Parents admit they don’t know vet nurses & aerospace engineers have apprenticeships

PARENTS person admitted they had nary thought veterinary nurses and aerospace engineers tin get into these careers with an apprenticeship.

A survey of 2,000 parents of 11-18-year-olds who be authorities and non-fee paying schools successful England, recovered 58 per cent don’t afloat recognize the scope of qualifications disposable to young radical today.

And portion galore person heard of apprenticeships, 87 per cent besides didn’t realise it tin unfastened up a vocation arsenic a paralegal.

Nearly 3 quarters (74 per cent) had nary thought it could let you to go a veterinary nurse, portion others thought the aforesaid of a vocation successful aerospace (82 per cent) and arsenic a paramedic oregon physiotherapist (83 per cent).

It’s not astonishing that 61 per cent consciousness incapable to usher their kids erstwhile it comes to acquisition options, and 70 per cent are overwhelmed by the quality to their ain schoolhouse days.

It besides emerged 17 per cent are nether the content apprenticeships are mostly poorly paid, and 9 per cent fearfulness they tin bounds future vocation flexibility.

The probe was commissioned by Talking Futures, which has created an online video with histrion Denise Van Outen to item however parents’ pre-conceived notions and past experiences of the acquisition scenery could beryllium limiting their child’s aboriginal options.

Denise said: “I’ve been having tons of conversations precocious with my daughter, who is 14, astir what she mightiness similar to bash successful the aboriginal and the champion routes to getting there.

“And I person to admit, it tin consciousness truly overwhelming successful knowing however to usher her.

“From my acquisition erstwhile I was astatine school, it didn’t look similar determination were arsenic galore pathways – it was rather linear and you conscionable benignant of ‘fell into’ a career, without taking the clip to deliberation astir the afloat scope of options available.

“There are large prime options disposable to kids today; it’s conscionable a lawsuit of knowing however champion to assistance your kids to navigate what’s close for them.

“I deliberation it’s thing astir parents similar maine are going done – successful fact, this benignant of speech is rife close present connected the parents’ WhatsApp radical astatine my daughter’s school.

“I’ll decidedly beryllium sharing these resources and the guidance connected there.”

The survey besides recovered little than a 3rd of parents present judge having a assemblage grade is the lone mode to beryllium palmy successful a aboriginal career.

While 40 per cent spot apprenticeships arsenic a large alternative, believing they are a bully mode to get applicable acquisition of enactment portion inactive getting an education.

It besides revealed 76 per cent wished they had the aforesaid acquisition and vocation options children person today.

Commissioned via OnePoll, 41 per cent of the parents polled judge their level of cognition astir existent acquisition and vocation pathways whitethorn bounds their child’s opportunities.

And 76 per cent would consciousness much assured successful supporting their children’s decisions if they had a amended knowing of the options available.

Michelle Rea, spokesperson for Talking Futures, which is tally by The Gatsby Charitable Foundation, said: “Denise does a superb occupation successful this abbreviated movie of demonstrating the value of parents not letting their ain experiences of schoolhouse person a antagonistic interaction connected however they enactment their child’s acquisition decisions.

“Today’s caller probe shines a airy connected that feeling of overwhelm immoderate parents tin person arsenic they get to grips with the acquisition options unfastened to their teens.

“Yes, immoderate things are antithetic from erstwhile we were astatine school, but determination is accusation retired determination to assistance – parents conscionable request to cognize wherever to look.

“We person tons of resources and enactment that we anticipation volition physique parents’ assurance successful having acquisition and vocation conversations with their kids by getting them up to velocity connected what options are disposable today.”