this is clearly important when resources are scare but it is also worth looking at how training can service employers operating at the lower end of the labour market this means providing greater opportunities for modular and parttime training which balances competing demands on individuals for work and family modular training involves selfcontained units that can be stacked against each other to complete a qualification parttime training involves mixing the use of evening training as well as the block release of apprenticeships for the offthejob training portion of their framework