The passports would contain details about an individual's employmenthistory and would help employers find out if staff are trainedadequately for the duties they carry out.
The proposal has been debated by a number of organisations, includingthe Association of Principal Youth & Community Officers (Apyco) andsector skills council Lifelong Learning UK, as part of wider proposalsto raise youth work standards.
The play sector skills council SkillsActive currently runs a schemecalled Active Passport where it charges workers 10 a year to holdinformation about their employment history. Registered employers canthen check a central database to check that workers' qualifications areup to date as well as other information such as their identity.
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