Tesco has been chosen to provide a blueprint for training for the whole UK retail sector.
The multiple has been granted NVQ accreditation for its retail apprenticeships, the first time a UK retailer has won such recognition for an in-house programme.
Simultaneously, Skillsmart, the body set up by the government to improve retail training, has indicated it sees Tesco’s training programme as a model for other retailers.
Tesco has also strengthened its in-house training programme, creating 480 apprenticeships following a successful trial in three stores that began in February.
In addition, it plans to extend current apprenticeships to trainees aged 25 and older in a further pilot scheme scheduled to launch in the new year. Government apprenticeships have until now only been available to 16-24s. Tesco is among the first to offer them to those over that age, following Home Office proposals to extend the age range in 2005.
Nigel Broom, chief executive of Skillsmart Retail, the arm of the Retail Sector Skills Council responsible for accrediting Tesco apprenticeships, said: “We’re delighted with the progress made in moving the apprenticeship away from one-size-fits-all to an employer-led qualification.”
Clare Chapman, Tesco group HR director, who sits on the Retail Sector Skills Task Force as retail champion, said: “We’re thrilled to be the first UK retailer to have our in-house training accredited in this way.”
The multiple has been granted NVQ accreditation for its retail apprenticeships, the first time a UK retailer has won such recognition for an in-house programme.
Simultaneously, Skillsmart, the body set up by the government to improve retail training, has indicated it sees Tesco’s training programme as a model for other retailers.
Tesco has also strengthened its in-house training programme, creating 480 apprenticeships following a successful trial in three stores that began in February.
In addition, it plans to extend current apprenticeships to trainees aged 25 and older in a further pilot scheme scheduled to launch in the new year. Government apprenticeships have until now only been available to 16-24s. Tesco is among the first to offer them to those over that age, following Home Office proposals to extend the age range in 2005.
Nigel Broom, chief executive of Skillsmart Retail, the arm of the Retail Sector Skills Council responsible for accrediting Tesco apprenticeships, said: “We’re delighted with the progress made in moving the apprenticeship away from one-size-fits-all to an employer-led qualification.”
Clare Chapman, Tesco group HR director, who sits on the Retail Sector Skills Task Force as retail champion, said: “We’re thrilled to be the first UK retailer to have our in-house training accredited in this way.”
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