National Training Intervention: Modern Apprenticeship

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Within this essay the National Training Intervention Modern Apprenticeships will be closely analysed as well as the implications this has on skills in the UK. Skills can be considered as capabilities and expertise required to carry out an occupation and are often equated with ability to perform a predefined level of competence. The type of skills that will be analysed are; basic, transferable, and vocational. Skills are important to both the Government and employer as there is a link between productivity and economic competitiveness. Human Resource Management is defined as the management of people and although may not seem it but is related to apprenticeships as an apprentice would receive the exact same treatment as an employee, for example, …show more content…

An opinion expressed throughout my research on Apprenticeships. In 2009, a new apprenticeship programme was put in place to overcome the issues involved with apprenticeships. The belief was demand would increase by 2011. However, the Governments ambitions to boost apprenticeships in England and create a higher skilled workforce is being undermined. As apprenticeships often fail to provide sufficient training to develop new skills. (MENA Report ; London (Oct 22, 2015)). This outlook causes a real problem with ongoing development of apprenticeships. A negative opinion can fail to create more opportunities as businesses research in depth how an apprentice will benefit their company and with negative statistics a business will avoid introducing an apprenticeship …show more content…

Vocational skills are gained through a specific industry ie Technological, --- An example of a company that is involved with modern apprenticeships is Prezzo, a restaurant chain which offers a program to level 4 and claims they are committed to ensuring that the program is helping to develop senior managers of the future. Prezzo are currently supporting almost 400 employees through apprenticeships across levels 2 to 4. In the banking industry, Barclays launched the Bolder Apprenticeships in 2015, the first UK employer to open their apprenticeship program to adults over the age of 24 years. Barclays has ongoing support apprenticeships and has committed to recruiting a further 500 apprentices in 2016. MENA Report; London (Jan 19, 2016). Research from an academic journal states that 40 per cent of the workforce should be qualified to level four, which is the equivalent to the first year of higher education by 2020. Therefore, with businesses offering an apprenticeship scheme focusing on a specific trade, it can create loyal employees and train apprentices to be fit to their specific company. Furthermore, "on the job" training was identified as a vital source of skills development and career progression. Lee, Dionne. Higher Education, Skills and Work - Based Learning; Bingley Vol. 2, Iss. 3, (2012): 225-239. The need for higher level skills is in

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