Has there been an increase in the number of criminal records checks for engineers in recent years? Factor out jobs which require working with children or vulnerable adults, or those requiring certain types of security clearance.
Those serving time in prison do have the opportunity to study for Open University degrees. If successful in gaining a degree, should anyone on release be prevented from seeking appropriate employment?
Of course there could well be conditions based on the nature of their conviction which limit opportunities open to them.
A number of employers, including Timpsons, and Greggs have an intersting track record in offering such employment. Sir John Timpson regularly mentions this in his weekly Daily Telegraph column.
There is in Glasgow a bakery which started in a local prison, and subsequently moved to larger premises, been successful in giving opportunity, firstly on day-release and then on release to gain experience in bakery, with a record of successfully going on to other employment. Here to there are conditions as to who can take up these openings.
While the examples quoted are not in Engineering, it still demonstrates what is possible in terms of rehabilitation.
Those serving time in prison do have the opportunity to study for Open University degrees. If successful in gaining a degree, should anyone on release be prevented from seeking appropriate employment?
Of course there could well be conditions based on the nature of their conviction which limit opportunities open to them.
A number of employers, including Timpsons, and Greggs have an intersting track record in offering such employment. Sir John Timpson regularly mentions this in his weekly Daily Telegraph column.
There is in Glasgow a bakery which started in a local prison, and subsequently moved to larger premises, been successful in giving opportunity, firstly on day-release and then on release to gain experience in bakery, with a record of successfully going on to other employment. Here to there are conditions as to who can take up these openings.
While the examples quoted are not in Engineering, it still demonstrates what is possible in terms of rehabilitation.
