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    1) Several large UK companies have announced plans to maintain or increase apprenticeship programs due to fears over worsening skills shortages. 2) A survey of German companies in the UK found that the UK's vocational training system provides only satisfactory educational levels and requires significant in-house training, and that the UK should introduce something more similar to Germany's system. 3) Germany's system involves close partnerships between employers, educators, and government and is internationally recognized as effective in producing skilled workers, though German companies also complain of skills shortages.

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    1) Several large UK companies have announced plans to maintain or increase apprenticeship programs due to fears over worsening skills shortages. 2) A survey of German companies in the UK found that the UK's vocational training system provides only satisfactory educational levels and requires significant in-house training, and that the UK should introduce something more similar to Germany's system. 3) Germany's system involves close partnerships between employers, educators, and government and is internationally recognized as effective in producing skilled workers, though German companies also complain of skills shortages.

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    1) Several large UK companies have announced plans to maintain or increase apprenticeship programs due to fears over worsening skills shortages. 2) A survey of German companies in the UK found that the UK's vocational training system provides only satisfactory educational levels and requires significant in-house training, and that the UK should introduce something more similar to Germany's system. 3) Germany's system involves close partnerships between employers, educators, and government and is internationally recognized as effective in producing skilled workers, though German companies also complain of skills shortages.

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    plumbers' but were less successful
    whenit cameto trainingengineersand
    othertechnicalprofessionals.
    F The Germansystem,which involves
    a closepartnershipbetweenpowerful
    tradeassociations, individual employ-
    ers, educationprovidersand regional
    goverrlment. is recognised inlernation-
    ao ally as being effective in producing
    many skilled engineersandtechnicians
    for industryandbusiness.
    G Germanindustrialists,however,like
    their British counterparts, complainof
    es rising skills shortages.The German
    system,like traditionalapprenticeships
    in the UK, combineson-the-jobtrain-
    ing provided by the employerwith the
    provisionof technicalknowledgeand
    zo generaleducationin vocationalschools
    and colleges.The main differenceis
    the scaleof investmentand support
    given by the German stakeholders,
    by Andrew Taylor and apprenticeshipschemesin the UK. togetherwith the much greaterappre-
    HughWilliamson Indeed, according to a surveyof large zs ciation by Germanyoungstersof the
    Germancompaniesin the UK, Britain valueof vocational training.
    A Someof Britain's biggestcompanies would benefit from introducing a H German companiescome under
    haveannouncedthat they will maintain German-style vocational trainingsys- pressure everyyearto provideappren-
    recruitmentof apprentices,andin some tem.cenl.red on a long-termcommit- ticeshipplaces,andmanyadveftisethe
    casesincreaseit, becauseoffears that ment to apprenticeships sponsoredby a0 numberthey offer as evidenceof their
    s skillsshortages couldworsen. the governmentand business.The commitment to the community.In
    B BentleyMotors,which hasrecently studyquestionedcompaniessuchas recentyearsdemandfor placeshas
    cut production at its Crewe plant, Commerzbank,BMW Bayer,Bosch, exceededsupply,which hasresultedin
    boostednew apprenticeships by 28 per Siemens,Thyssen-Kruppand Haribo the federal government inviting
    cent this year and plans to add another about their experienceof vocational ss employers'associationsto Berlin for
    ro 11 per centnext year.ChristineGaskell, trainingin the UK. talks and providing incentivesfor
    PersonnelDirector at the luxury car D The employersreportedthat the edu- companiesto takeon moretrainees.
    producer,said the companyrelied on cational level of youngsterswas at I Companiesregularly criticise the
    'traditional craftsmanshioin wood and bestonly satisfactoryandthat most of form of apprenticeshipsas no longer
    lealherwork' as well ai engineering. themhad 'to do a considerable amount m suitedto modembusiness.In contrast,
    rs Suchskillswere'critical'tomaintaining of in-housetrainingto getnew recruits Chris Weston,Managing Director of
    thecompany'sbrand.Shesaid:'Despite up to a satisfactorystandard'.The British GasServices,seesthe benefits
    thecut in production,Bentleywill actu- majority said it was 'essential'that of contiluing to recruit apprentices.He
    ally increaseits engineeringapprentice Britain shouldintroduce'something said: 'While somethink that appren-
    intakenext year.It is essentialthat we similar' to Germany'svocationaltrain- os ticeshipsare a thing of the past ... we
    zo retain thesekey skills and expertisein ing system. have found the successof the appre-
    theUK.' E BemdAtenstiidt,Chief Executiveof ticeshipschemeis helpingto drive the
    C In spiteofthese recentinitiatives,it GermanIndustrytIK, saidgovemment businessforward.'
    is believedby manythatthereis a lack training schemeswere 'OK if you want
    of structure,interestand investmentin to train peopleto be hairdressersand
    FT

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