Building skills legacy of 2012 'being missed'

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According to research by building industry union Ucatt, 90 per cent of the apprenticeships offered to local young people will only lead to NVQ level 2, the equivalent of four GCSEs at grade A to C. But earlier this year the Government backed findings of the Leitch review of skills, which recommended such schemes should lead to NVQ level 3, which typically produces a person qualified in a craft.

Alan Ritchie, general secretary of Ucatt, said: "The country is crying out for young skilled construction workers. The Olympics was a golden opportunity to create a skills legacy and that is in danger of being missed."

About 2,700 workers are currently employed on the Games site in Stratford.