Guest bob Posted February 15, 2014 Report Share Posted February 15, 2014 hi bob here i was just thinking how easy it is for 16-17 year olds to get an apprenticeship? if anyone could help me that would be great thnx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesw Posted February 16, 2014 Report Share Posted February 16, 2014 Although I have no direct experience in apprenticeships over here, you might want to take a look at this site which may answer some of your questions: http://www.trainingwa.wa.gov.au/apprenticentre/detcms/portal/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rossmoyne Posted February 16, 2014 Report Share Posted February 16, 2014 jamesw posted a good link.. one I was going to. Have a look at that and see what it brings for you. Having nephews who are "tradies" I have asked them what they did to get apprenticeships. To a man they said that they went out and door knocked and asked for an apprenticeship in what they were interested in. All four are now in their 30's and well into their careers... so in the family we have an electrician, a plumber, a painter and decorator, and a mechanic. All four of them have told me that it is easier to get apprenticeships now through the aprenticeship website than it was 10 to 20 years ago, but all four of them have told me that their respective businesses are approached constantly by both male and females wanting an apprenticeship. What I glean from this is that you need to put your hat into the ring as well as follow the government apprenticeship route. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Druid Posted February 16, 2014 Report Share Posted February 16, 2014 My son is an apprentice doing aircraft maintenance, most apprentices get their job by doing a pre apprenticeship during their final year at high school or a year at TAFE, part of the apprenticeship is on job training, this is where they get an offer of an apprenticeship if they are any good, apprenticeships are a little different here in Aus, they are a year to year contract, an employer could choose to drop you after your first year etc, don't expect to get an apprenticeship straight out of school from the UK! We were lucky, my son had done a course at a local UK college, called Pathway to Apprenticship, which in Aus was the qui equivalent of a pre Apprenticship Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonleannejack Posted February 16, 2014 Report Share Posted February 16, 2014 hi bob here i was just thinking how easy it is for 16-17 year olds to get an apprenticeship? if anyone could help me that would be great thnx Very easy, in my line of work which is housebuilding they are desperate for decent apprentices. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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