02 Nov 2011
Manchester United manager, Sir Alex Ferguson will be highlighting the importance of apprenticeships, training and funding at a Unite/Cogent conference in Manchester on Friday, 4 November.
The United boss will be one of the speakers at the conference to be held at the Mechanics Institute, 103 Princess Street, Manchester M1 6DD between 10.00am and 1.20pm.
Sir Alex, who will be speaking on the theme Investing in young people, said: ‘It is only when you had the opportunity to have an apprenticeship did you realise the long term benefit. Anyone who had that experience will have appreciated the skills they learned.’
‘Over a long period in our industry, apprenticeships have been neglected and that has to change. Great Britain was admired throughout the world for its ability to produce quality through the craftsmanship of its workforce and now is the time to bring about a regeneration of those times.’
‘Apprenticeships offer that opportunity for business to build from within their own confines and create an atmosphere of loyalty and continuity.’
Unite assistant general secretary for manufacturing, Tony Burke, who will also be speaking at the event, said: ‘It is very apt that Sir Alex , whose commitment to developing young talented people into international footballing stars is universally admired, should be speaking on the importance of bringing young people forward through skilled apprenticeships and top quality training.’
‘Unite believes that even in this grim economic climate manufacturing and science- based companies need to invest in the future through ensuring they take on apprentices, and upskill and train their workforce.
‘Apprenticeships today will translate into the skilled workforce of tomorrow. That should be our goal for the future viability of British manufacturing and our science based industries.’
Cogent is the sector skills council that covers chemicals, pharmaceuticals, polymers, life sciences and nuclear.
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