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Birmingham Has One Of The Smallest Ethnic White Populations Among Major ...

Birmingham has one of the smallest ethnic white populations among major British cities. The 2001 census figures reveal that 29.6 % of the estimated 900,000 population of the city are non white. The largest chunk of the non white population, 19.6 %, consists of British Asians, whereas 6.1 % are black.

JHP Training offers a number of options for both individuals and employers, based upon apprenticeship and National Voluntary Qualifications, (NVQs) available in various job related areas. These modes of training have proved to be effective and over the years have become the core functional speciality of the organisation. JHP offers Technical Certificates, which concentrate on improving employee effectiveness by developing skills and knowledge that are specific to chosen areas. These programmes involve off the job training and a certain amount of external assessment. The NVQ is an integral component of the apprenticeship scheme and is a qualification that assesses individual worker knowledge and experience of employment area and role. Qualified assessors who regularly visit the employer's location provide support and guidance, and assess employees on their demonstrated competencies in different aspects of of their job roles.

Another important programme covers Key Skills qualifications. This programme concerns six skills, namely communication, application of number, information technology, working with others, improving own learning and performance and problem solving, which build on aptitudes learnt in full time education, and focus on transferable skills that are used all the time.

JHP Training, in Birmingham, works extensively with candidates from ethnic and minority backgrounds, and those with learning disabilities, to ensure upgrading of skills and suitable recruitment. Figures available, for 2006, for the 5 specific Areas of Learning, (ALs), detailed below are the subject of analysis for this report.

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3. Analysis

This report focuses on the statistical data available on recruitment, retention, and achievement, of candidates from black and ethnic minorities, and disabled candidates, as well as for males and females. In many cases, parallel work based learning (WBL) data is available for information on (a) all companies, (b) local demographics (pertaining to Birmingham) and (c) for the entire nation, making it easier to compare figures pertaining to JPH Training Birmingham with other sets of data.

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