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THE FOCUS NEEDS TO BE ON FUTURE-PROOFING BUSINESSES AND THOSE WORKING FOR THEM.
is the most effective way of ensuring employees develop the necessary technical skills early in their careers to keep up with the rapid rise of AI, pairing this with strong human-centric behaviours and soft skills to ensure they are meaningfully contributing to organisations in such a way that AI is yet to do anytime soon.
Tailored tr-AI-ning for business needs
Tailored AI apprenticeships serve to not only protect entry-level and junior staff from being‘ outperformed’ by AI but, when offered in-house, through experiential learning, can prove more effective in protecting from security breaches and ensure the training is tailored specifically to organisational needs.
In specific industries such as finance and retail, AI apprenticeships are particularly valuable. Finance apprentices could be trained to use AI for risk assessment and fraud detection, while retail apprentices could be trained using integrated retail training to optimise efficiency and customer experience.
The military, for instance, has long relied on simulation-based apprenticeships and the same approach can be applied to corporate apprenticeships. Apprenticeships, when used for the ex-forces, make it easier for them to transition to AI roles following their service, allowing them to embark on their next chapter with support.
Businesses can use apprenticeships to build off the existing strengths and skills of their workforce, structuring the training around them. Ex-forces typically have an aptitude for AI training through problemsolving, engineering, telecommunications, and IT having completed apprenticeships as part of their service.
These skills serve as excellent prerequisites to transition into a career in tech. As an example, businesses could take a group of individuals with a pre-existing skillset, such as a group of ex-forces, and provide them with specialist training in a particular area which builds on their existing skills with the view to securing a particular tech role.
Someone with a background in military intelligence, for example, would have a strong transferrable skillset to become a prompt engineer with specific training. Businesses have an opportunity to take a similar approach to apprenticeships as the military insofar as they can tailor apprenticeships to a particular career, build off someone’ s pre-acquired skills and apply them to AI proficiency.
While training is the focus of the apprenticeships, they don’ t have to start from scratch. Customising the apprenticeship curriculum to the skills and strengths of the workforce will make training easier and far more effective for all involved.
Businesses need AI-pprenticeships
Businesses need to rethink their training strategies in the wake of the rapid AI revolution.
Apprenticeships devoted to the development and training of AI skills and functions offer a powerful solution to upskilling employees, future-proofing both organisations and careers and ensuring they can work effectively alongside automation rather than being displaced by it.
Businesses need to consider taking a structured, hands-on approach to AI readiness to be best equipped to navigate the rapidly changing digital landscape.
Investing in effective training sooner rather than later is a crucial step to ensuring long-term success for both the workplace and workforce and apprenticeships can be the key to getting businesses AI-ready. � www. intelligentfin. tech
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