Released on: March 3, 2008, 1:42 am

Press Release Author: Mary Stuart-Miller

Industry: Education

Press Release Summary: British businessman, Mr. Jan Telensky, supports government\'s
concern for British workers to train for new skills. The CEO of plumbing home study
organisation Train4Trade skills was speaking in the light of the British Prime
Minister Gordon Brown\'s recent statements announcing plans to encourage British
workers to train for a skill, or face future unemployment.

Press Release Body: In the light of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's warming to
British workers to get a skill or face unemployment, the CEO of plumbing home study
specialists, Train4TradeSkills' Mr. Jan Telensky said

"I'm delighted the British government is backing what we've been saying for years.
Without skills, there's no future for British workers. Britain is already years
behind the global skills race and our jobs are already being taken by an influx of
overseas skilled plumbers, electricians and trades people. For a nation of
shopkeepers and skilled tradesmen most of us now can't even get a British workman
out to fix a dripping tap".

Mr. Telensky was speaking in the light of Gordon Brown's recent comments, in which
the PM was reported to have said \"In the coming decades the number of the world\'s
skilled jobs will double. It creates the greatest opportunity for whichever country
rises to the education and skills challenge".

Train4TradeSkills launched their revolutionary home study plumbing courses in early
2007, with a new blended approach to learning that combines theoretical learning
from books with a PC based virtual reality house and hands-on practical training in
state of the art workshops.

Train4TradeSkills students are already finishing their apprenticeships and many have
started their own businesses. The course has attracted students, both male and
female, from all walks of life to the potential of working as a qualified plumber.

The company claims their home study courses are far more effective than
apprenticeships with working plumbers as they enable students to study in their own
time, at their own pace, and get hands' on skills from residential stays at the
company's workshop training centres.

Mr. Telensky added
"For years we've freely welcomed in qualified workers from overseas and given them
jobs that should be done by British workers. We've a vast skills gap to catch up on
before we can even fulfil our domestic needs, let alone start supplying British
skills to the rest of the world, which is what we should be aiming for. I'm
delighted that the PM has given organisations such as Train4TradeSkills his
backing".

End.

Press contact Mary Stuart-Miller, 01403 738844. m.stuart-miller@virgin.net

Web Site: http://www.train4tradeskills.com

Contact Details: Mary Stuart-Miller, The Creative Connection UK Ltd
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