yes it is true, we are strugling (as many have before) to develop a modern apprenticeship that will both meet the needs of the would be Timber framer, and be workable for the host company.
many have attempted to do this before, some with more sucess than others, we will be revisiting much (yes it does seem to be like re-inventing the wheel).
Before I go much further I would like to hand this over to Gordon Macdonald who is heading up this programme, and let him explain.
We will post this as a new topic.