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VOL. 32 N0.02 FEBRUARY 2013 Editor:
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16 ELECTRIC HEATING
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T
he subject of training in the building services industry continues to be a topic of strong debate but with further cutbacks on the cards, do young people face an uncertain future?
I have long been a strong advocate of training and apprentice schemes and was delighted to see in a recent statement that Denis Hird, Chief Executive of training charity JTL, has called for the Government to make the provision of apprenticeships a mandatory part of the public procurement process. Hird specifically highlighted the minimal role that major contractors have played in apprenticeship training over the last 20 years, as the key driver for change in Government procurement. He rightly points out that support for apprentice schemes should come from the top and that everyone should be pulling their weight – but perhaps we should be questioning why this isnʼt happening as a matter of course. Over the past few years I have met numerous companies who place a high degree of importance on training the younger generations through specific company schemes and apprenticeships. But the vast majority of these are smaller companies who are playing a leading role and as budgets start to take a hit so too does the ability to continue this focus on training. The sad fact is that if we continue down this route, in a few years we will be struggling to fill vacant positions and will be facing a massive skills shortage. Perhaps Denis Hird does have a point because if the provision of apprenticeships was mandatory then the industry would need to comply. But is this really necessary?
Surely as an industry we have a responsibility to train young people with the necessary skills to take this industry forward, and even if we are facing budget cuts it doesnʼt necessarily follow that we should make the first cut to the training budget. So perhaps it is time to stop hiding behind cutbacks and take some responsibility for training – and that should apply to everyone. As an industry it is our responsibility to train people for the future and we need to make provision for that before it becomes too late.
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