Overview
We have introduced a more robust way to tracking progress against the planned hours in the ILR into the OTJ widget of the learner dashboard.
The target percent line is now calculated by taking the planned hours for the programme and dividing this by number of days on programme. This then gives a target OTJ hours per day. This daily rate is multiplied by the amount of days that have gone by, giving a target planned hours. This figure is then divided by the total amount of planned hours in the ILR, in order to give a percentage.
Worked Example
A learner is on a 2-year programme with 500 planned hours. They are at month 12 of the programme.
500 planned hours / 730 days in programme = 0.68 OTJ hours per day.
0.68 OTJ hours per day x 365 = 250 Target hours.
250 target hours / 500 planned hours = 50% target progress on programme.
What this new calculation does is allow to more accurately track the progress towards the planned hours in the ILR, which are the hours that the learner should be aiming to achieve.
To track progress against minimum hours, this can be done by comparing the “completed” and “forecast” figures in the legend below in order ensure that a learner is still achieving the minimum required amount of hours for their programme.