{"id":38698,"date":"2024-01-09T16:02:54","date_gmt":"2024-01-09T16:02:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=38698"},"modified":"2024-01-07T17:05:32","modified_gmt":"2024-01-07T17:05:32","slug":"scottish-construction-apprentice-support-scheme-ends-after-90-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=38698","title":{"rendered":"Scottish construction apprentice support scheme ends after 90 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-38452\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/skills_tools_Open_Gov_Licence_v3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"195\" \/>The removal of requirements for mandatory registration of traditional craft apprentices with the Scottish Building Apprenticeship and Training Council (SBATC) has led to its demise.<\/h3>\n<h6><em>image for illustration: Open Government Licence v3.0<\/em><\/h6>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><em>insider.co.uk<\/em> writes [21 Dec 2023]:<\/p>\n<p>A scheme set up almost 90 years ago to support apprentices in the construction industry will stop accepting new registrations\u2026.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>A report\u2026 in 2022 recommended the requirement for registration to be reinstated.\u00a0 However, there has been no formal commitment by MSPs\u2026 so the decision has now been taken to wind down\u2026.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insider.co.uk\/news\/construction-apprentice-support-scheme-ends-31724692\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The removal of requirements for mandatory registration of traditional craft apprentices with the Scottish Building Apprenticeship and Training Council (SBATC) has led to its demise. image for illustration: Open Government Licence v3.0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38698","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38698"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38698\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38699,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38698\/revisions\/38699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}