It’s Time to Train to Gain! 10 May 2007
Posted by karenbuckmp in Local News.trackback
Karen will tomorrow launch “Train to Gain” (T2G) locally. T2G is a Learning Skills Council initiative that responds to the government’s agenda of aiming to get employers to take greater responsibility for developing their workforce. The initative was launched in May ‘06 following successful pilots and uses experienced skills brokers and direct contact to assess business’ needs, pinpointing the right training, agree a tailored training package, find available funding and review progress made.
Locally City of Westminster College is the lead provider with the consortium consisting of eight private and public training providers: Portobello Business Centre, Joskos, North West London Online, Construction Learning World, Working Men’s College, London College of Communications, South Thames College and Westminster Adult Education Institute.
Please contact City of Westminster College for more information. (pictures to follow)
In view of the train to gain - do you think it has hit the target it originally set out to meet?
Do you think that T2G is working for all sectors/industries?
What has become of a program that allows people to gain funding to complete a level 2 but not in any area that actually relevant to their job does not help them?
This does not helps learner get a job, and does not help the employer who has no choice but to employ people who already have a level 2 (the qualifications are not relevant to that sector), need level 2 training but can not (funding does not allow) retrain these people because they already have a level 2.
Should there be a policy change that allows the employer to draw the funding down that will actually train their people to the correct level of qualification with a relevant up to date qualification that actually helps the learner the business and the economy?.