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Agree with both of you there.
On apprentices - there are healthy grants for employers to take apprentices - enough to cover them at minimum or living wage for the 1-day a week they are paid and in college studying.
But some industries are just not appealing to young people anymore it seems - with apprentiship schemes or not. The training colleges are not attracting young students to the welding/engineering courses near me unfortunately - I was told they have been well under capacity.
Manufacturing in the UK is currently relying on 50/60+ year old men who are fed up and are desperate to retire - and their kids don't want to take over. A wild generalisation, but based on experience.
Society in general seems to associate getting your hands dirty with either:
... When it's actually some of the most skilled, technical and rewarding work out there, eh.
We need to get young people excited by doing these jobs, that needs to start way earlier than university doesn't it.