Apprenticeships to rise from 3,000 to 13,000 per annum

Citation

(2005), "Apprenticeships to rise from 3,000 to 13,000 per annum", Structural Survey, Vol. 23 No. 3. https://doi.org/10.1108/ss.2005.11023cab.006

Apprenticeships to rise from 3,000 to 13,000 per annum

Keywords: Training, Construction industry, Apprenticeships

The construction industry sector skills agreement (SSA), negotiated by ConstructionSkills, will be a key delivery mechanism for the government’s latest adult skills white paper, announced recently by the government. The SSA is a series of agreements between training providers, employers and government, designed to address the construction industry’s current and future skills needs. The agreements tackle the industry’s key challenges and include targets such as increasing the number of young people completing apprenticeships each year from 3,000 to 13,000, and a threefold increase in the number of construction SMEs investing in training. A core element of this is a review of construction training provision, to ensure that funding is geared towards courses that will improve the employability of the students and meet the needs of the construction industry. Further information about the sector skills agreement can be found at www.constructionskills.net/