HAVE YOU THE COURAGE? SIMON* KILLARNEY is 17. He started "Development in Contemporary Skills' Youth Training Scheme in Birmingham last September. In January, he was sacked, and a month's money withheld.
Now he faces the possibility of his dole being cut as a result. He told Socialist Action about the dubious practices of the DCS managing agency.
I'm really into computer operating programmin Contemporary Skilis Skills YTS managing agency promised to 'place you in a in'. It seemed an ideal op- were interested portunity gain perience But since I've been on the scheme haven't found suitable placement. DCS did not keep their promise.
I've just learned that managing agencies for YTS are supposed to have job placements already waiting for trainees. I expect the majority trainees don't know this.
Amazingly, the DCS was to look through Yellow Pages and ring firms to see would take on trainees. A considerable number trainees haven't found suitable placements.
Many a time I found myself in that office letting fingers do the walking'! looking for For few alenlalyes months phoned to see if I had an I did get a few, but I soon discovered that they weren't genuine computer jobs, more like office-boy Youth protest at YTS swindle jobs, with computer located somewhere in the One said: 'You may get to go on the computer in your lunchtime.' I got more and more discontented WIll the scheme. After long period or lu told my supervisor I fearer they would never find me a suitable placement, said I wanted to leave the scheme. of He made an agreement that, if they hadn't found 'a genuine placement' by January, _ would leave the scheme. I had another just others. But I was still incontinually terested, phoned DCS for a week, if I had been accepted.
They kept telling me to ring back later, they didn't KnOW: Finally asked them to contact me. But