employers benefit by delivering a better return on the investment made in training and upskilling its workforce. The software evidences employer commitments such as off the job learning hours which is a requirement of apprenticeship funding rules. It identifies incentive payments and additional funding which the employer and training provider might be entitled to. With Rubitek Core, training providers can see at a glance what experience a learner has gained and any training/tasks that have been completed. By identifying clearly which competencies the learner/apprentice has evidenced, employers and learning providers can see at a glance where there are gaps in learning, and any intervention necessary to ensure a learner/apprentice is ready for endpoint assessment.

The Apprenticeship Levy
Since the introduction of the apprenticeship levy in 2017, it has become more important than ever that employers understand the benefits of apprenticeships, as well as how to maximise the impact of their apprenticeship levy funds. Rubitek provides an apprenticeship levy consultancy service and is helping businesses to understand how the apprenticeship levy works and what they can do to get maximum benefit from their contributions. Rubitek Core advanced features a levy projection tool which enables employers and training providers to work together and project forward up to 5 years – the tool shows employers what funds they will have available to spend on apprenticeship training and assessment, and what that spend will look like based on a profile of apprenticeship starts. The tool will even predict at what point the employer will start to lose apprenticeship levy funds from its digital account to ‘sunsetting’ which is enabling employers to make changes to its profile of apprentice starts in order to ensure the best utilisation of the funds in its DAS (digital apprenticeship service ) account.

Users
Rubitek Core provides different user types with a customisable dashboard interface and also supports the provision of anonymised data for third party use.

The apprentice app, in particular, encourages learner engagement at every step of the journey. Notifications are easily visible, and timesheets and daily journals are simple to complete with photo uploads providing vital supporting evidence. A calendar showing key dates acts as an efficient reminder service and the app also handles holiday requests, absence reporting, expenses and hotel bookings for learners/apprentices who need to stay away overnight. The software even features a ‘check-in’ function which supports safeguarding and provides employers and training providers with learner/apprentice location data.

Employers can dynamically interact with each apprentice journey through their own interface providing vital information about the progress of their learners/apprentices and demonstrating their commitments.

The story so far
Since its formation in April 2018, Rubitek Solutions Limited has made incredible progress. It has launched its flagship product, secured start-up investment and successfully developed its website , along with a wide range of brand material to further define the brilliant and unique entity that is the Rubitek brand. Rubitek Core is a complete learner/apprentice management solution. It features a series of simple and customisable interfaces for learners, employers and learning providers across a wide range of different devices that support how we work today. The software is flexible, intuitive, and the design and functionality of it, together with the apps, enable real-time engagement.

In December 2018, Rubitek Core officially became available in the Apple and Android app stores, which marked a huge milestone for the company and in accordance with its business plan, the company has also invested in strategic marketing support over the last six months, in order to raise brand awareness and further spread the Rubitek message.

The business was very proud to be a shortlisted finalist in the 2018 SME Northamptonshire Business Awards.

Rubitek has successfully completed a rigorous application process for the government's G-Cloud 10 framework and was appointed as an approved supplier on 2nd July 2018. This framework is an agreement between the government and suppliers who provide cloud-based services and enables public sector procurement via the Digital Marketplace.