This paper examines the duties, skills and training of the technicians who work in the various parts of UK industry that make use of composite materials. It examines how employers in the relevant industry strive to fill technician roles whose occupants must make, and /or use, composites, and...

This paper examines the duties, skills and training of the technicians who work in the UK space industry. It examines how employers in the industry strive to fill technician roles, and outlines some of the problems they face in trying to do so

This reports sets out the results of a study of the ‘over-training' of apprentices by large manufacturers in the UK. The term ‘over-training' was traditionally used to refer to the way in which nationalised industries trained more apprentices than they needed, with the ‘surplus' being...

We consider the prospects for apprenticeship in British retailing, in terms of the contribution of apprenticeship to intermediate skills and the contribution of large employers to the Advanced Apprenticeship (AA) programme. Evidence is taken from interviews with training and HR managers from 17...

This paper examines the duties, skills and training of the technicians who work in the UK aerospace industry. It examines how employers in the industry strive to fill technician roles, and outlines some of the problems they face in trying to do so