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On the night shift, at Barrow Mill, incoming staff who finish a six-week apprenticeship have lower error rates in their first quarter than new hires who skip it. The apprenticeship is costly, but the error-related scrap is costlier still. The talent desk therefore argues that, if the firm wants to cut first-quarter scrap, it should ________.
Which of the following most logically completes the passage?
- raise starting pay without changing training
- hire only candidates who already have ten years of experience and skip the apprenticeship
- stop tracking error rates so the apprenticeship cannot be judged
- require the apprenticeship for incoming hires in error-prone roles
- shorten the apprenticeship to two days
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