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Grants cut: block rebates proposed
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knd more money this upper limit.
or management levelopment
Severe cuts in individual training grant ates, notably for drivers and craftsmen, will e made for the 12-month period beginning
n August 1, if the Road Transport ndustry Training Board's 1970-71 iroposals are approved by Mrs Barbara :astle. On the other hand, large sums are to e made available for recruiting and training raduates and other potential managers.
Another major proposal is the payment ía block -rebate" of 25 per cent of levy, in lace of existing on-the-job training grants, D firms whose general training rrangements show a satisfactory standard. 'o qualify, firms will have to show that they .ave adhered to published RTITB tandards, that their facilities for training re adequate, and that the training is roperly programmed and recorded.
During the next few months RTITB raining staff will be informing companies in etail of the standards required for the 25 er cent block grant. The Board considers at this new system will be much easier to dminister than existing schemes, and will ermit training arrangements to be xamined for approval before the training eriod starts.
These block grants will also replace those lade at present for the use of vehicles for raining purposes and other overheads.
The daily rate of grant for hgv driver .aining will be reduced from £10 to £5 and le normal rate for light vehicle drivers will ecome O. The grant for full-time officers r instructors will be reduced to £500 and 250 respectively.
It is proposed that grants should continue
) be limited to 150 per cent of the levy aid, with similar exclusions to this rule as pply at present. Management development rants, and those for graduates and ndergraduates. will also be exempted from
It is understood that the Board has meanwhile removed from regional control 12 of the largest operators in the country, and these 12 will in future treat the Board's headquarters officers as their field officers. The names of the companies involved have not yet been revealed.
The main proposals for grants in the year beginning in August are as follows, with the present rate shown in parentheses where one is applicable: Craft and technician training (adult): £3 a day (now £8).
Apprentice training by company, including day or block release: £65 a year (£125, plus L3 lOs a day). Apprentice training by integrated course: £2 lOs a day, up to £300 a year maximum.
Professional training: £4 a day (at present varies according to status).
Operatives' training (hgv, psv drivers): £5 a day (no).
Clerical training: £2 a day (varies according to status at present).
Management training: £10 a day for managers (£15); £4 a day for potential managers, supervisors and foremen; up to £200 for management development within a scheme approved by the Board (no present equivalent); £1.500 a year for recruitment and training of a graduate (no present equivalent); £50 to £120 a month, according to age, for undergraduates and HNC students when on the industrial part of a course (no present equivalent).
The RTITB has told Mrs Castle that the latest available figures show a 48 per cent increase in adult craft training and a 26 per cent increase in apprentice training, while the quality of training has also improved. But not all areas have, says the Board, increased their training, facilities. It is particularly concerned that management training has shown no significant improvement since 1967. During the past three years, it is estimated, the average manager has spent less than one day a year in training.