Blockbuster News 1 - Employer and Training Provider fall out
Oh dear me, its a horrific time for DEA/HIs as I provide 3 of the most worrying updates in a row. The situation is critical folks.
Employer and Training Provider fall out
Here we go then, a major employer (200-280 DEA/HIs working on a self-employed basis) has managed to have a huge bust-up with the nominated training provider. I have got copies of the relevant letters from the companies and actually they drag in another 5 employers into this problem which means we could well be talking about 500+ DEAs being affected.
Imagine this scenario:
You pay for your own DEA training and are guaranteed a job with a big employer. Your big employer gets you trained using a fairly well respected training provider but the bad news is they don't teach you the right syllabus!!
Thats the good news, now here comes the bad news.
Imagine that the employing company has a big argument with the training provider and there is disagreement over payment. Imagine then that the training provider thinks 'Sod this' and sends back all the candidate portfolios etc. to the employer leaving 200-280 trainee DEAs unlikely to achieve accreditation before 1 Aug.
Gets even worse
Imagine then that the training company then gets annoyed and emails the candidates saying that they will employ them and can get them rushed through accreditation.
And worse... More stuff about legal threats, who owns who, use of a different accreditation scheme etc but I won't expand on that as its peripheral junk compared to the above.
The unhappy outcome
200-280 DEAs are now HUGELY unlikely to be accredited ready for 1 August. More work for everyone else but hugely heartbreaking for those involved obviously, the candidates have done nothing wrong.
I won't be naming names but needless to say the above is true, if you are caught up in it feel free to phone/email me. This is the sort of thing IHI/IDEA/NARHI and CLG could consider looking into before 200-280 DEAs decide to take things further.
My thoughts then:
Its absolutely pathetic that big companies behave and act like tin-pot outfits. It goes to show that employers and training providers should not automatically be trusted to do what is best for their most vital resources, their people. What a sad episode this is.
Sad to say but I knew that the wrong syllabus was being taught by this training provider some months ago but when you are talking about businesses that turn over millions, they should have some quality control. I think this is yet another example of how the energy business has historically been populated by people who 'fell into the sector' rather than taking the initiative, recruiting the best people and driving up standards, to a great extent I believe this is due to a culture of hand-outs and lack of competition.
As a final note, I would like to say that IHI have offered to assist wherever they can, if you are affected please do contact IHI.
Employer and Training Provider fall out
Here we go then, a major employer (200-280 DEA/HIs working on a self-employed basis) has managed to have a huge bust-up with the nominated training provider. I have got copies of the relevant letters from the companies and actually they drag in another 5 employers into this problem which means we could well be talking about 500+ DEAs being affected.
Imagine this scenario:
You pay for your own DEA training and are guaranteed a job with a big employer. Your big employer gets you trained using a fairly well respected training provider but the bad news is they don't teach you the right syllabus!!
Thats the good news, now here comes the bad news.
Imagine that the employing company has a big argument with the training provider and there is disagreement over payment. Imagine then that the training provider thinks 'Sod this' and sends back all the candidate portfolios etc. to the employer leaving 200-280 trainee DEAs unlikely to achieve accreditation before 1 Aug.
Gets even worse
Imagine then that the training company then gets annoyed and emails the candidates saying that they will employ them and can get them rushed through accreditation.
And worse... More stuff about legal threats, who owns who, use of a different accreditation scheme etc but I won't expand on that as its peripheral junk compared to the above.
The unhappy outcome
200-280 DEAs are now HUGELY unlikely to be accredited ready for 1 August. More work for everyone else but hugely heartbreaking for those involved obviously, the candidates have done nothing wrong.
I won't be naming names but needless to say the above is true, if you are caught up in it feel free to phone/email me. This is the sort of thing IHI/IDEA/NARHI and CLG could consider looking into before 200-280 DEAs decide to take things further.
My thoughts then:
Its absolutely pathetic that big companies behave and act like tin-pot outfits. It goes to show that employers and training providers should not automatically be trusted to do what is best for their most vital resources, their people. What a sad episode this is.
Sad to say but I knew that the wrong syllabus was being taught by this training provider some months ago but when you are talking about businesses that turn over millions, they should have some quality control. I think this is yet another example of how the energy business has historically been populated by people who 'fell into the sector' rather than taking the initiative, recruiting the best people and driving up standards, to a great extent I believe this is due to a culture of hand-outs and lack of competition.
As a final note, I would like to say that IHI have offered to assist wherever they can, if you are affected please do contact IHI.
Labels: 280 DEAs jobs at risk. DEA training provider fails to deliver.
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