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such as – say a beauty salon with 3 employees, the activity of the student, which
comes in direct contact with the clients – could come at a real cost.

Those companies, who cannot afford taking apprentices out of the view of the

clients or allocate a full-time tutor to exclusively take care of them, are often
confronted with problems such as:

● poor theoretical preparation of the student – especially in areas such as:
relationships with customer, professional image, basics of communication,

basic use of ICT and generic technology which is present in any company,
initiative, problem solving, time management; communication in a foreign

language if necessary. During the few practice week, the tutors barely have
the time to teach the student the industry-specific skills and not enough

time for customer communication. On the other hand, they cannot afford
‘exercising’ on real customers basic communication skills – risking to lose

them.

● the consumables/equipment could be expensive and a small company

cannot afford letting unexperienced students waste them.

● the bureaucracy of the whole process and frequent legal framework
changes are sometimes disorientating for a small company without a HR

department or who cannot allocate enough time/personnel to do the
research;

What activities could small companies benefit from:

● Extra preparation of the students in the above mentioned areas, done by a
flexible provider, able to adapt with the realities of the dynamic market (in

contrast with a school which has to respect methodologies);

● a financial allowance which could be provided to those companies which
need to waste materials/consumables for the training of inexperienced

students

DELTA (2017-1-UK01-KA202-036810) IO3