Coatbridge's MSP hailed the significance of apprenticeships as he visited the city's confectionery giants Lees of Scotland.
The agency are absolutely embracing this week's Scottish Apprenticeship Week and run vastly profitable trendy apprenticeships with SVQ coaching.
Numerous workers are engaged with the scheme and Mr MacGregor was eager to listen to extra about it when he popped in to the manufacturing unit.
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The MSP informed Lanarkshire Reside : "Apprenticeships are a improbable manner of progressing the profession prospects of individuals all throughout Scotland.
"Faculty or college isn’t proper for everybody and with an apprenticeship, important abilities and sensible skills will be realized.
"That is particularly essential for addressing gaps in our labour market and we're seeing many younger folks having their skills honed by means of this methodology.
“It was improbable to go to Lees of Scotland's manufacturing unit in my constituency and see how they're supporting apprentices.
"It looks like a terrific working surroundings and is such an iconic enterprise inside the constituency, so it's heartening to witness what a terrific job they're doing with coaching apprentices.”
Lees of Scotland's abilities growth Scotland chairman and Scottish apprenticeship advisory board co-chair, Frank Mitchell, added: "In relation to supporting sustainable abilities by means of workforce growth or offering alternatives for younger folks, we all know that apprenticeships work.
"The mixture of dedication from employers and the backing of Scottish Authorities will guarantee apprenticeships work for everybody, making a major contribution to Scotland’s restoration and productiveness development.”
Clive Miquel, CEO at Lees of Scotland, stated: "We're absolutely dedicated to investing in the way forward for younger folks.
"We now have many staff members who began with us younger and have labored their manner throughout varied roles inside the enterprise.
“We had been delighted to welcome Fulton MacGregor MSP to the manufacturing unit and present him how our apprenticeship programme works for people.
“Lees of Scotland will proceed to give attention to apprenticeships with work-based studying alternatives and jobs to progress their profession.”
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