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CBI calls for qualifications to recognise training at work
A system which allows employers to award qualifications after giving in-house training is being called for by the Confederation of British Industry (CBI).
The system would help to ensure that training which goes on at work in the UK is recognised.
Currently many excellent work training schemes do not lead to any formal qualifications, the CBI said.
The recommendation has been made in a report published yesterday, ‘Shaping up for the future: the business vision for education & skills’.
It follows calls for qualification reforms in a report from Lord Leitch which has been acknowledged by ministers.
UK businesses invested £33 billion on staff training last year, but only one pound in three spent was recognised with a formal award.
John Cridland, deputy director-general of the CBI, said: "UK workers are wrongly branded as laggards in the skills stakes even though employers are spending more on training than in the rest of the EU, the US and Japan.
"The qualifications framework must give official recognition to the training provided in many firms and ensure that the skills of UK employees are accurately reflected, as both Lord Leitch and ministers recognise," he added.
The UK spends more on training, as a share of payroll, than the US, Japan and any EU country.
