Shortage of apprentices highlighted
CITY College Plymouth says there is a shortage of apprentices for employers to take on. The college's work-based learning department says apprentices are needed for hospitality and hairdressing.
Julie Mclean, director of work-based learning and schools partnerships said: "Apprenticeships are an excellent way of gaining qualifications and workplace experience. As an employee, you can earn as you learn and you gain practical skills from the workplace. Research shows that apprentices earn, on average, over £100,000 more throughout their lifetime than other employees.
"These apprenticeship positions are for an immediate start – subject to each candidate meeting the assessment criteria."
Apprenticeships can take between one and four years to complete depending on the level of apprenticeship, the apprentices' ability and the industry sector. As employees, apprentices earn a wage and work alongside experienced staff to gain job-specific skills. For details call work-based learning at City College Plymouth on 856827.
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Comments
by evs72
Sunday, October 21 2012, 8:46PM
“i tried to get an adult apprentiship in painting and decorating and after 9 months of waiting for the college to sort it out i had 1 offer from a company that wanted to pay me £100 a week and for me to pay the course fees out of my own pocket......i am 40 years old and just left the army.i ended up paying for level 2 myself at cost of £1000 and have just started level 3 and going to work for myself.
as above hospitality and hairdressing...who wants to do that anymore?”
by Nevman
Sunday, October 21 2012, 8:12PM
“It might also have something to do with 'apprentices' being exploited by employers for a truly pitiful 'training' wage, who then use people's understandable unwillingness to work for less than the minimum wage as a stick to beat them with in the media.”
by josdave
Sunday, October 21 2012, 6:16PM
“Another side effect of successive governments efforts to get more and more into university. This has the effect of devaluing apprenticeships in the eyes of the students so unless they go to uni they are stuck in a dead end job. I agree we need more engineers - industry is crying out for them but they go to uni and study for Mickey Mouse degrees which are absolutely useless in the real world.”
by willems
Sunday, October 21 2012, 3:41PM
“The root cause of the problem can be attributed to the fact that the 3 Rs are not drummed into them from the start,as well as social skills. After all,to be considered for an apprenticeship in anything,it helps not only to be able to read, write,and do basic mathematics,but also to string a coherent sentence together,preferably in English.
Also,the offer of some meaningful apprenticeships would help,such as engineering for example.
Hospitality,and hairdressing? I ask you !”
by Brizolboy
Saturday, October 20 2012, 9:42AM
“Is this because people take exams for granted and don't put enough effort into their GCSE's?”
by Brewsters Ltd
Saturday, October 20 2012, 8:32AM
“We have to agree with this problem. During the summer we decided that it was time to have 16 - 20 year old apprentice. We contacted several training agencies and registered with them but over a period of nearly 6 months we only had a couple of inquiries all of which lacked the necessary educational requirements. We have now given up and employed an adult instead. Where are all these youngsters that we hear about as being unemployed or do they think they can get a job these days without training. I do not think so.”