{"id":38832,"date":"2024-01-23T17:03:38","date_gmt":"2024-01-23T17:03:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=38832"},"modified":"2024-01-23T17:03:38","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T17:03:38","slug":"construction-apprentice-support-scheme-ends-after-90-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=38832","title":{"rendered":"Construction apprentice support scheme ends after 90 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-36768\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/apprentices_Open_Gov_Licence_v3_green.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"195\" \/>The removal of requirements for mandatory registration of traditional craft apprentices with an industry body saw applications plummet.<\/h3>\n<h6><em>image for illustration: Open Government Licence v3.0<\/em><\/h6>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><em>Insider UK<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/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\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Consequently, new apprentices in the construction sector will not be protected and supported by SBATC\u2019s collectively bargained terms &#8211; most notably, apprentice rates of pay and harmonised conditions.<\/p>\n<p>The statement suggested that this will be detrimental to the sector\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 an industry body saw applications plummet. 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-38832","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\/38832","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=38832"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38832\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38833,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38832\/revisions\/38833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}