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The Employer Training Pilots (ETPs), established in six Learning and Skills Council (LSC) areas in September 2002, aimed to provide training to a first level two qualification or in basic skills for employees. It features combinations of paid time off work to train, wage compensation for employers, free or subsidised training, and information, advice and guidance for employers and employees. Evaluation of these pilots, from September 2002 to March 2005, involved qualitative surveys of employer and employee participants and case study work with all major stakeholders, and quantitative surveys of training provision and take-up in pilot control areas. This report covers the qualitative evaluation of the first year of operation of the first six pilots. The report found that 'the pilots have been successful in getting substantial numbers of employers involved in training their low-skilled employees to qualifications'. The contents are: Executive summary; Introduction; Participation in the first year; Approaches and attitudes to training; Experience of the pilots; Motivations, benefits and satisfaction; Conclusions. Included as appendices are the pilot case studies and the ETP Management Information (MI) data.