rbeazley's apprentice incentitives inadequate
These entry strategies have been tried for years and fail because of the high drop out rate as apprentices get fed up with the poor wages and expense, while they see their mates having a far better time at uni and elsewhere.
All financial and motivational disadvantages must be removed from the apprenticeship system.
Politicians all expect ther own kids to go to uni and party just as they did.
An engineer I know had to arrange the migration of a South African and a Korean to get a pair of welders.
The federal govt has been quietly importing hundreds of apprentice Chinese welders.
