Technocracy

It has been shown that companies that do not invest in training are more than twice as likely to fail than those that do, so the importance of training has never been more crucial. There are many ways companies can invest in their people, but one of the most productive and rewarding ways to address skills challenges is through apprenticeships.

Apprenticeships are designed to help employees reach a high level of competency and performance through on-the-job and classroom learning. Your customers are demanding a superior level of customer service, so perform, be proactive and develop and lead best-practice food production by taking promising school- and college-leavers and training them to your own very high standards. In this way, you will secure the skills needed to advance your business in the future.

It is important to see the employer benefits. Investing in your apprenticeship scheme will add value and contribute to employee development and your greater long-term success.

Those engineers and businesses that have invested are increasingly seeing the value apprenticeships play in their organisation. Apprenticeships can make a real difference to your business.

John Roberts has worked in the food industry for over 30 years, latterly with Anglo Beef Processors, for over 13 years, heading up group engineering in the UK & Ireland.

reaphltd@yahoo.co.uk

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