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Funding doubles to help boost three Rs
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FUNDING OF A scheme to help workers in the haulage industry find the training they need to improve literacy and numeracy skills will be doubled to £900m by 2011.
The Train to Gain scheme has proven so successful in raising skills levels in businesses following its launch a year ago that by 2010 it is expected that more than 500,000 workers will have achieved a Level 2 qualification — this is the equivalent of five grade A-C GCSEs.
So far more than 58,000 employers have contacted the service, which is managed and funded by the Learning and Skills Council, and 240,000 employees have undertaken training. Train to Gain staff act as training brokers; they help companies source the training they need, including leadership and management courses and apprenticeships.
A recent government poll of UK employees found that businessmen consider skills shortages and recruitment diff iculties a bigger threat to performance than soaring oil prices.
Train to Gain funding will be £440m next year, rising to £650m in 2008/09 and then to more than £900m in 2010/11.
Preston, Lanes-based truck exhaust systems manufacturer Bose' (UK) says it has improved its bottom line since making use of the Train to Gain service, HR manager Pam Hill says: We have already witnessed improvements being implemented in production and warehouse processes from those employees who have achieved their NVO qualifications, and to roll this out to as many employees as possible can only reap positive rewards for our organisation,"