The Ed.
Well-Known Member
The government last week launched the second phase of its Trailblazers initiative - a scheme designed to implement new apprenticeships schemes. The scheme, supported by BABTAC and Habia and launched last year, focuses on implementing employer-led standards and ensuring all apprentices get relevant training.
Habia's Stuart Turner said, "We are pleased to see the second wave of Trailblazers includes service industries and also a sector which is dominated by small and micro-businesses."
Ten beauty salons and chains and ten hair salons have been selected as 'trailblazer' salons. These salons will lead the review of apprenticeships and help set up new systems to ensure effective training.
George Hammer, Urban Retreat chairman, and Hellen Ward, Managing Director of Richard Ward Hair have been selected to lead these salons in the review process.
"It is about ensuring employers can be confident apprentices have the basic skills they need, so making them vastly more attractive as future employees," explains George Hammer. Ward agrees, "This is a hugely exciting time for apprenticeships. What the government is doing chimes with what the National Hairdressing Federation and others have been saying for years - that apprenticeships need to be simpler, more employer-based and equip young trainees for the realities of life on the salon floor."
Until then...geek on!
The Ed.
Habia's Stuart Turner said, "We are pleased to see the second wave of Trailblazers includes service industries and also a sector which is dominated by small and micro-businesses."
Ten beauty salons and chains and ten hair salons have been selected as 'trailblazer' salons. These salons will lead the review of apprenticeships and help set up new systems to ensure effective training.
George Hammer, Urban Retreat chairman, and Hellen Ward, Managing Director of Richard Ward Hair have been selected to lead these salons in the review process.
"It is about ensuring employers can be confident apprentices have the basic skills they need, so making them vastly more attractive as future employees," explains George Hammer. Ward agrees, "This is a hugely exciting time for apprenticeships. What the government is doing chimes with what the National Hairdressing Federation and others have been saying for years - that apprenticeships need to be simpler, more employer-based and equip young trainees for the realities of life on the salon floor."
Until then...geek on!
The Ed.
