Trainability assessments for apprentice selection in shipbuilding

Abstract

Trainability assessments were designed for predicting apprentice performance in four skills in the shipbuilding industry. The results showed that the assessments were successful in predicting performance after a three‐month period in the skill for which they were designed. They were less successful, however, after a 12‐month period and no one assessment predicted performance for all skills. It is suggested that trainability assessments may be best suited to predicting performance for skills which require a short training period.