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I had a couple of plumbers come over a few days ago. I asked them, out of curiosity, how apprenticeships worked these days. Do you apply to some organization? S
by Bucephalus355 8y ago
I had a couple of plumbers come over a few days ago. I asked them, out of curiosity, how apprenticeships worked these days. Do you apply to some organization? Some school?
They looked at me like the huge, suburban house-husband idiot I felt like at that moment.
Apparently, apprentice electrician is a title that means as much “junior software engineer”. It’s just a word for entry level. Any company can “apprentice” you. All it means is that they are willing to train an entry level person.
Personally, I think any company not dedicating at least 5%, preferably 10% of their hiring budget to finding and training entry level talent is something of a parasite on the economy. This would ideally be force implemented through moral shame or promoting it as some new “best practice”, just like Google’s old stupid hiring strategies were, rather than regulation.
- whatshisface 8y agoIf nobody trained junior level people, it would become so hard to find new people that the risk of taking on a junior would become worth it. You could argue that that's the equilibrium that we have already reached.
- budadre75 8y ago"any company not dedicating at least 5%, preferably 10% of their hiring budget to finding and training entry level talent is something of a parasite on the economy" Most of startups?
- zhdc1 8y agoI think this is one of those things that varies a lot between states. Plumbing apprenticeships in PA, at least, are four-five year programs that require an entrance examination, high-school diploma or equivalent, and a mix of on-job and in classroom training before you're allowed to take the examination to become a journeyman (that is, legally operate without supervision). Source: I have an uncle who owns a plumbing company and a cousin who's going through an apprenticeship.