The Vocational Training for Employment Programme (İMEP/VET4JOB), which is supported by the European Union, aims to facilitate access to sustainable livelihoods and formal employment prospects through quality apprenticeship training and vocational training in line with the needs of the labour market. The third and final group training provided under İMEP for the Confederation of Tradesmen and Craftsmen of Türkiye (TESK) Workplace Inspection and Consultancy Groups (İDDGs) was held in Antalya from January 11th to 13th.
TESK General President Bendevi Palandöken delivered the opening address at the TESK Workplace Inspection and Consultancy Group (İDDG) Training Event, the purpose of which was to strengthen advisory skills so as to increase the quality of the training provided in the workplaces in which apprentice students being trained up for mastership receive their practical training.
The three days of training were aimed at the İDDGs established at the level of unions of chambers of tradesmen and craftsmen (ESOBs) and at other relevant units. Besides technical and administrative topics such as apprenticeship training, practical training in the workplace, digitalisation and student work portfolios, the training event also addressed the duties and responsibilities of the employer and emphasised the struggle against child labour. Problems encountered in the functioning of the İDDGs were taken up, and new approaches and proposed solutions were discussed.
The training of a total of 200 members of TESK İDDGs has been completed in t