BFPA supports Holt Review apprenticeships findings 30 August 2012

The BFPA (British Fluid Power Association) has welcomed yesterday's (29 August 2012) publication of the Holt Review on apprenticeships.

"Improving the UK's apprenticeship regime – and indeed the education and training infrastructure in general – has to become a greater government priority to secure the high level of workforce competence needed to secure the best possible future for SMEs in the UK," states BFPA director Ian Morris.

"The BFPA fully supports the review's findings that raising general awareness concerning the benefits of apprenticeships is key," he continues.

"We also concur with the review in recommending that the government create an environment where SMEs [small to medium size businesses] can better develop their own training provision, or work with providers and others to design apprenticeships that address skills shortages quickly and effectively," he adds.

Morris says that the BFPA also supports the review's recommendation that there should be a clearer and more coherent landscape, in terms of the roles and responsibilities of individual government departments and related agencies regarding apprenticeships.

"As well as being enthusiastic advocates of apprenticeship schemes within the manufacturing and engineering sectors, we also passionately believe that adequate and widely assessable training provision in general is critical for a company's workforce to be efficient, safe and legally compliant," continues Morris.

"For our part, we have established a number of training programmes aimed at raising the awareness levels of people who work with hydraulic systems and machinery – from the system designer and field engineer, to the machine operator and the person who makes the hose."

Brian Tinham

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