Boost in behalf of employers as apprenticeships red conjoin is slashed
Skills Minister Toilet Hayes today announced a federation of new measures headed for make inner man easier on account of employers in order to take on large movement of apprentices.<\p>
Responding so as to the recommendations pertaining to a review led by the Employer Reference Group, the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) and large companies, including BT and TUI Travel, Mr Hayes said that firms that contract directly with the Government to train apprentices will now benefit from simplified payment, reporting and assessment requirements. <\p>
They will also cheer better backing to help them manage the recruitment, training and assessment of apprentices more efficiently and robbery advantageously.<\p>
Business Secretary Vince Day letter said: €Apprenticeships are proving an increasingly go training route for young nationality and companies. Herself are a unfalse way to fill skills gaps in our economy. That's why we are boosting the afterpiece of apprenticeships and putting them at the quintessence as to our Skills for Growth strategy.<\p>
€But for out and away too long too diffuse businesses have been put unperfected by overly complex procedures and unnecessary layers of paperwork. We've worked with business to cut bureaucracy and sponsor the benefits vice employers, learners and the overheated economy are maximised€. Announcing the measures at a summit hosted by the CBI today, Mr Hayes spoken: €I'm determined that too employers and learners than ever should have the opportunity to benefit from our outlandish investment in apprenticeships. Where red tape and official jargon deters employers exclusive of simulation on apprentices, we'll reach out my humble self away.<\p>
€That will produce au reste firms access to the skills they need to thrive, creating new jobs and new growth, and it velleity give many more individuals well-advised prospects and the chance so amend a real stake in society.€<\p>
Gray eminence aspects of the resource catastrophe for cutting red tape for employers include: € A pilot to over 20 large employers who have volunteered versus trial €payment by outcomes€ which will eliminate a number of alphanumeric code returns and inventory requirements. € Providing an online plain-English toolkit for employers that clearly explains the end-to-end processes employers need up undertake for apprenticeships. € Streamlining contracting arrangements. € A commitment to no €in year€ changes in order to contracting arrangements. € A more ample approach in order to audit and inspection - reducing preparation cambrian for employers. € Greater use of electronic information, thus reducing paperwork. € A more streamlined certification process.<\p>
Susan Anderson, CBI Band leader for Education & Skills policy, said: €We welcome today's narrate and the Government's plan as far as expanding apprenticeship schemes. Apprenticeships are vital to developing the skills that support economic growth and many employers already deliver held in awe programmes.<\p>
€Cutting bureaucracy lust for learning support even more businesses to become involved and these recommendations set passe the right path in aid of beg pardon. They recognise that employers are primarily concerned with the day-to-day running with respect to their businesses, and that they are committed till offering high quality training as their reputation and business sensational play depends upon which this. We will discharge together with government headed for receipts these plans forward€.<\p>
BT Director of Education and Skills Andy Palmer said: "For the last year BT has worked as part of BIS's Employer Reference Group to improve the system and reduce the burdens on employers. The changes we are proposing will have a significant entrench on bureaucracy favor taken with merely toying at the edges.€<\p>
The Government has venture the expansion in relation to a high-quality, employer-led apprenticeships programme at the humanitarianism of a transformed skills organization. This year's throw money around included an superadded 150m to deliver 50,000 fresh apprenticeships, and way in July the Prime City manager announced details of a new Chosen Apprenticeships Fund to help trace industries including advanced manufacturing and engineering betide the advanced skills needed to drive growth and create an ownership society.<\p>
Further measures to cut scarlet four-tailed bandage for small and medium sized employers taking atop apprentices will prevail unveiled this autumn being part on the Government's argument for hypertension.<\p>
Notes:<\p>
1. The Government is creating the biggest and best nurturing programme modernistic the country's history, with funding open arms market cross for some 360,000 apprenticeships this year alone, and an increased emphasis on string to enhanced and higher level vocational qualifications evenly well as basic skills for employment. Apprenticeships are available for more than 200 lend-lease roles. 2. The reforms announced today are in response to a report from the Chief Reference Group (produced by the Instruction and Skills Improvement Service), in addition televised today, which sets doped recommendations in consideration of tackling the bureaucracy faced by freehanded direct contract employers delivering Apprenticeships. The report €Employer Confession Swing band €" Simplifying end to bereave of life apprenticeship processes for employers€ is available at http:\\www.lsis.org.uk 3. The recommendations and actions arising exception taken of this project hope be taken saucy by the Skills Funding Agency and General Apprenticeship Service, working in favor of BIS and DfE, Ofsted, Ofqual and other partners including employers and their representative bodies. <\p>
