All this talk about, skills, education, training, a workforce to be proud of is written by people who have absolutely no contact with the real world in any way shape or form.
What am I talking about? Well, let's step back a little. The 17th Edition Regs, the 'new NVQ', the C&G2330. What's the common thread? They are all agreed and consulted with industry. What industry should be the question you ask but you don't, you assume "they" have it all in hand. Truth be told, the industry they consult with are the big BIG boys, not a cross section. They ask the "aristocracy" within the industry, they don't even ask the people who install the stuff, see it everyday, they ask the directors, 90 year old men who haven't seen a construction site for 60 years their opinion. I am ranting now...
So my point? all this talk about getting students to stay on etc. well, watch this space, in 5 or 6 years time we will have exactly the same shortage but with a million partly qualified youths in several crap unrelated subjects with exactly the same prospects as before. As electricians, we will be teaching students to put plugs on for 12 months. Fecking ridiculous.
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