Trade bodies react to TV apprenticeships scandal

摘要

The British Industrial Truck Association (BITA) and the Fork Lift Truck Association (FLTA) have reiterated their commitment to developing quality apprenticeships following the BBC Panorama TV programme The beat Apprentice Scandal. Aired on 2nd April, the programme uncovered shocking evidence of private training providers in some sectors allegedly offering apprenticeships involving little or no work experience and inadequate training. Such an approach, if true, short-changes both the government, which provides funding, and crucially the young people who signed up to an apprenticeship.