2. Identifying the need for Training
Training Programmes
Sources of information:
• Vacancies received by the Corporation from
employers
• Skills profile of jobseekers
• Labour and skills surveys
• Feedback received from stakeholders during
formal and informal meetings
3. Training Initiatives
Short courses
Traineeships
Apprenticeships
Extended Skills Training Scheme (ESTS)
Technician Apprenticeship Scheme (TAS)
Training Subsidy Schemes
Individuals
Employers
4. Basic skills
ETC trained 15,072 persons in 2011 of which
35% in the following basic skills courses:
Literacy (Maltese and English)
Numeracy
Basic ICT
Job seeking skills
5. Impact of VET
From 2009 till 2011, 41% of learners following
short courses were in employment or
continuing further studies.
Most effective training programmes:
Traineeships - in 2011, all persons completing
traineeship were in employment (125 persons)
Apprenticeship - over the past four years, 75% of
those completing apprenticeship remained in
employment either with the same employer or
with a different employer
6. Reasons
% for short courses is low as 35% of these
were following basic skills courses
Why? 80% of jobseekers have education level
below SEC standard
But these skills on their own do not lead to
employment
Need to be supplemented by vocational
training to lead to employment
7. Challenges
Problem should be solved at source and by
competent teachers
This enables ETC to:
focus on skills delivery that lead to level 2 and
3 MQF qualifications which have validity in the
labour market
Obtain NCFHE accreditation of all courses
Focus on quality assurance
ETC receives a considerable number of requests for employment licenses for persons to be engaged as cleaners, housekeepers, labourers and care workers. Provided that ETC has a number of persons registering for such occupations proofs that we need to invest in more training so that employers would have a wider selection of persons from where to choose. Example of ad hoc request: follow up course in relation to electronics engineering, whereby trainees expressed the interest in following a course on tv and radio repairs and fault finding in electrical circuits.
Apprenticeship and traineeships unlike short courses offer on-the-job training, hence besides learning the theory within a formal setting, learners have the opportunity to practice what they learn at the workplace. Besides the theory learners acquire other skills such as working in a team, punctuality, working under pressure, time management, amongst other skills that are not learnt from school. Another 10% continued their studies three months after they completed their apprenticeship.