Government 'should recognise' on-the-job training
Jun 18 2008
The government should do more to recognise the advantages and achievements of on-the-job training, the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has remarked.
According to the body, not enough has been done to allow small business owners to gain formal recognition for the training they provide.
In a survey of almost 20,000 small firms, 76 per cent said they offered a formal training scheme, the FSB said.
Education and skills chairman of the FSB Colin Willman says that the needs of employers should be taken into account during the government's review examining the possibility of allowing workers to take time off work to train.
He comments: 'The government could certainly do a lot more to make it easier for small employers to get the on-the-job training they already offer accredited.
'At the moment the process is too expensive and too bureaucratic for many small businesses to cope with.'
Skills Secretary John Denham is looking into giving workers in England the chance to request time off to train in a similar way that they can now request flexible working.
According to the body, not enough has been done to allow small business owners to gain formal recognition for the training they provide.
In a survey of almost 20,000 small firms, 76 per cent said they offered a formal training scheme, the FSB said.
Education and skills chairman of the FSB Colin Willman says that the needs of employers should be taken into account during the government's review examining the possibility of allowing workers to take time off work to train.
He comments: 'The government could certainly do a lot more to make it easier for small employers to get the on-the-job training they already offer accredited.
'At the moment the process is too expensive and too bureaucratic for many small businesses to cope with.'
Skills Secretary John Denham is looking into giving workers in England the chance to request time off to train in a similar way that they can now request flexible working.
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