The Government’s chief inspector of adult learning has criticised the quality of training in the construction industry. David Sherlock said in his 2003/04 report that training in construction has “nose-dived”, and foundation apprenticeship success rates had fallen to 18 per cent, while advanced apprenticeship successes stood at just 31 per cent. The report also said the quality of work-based learning in colleges was worse than last year. Some learners were on courses that were inappropriate for their ability because of poor screening. Receive the Personnel Today Direct e-newsletter every Wednesday Poor basic and key skills training is said to be an ongoing weakness in construction. But the inspectorate said there are signs of improvement this year, with a better diagnosis of literacy and numeracy support needs, Contract Journal reports.
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