Cheap Labour with nothing to show for it

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I always believed that an apprenticeship meant learning a trade, builder, plumber, electrician, engineer etc.
Apprenticeships can take many years to complete with technical training at colleges and universities.

It appears that youngsters with very little or no prospects are being used as cheap labour by unscrupulous businesses, giving false hope to vulnerable people.

Yet again key words are being used to falsify the end result, and by the way, companies pocketing as much as £1500.00 for each 'apprentice'. What a con.

http://www.centrexservices.co.uk/articl ... our&id=139

The Oxford Dictionary definition of apprentice

"A person who is learning a trade from a skilled employer, having agreed to work for a fixed period
for example apprentice - electrician"

Not dispensing fuel or stacking goods in a warehouse, that kind of training should be available without government intervention, if the job is genuine and the wages are fair.

It is quite obvious that the system is being exploited along with the young people involved, we need real skills what I call skills for life not just for now for the benefit of employers who just take advantage of the individual.

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"BIS needs to target resources more effectively; confirm the training provided is in addition to what would have been provided without public support; and make sure that the funding system is informed by robust information on the cost of delivery."

The apprenticeships programme is designed to help create new jobs and train people – and the government will part-fund apprentices into businesses.
The following is taken from 'Real Business'

"But questions remain as to whether the programme work. Last year, for example, supermarket chain Asda ran a taxpayer-funded apprenticeship programme for 25,000 people – but not one of them amounted to a new job.

"I've been telling people about all this fake 'apprenticeships' scam for ages. Perhaps now someone will listen," says Charlie Mullins, managing director of Pimlico Plumbers

"Giant employers such as Morrisons and ASDA are taking advantage of a loophole in the system whereby they can call all sorts of jobs 'apprenticeships' and reel in some nice subsidies. At best it's sharp practice. At worst, downright dishonest and deceitful.
While the government is doing some good work to part-subsidise real apprenticeships – plumbing, carpentry and electrical engineering, and more modern equivalents like video production and web design – big businesses have seen an opportunity and exploited it. They are cynically robbing young people of opportunities, and putting the kibosh on attempts to re-skill UK PLC."

What's going wrong?"

Read more about this massive government sponsored con here http://realbusiness.co.uk/article/10447-why-dont-apprenticeships-work