Work base learning

1. Work-Based Learning
Quality Apprenticeship
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2. Types of Work-based
Learning
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 Internship
 Apprenticeship
 Cooperative Work Experience
 Job Shadowing
 Volunteer Service

3. Apprenticeship Defined
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 Education and training process with two components:
1. On-the-Job training
2. In school learning
 Work under direct supervision of a skilled worker
 Earn salary during training
 Apprentice sign contract
 Duration of training (1 to 3 years)
 Training is coordinated between employer and training
institution
 Industry recognised standards or qualifications

4. Who initiates the process?
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Ideally, employers (or a group of them) take initiatives to set up
apprenticeships programmes in order to develop skilled workforce for them
Chambers of
commerce and
industry
Employers’
organization
Sector
associations
Business membership organizations may initiate
the process and involve their member companies in
the design and delivery of apprenticeship training.
The joint-initiative reduces burdens of developing
apprenticeship training programme on companies.
Industry- or sector-wide approach also mitigates
the problems of free-riders and poaching.
Large/Medium
size companies
Large companies sometimes organize
apprenticeship training programme of their own.
They often set up an in-house training centre
and hire dedicated staff.

5. Building Blocks of Quality
Apprenticeship
3.
Legal
Framework
4.
Financing
2.
Roles and
Responsibilities
1.
Social
Dialogue

6. Social dialogue
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 Extensive consultation and discussions with all
stakeholder
– Government
– Employers and their organizations
– Workers and their organizations
– Other stakeholders

7. Responsibilities of
Government
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 Incentives to encourage enterprises participation
 Enforce labour policies and standards
 Provide institutional supports for social dialogue

8. Employer’s Responsibilities
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 Deliver training as negotiated
 Pay wages as agreed in the contract
 Discharge all lawful obligations
 Up-date training records
 Keep record of apprentice progress

9. Apprentices’ responsibilities
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 Observe rules and conditions of employment
 Attend and perform work as directed
 Work towards achieving the competencies
 Undertake training and assessment as
required
 Keep record for evaluation
 Receive satisfactory report and pass all
exams

10.  Provide supervisory
responsibilities
 Train the apprentice
 Keep records of
progress
 Serve as mentor to
apprentice
Employees’ responsibilities
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11.  Plan design, deliver and assess programmes
 Set programme standards
 Issue certificates
 Provide information to apprentice
 Register apprentices
 Maintaining apprentice records
 Coordinate exams and assessments
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Roles of training Institutions

12.  Who Pays?
– Employer pays salary
– Government may provide incentives to
employers
– Training funds can be used to pay salaries
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Financial responsibilities

13.  Include major agreements by stakeholders
 Include source(s) of funding
 Apprentice contract/salary
 Management and governance
 Termination of contracts
 Certification of programme
 Duration of training
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Legislation

14.  Provide workers with knowledge, skills and
qualifications needed in a changing work
environment
 Reduce skills shortages, mismatch and foster
lifelong learning
 Raise the level of the workforce skills according to
the particular needs of companies
 Provide young people with qualifications and
facilitate transition to decent employment
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Why Apprenticeship

15.  To improve the quality and relevance of education
and training
 To raise school enrolment rate /reduce drop-outs
 Support economic growth, competitiveness and
productivity
 A stepping stone to satisfying / rewarding careers
 Reduce the cost of hiring and training employee
 Foster partnership between employer and training
institutions
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Why Apprenticeship

16.  Consultation and dialogue
 Employer buy-in
 Reaching consensus among the stakeholders
 Identifying sector(s) for apprenticeship
 Young people buy-in for apprenticeship
 Responsibility for paying wages
 Difficulty in reaching agreement on apprentice
salary
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Challenges of Establishing
Apprenticeship

17. Hassan Ndahi
Senior Specialist, Skills and Employability
ILO Decent Work Team and Office for the Caribbean
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
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