Training and flexible work organisation in the European metal industry - Spain, France, Italy and Portugal

This article was written to publicise the results of the Leonardo project entitled 'FLEXIFORM - Identifying future training needs resulting from flexible work organisation in firms in the metal industry'. The conclusions drawn are based on an analysis of data obtained from 175 firms located in four regions of Spain, France, Italy and Portugal. While economic and industrial factors have forced the metal industry to make its operations more flexible, both young people entering the labour market and workers already in employment lack the appropriate specific and general skills needed to cope with this organisational revolution. Methods of initial and continuing training that are able to make good these shortcomings therefore urgently need to be devised if the future of this sector and that of its employees is to be assured.

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This article was written to publicise the results of the Leonardo project entitled 'FLEXIFORM - Identifying future training needs resulting from flexible work organisation in firms in the metal industry'. The conclusions drawn are based on an analysis of data obtained from 175 firms located in four regions of Spain, France, Italy and Portugal. While economic and industrial factors have forced the metal industry to make its operations more flexible, both young people entering the labour market and workers already in employment lack the appropriate specific and general skills ...  [+] Show more