Originally Posted by
pr00ne
Er, UK companies have some pretty large apprenticeship schemes in the technical field, and they are growing ever larger all the time. BAE Systems, Rolls-Royce, MBDA, JCB, JLR, Bentley, Aston Martin, Mclaren, Babcock, Tata Steel, British Steel and Sheffield Forgemasters are just some of the companies who are trumpeting record apprenticeship intakes.
And yet somehow some types of apprenticeship, as highlighted in this thread are in dire need. These companies aren't charities - they recruit for their needs and these will be a fraction of what they were taking on 20+ years ago.
Trumpeting intake figures also doesn't take in to account attrition over the course of apprenticeship training.
And these apprentices will be useful in 3-5 years time if they start this year.