Work ethic is the start of everything, for success at work.
some underlying issues , NOS, lantra ,nptc HSe FIsa, confor ,FC, AA, Isa, large business all have input, too many cooks springs to mind...
currently students are taught to work as individuals , but all ARb work is teamwork.
colleges who propagate their own instructors run the risk of repeating the same mistakes,
pathways to learning and reading materials and method & processes change in industry way faster than ,education centres can usually absorb into formal framework qualifications..
I've known of colleges accepting students who on application didn't meet the minimum requirement of entry , counter intuitive, if they've got a standard then stick too it as if not then its a slippery slope of below par is good enough, WELL ITS NOT
in retail terms if you stack em high enough and sell em cheap enough your on a winner,
commercial experience can only really come from either doing the job with experienced operators in a team or having an experienced operator teaching the student what the day to day requirements are & these requirement darent covered in most cases, this doesn't mean someone instructing who was in industry 210 years ago. or done 2 years at college without real world experinece as really courses are entry level ,
in my military days , I did training, then went to my unit, & they said to forget the training its out of date , heres what we do sunshine now crack on !!
So is the model of understanding the need in industry, not the heart of issue for colleges..
as to placements ,, businesses do take punts on new employees and with that there is a risk in production dips, BUT we all started somewhere, & most folks are wise enough to take a balanced view,
if college struggle to place candidates then out of Funding why not incentivise businesses, they need to make money as do colleges.