The over-training of apprentices by employers in advanced manufacturing: a theoretical and policy analysis

This article reports the results of a study of the ‘over‐training’ of apprentices by large manufacturers in the UK . The term ‘over‐training’ was traditionally used to refer to the way in which nationalised industries trained more apprentices than they needed, with the ‘surplus’ being released at the end of their training to find another employer. In contrast, the evidence reported in this article indicates that over‐training now typically...