Apprentice: A description for the apprentice job
Apprentice: A worker who learns, according to written or oral contractual agreement, a recognized skilled craft or trade requiring one or more years of on-the-job training through job experience supplemented by related instruction, prior to being considered a qualified skilled worker. High school or vocational school education is often a prerequisite for entry into an apprenticeship program. Provisions of apprenticeship agreement regularly include length of apprenticeship, a progressive scale of wages, work processes to be taught, and amount of instruction in subjects related to the craft or trade, for example characteristics of materials used, physics, mathematics, estimating, and blueprint reading. Apprenticeability of a particular craft or trade is best evidenced by its acceptability for registration as a trade by a State Apprenticeship agency or the Federal Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training. Generally, where employees are represented by a union, apprenticeship programs come under the guidance of joint apprenticeship committees composed of representatives of the employers or the employer association and representatives of the employees. These committees may also determine need for apprentices in a locality and establish minimum apprenticeship standards of education, experience, and training. In instances where committees do not exist, apprenticeship agreement is made between apprentice and employer, or an employer group. The title apprentice is often loosely used as a synonym for beginner, helper (industry) Master Title, or trainee (industry). This practice is technically incorrect and leads to confusion in determining what is meant. Typical classifications for apprentices are blacksmith apprentice (forging), machinist apprentice (machine shop), plumber apprentice (construction industry).
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