The removal of requirements for mandatory registration of traditional craft apprentices with an industry body saw applications plummet.
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Insider UK writes:
A scheme set up almost 90 years ago to support apprentices in the construction industry will stop accepting new registrations at the end of this year.
The Scottish Building Apprenticeship and Training Council (SBATC), a body recognised by those in the industry who have undertaken a craft apprenticeship, has written to trade union partners to formally notify them that the Scottish Building Apprenticeship Scheme will cease to accept new apprentice registrations from 1 January 2024.
In the letter, SBATC stated that the removal in 2017 of the requirement for mandatory registration of traditional craft apprentices with an industry body saw applications plummet…
Consequently, new apprentices in the construction sector will not be protected and supported by SBATC’s collectively bargained terms – most notably, apprentice rates of pay and harmonised conditions.
The statement suggested that this will be detrimental to the sector…
