Cheap Labour with nothing to show for it
Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2014 11:11 am
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.
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.