[BITList] Poles

[David Harvey]

Hear bloody hear

Dave

On 2 August 2011 15:11, HUGH <chakdara at btinternet.com> wrote:

> Frank,
>
> You asked if UK apprenticeships have gone the way of those in Oz.  I know
> nothing about the Oz situation - over here, unless I'm very much mistaken,
> the old system is dead and buried.  Now we have "modern apprenticeships".
>  A
> dozen or so people pose  for a photo wearing yellow jackets and hard hats
> (no doubt also heavy gloves, earplugs and boots with steel toecaps). Ages
> range from late teens to the 30s. These are billed as a new intakeof
> apprentices.  They serve 3 years, much of which can be taken up with off
> the
> job study.  I recall reading that the system I was trained under is
> outmoded.  Had I only known, I'd have spent more time at evening classes
> and
> less at work.
>
> What is the effect of all this?  BAE Systems in Glasgow have just
> "launched"
> a bit of an aircraft carrier onto a barge for transport to Rosyth.  I'd say
> it's around a 5th of an aircraft carrier. They seem to have been designing
> and building it for years.  Too many Dayglo jackets and photo opportunities
> and not enough hard arsed engineers.
>
> Hugh.
>
>
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