Rethinking apprenticeship training in the British construction industry
Rethinking apprenticeship training in the British construction industry
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重新思考英国建筑行业的学徒培训
DOI：
10.1080/13636820.2011.622450
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发表时间：
2012
影响因子：
1.9
通讯作者：
M. Abdel
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作者：
M. Abdel
近年来，英国政府持续干预以支持整个经济领域的学徒培训，这一点引人注目。建筑业是自1964年以来唯一保留征税/补助计划（支持包括学徒在内的培训）的行业，但仍然面临技能短缺的问题。因此，本文回顾了与建筑行业学徒培训有关的问题，即：行业性质、需求/供给和雇主参与。有人认为，鉴于该行业根深蒂固的不良培训文化，继续过度依赖建筑雇主提供工作安置机会并不能成为支持学徒培训的可行途径。因此，政策制定者需要摆脱雇主参与的难以捉摸的概念，并考虑提供学徒培训的替代方式。除了经验丰富的工人和工会的积极参与之外，探索虚拟学习环境（VLE）的应用，特别是工作场所模拟，为支持学徒培训提供了可能的替代方案。除非政策制定者准备好考虑学徒培训的替代想法，否则建筑行业可能会继续面临技能短缺的问题，这可能会阻碍其未来的发展。
The British government continued intervention to support apprenticeship training across the economy has been notable in recent years. The construction industry is the only sector to retain a levy/grant scheme (that supports training including apprenticeships) since 1964, yet it still faces the problem of skills shortages. This article thus reviews the issues pertaining to apprenticeship training in the construction industry, namely: nature of the industry, demand/supply and employer engagement. It is argued that continued over-reliance on construction employers to offer work placement opportunities does not present a plausible way forward for supporting apprenticeship training given the deeply entrenched poor training culture in the industry. Policymakers thus need to move away from an elusive concept of employer engagement and consider alternative means for the provision of apprenticeship training. Exploring the application of Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs), in particular workplace simulation, in addition to the active engagement of experienced workers and trade unions, presents possible alternatives for supporting apprenticeship training. Unless policymakers are prepared to consider alternative ideas for apprenticeship training the construction industry is likely to continue experiencing skills shortages that can potentially impede its future development.