What is “apprenticeship”?
Apprenticeship is “hands on” … it is work and it is learning.Apprenticeship is a long-standing part of the training and education system in New Brunswick. Apprenticeship is a three way partnership among you, the apprentice, your employer and the Province of New Brunswick. It is a structured training program where the apprentice masters the skills of the trade by spending 80 percent of the time learning on the job and 20 percent of the time in a classroom environment. Source: http://www.aoc-acp.gnb.
Apprenticeship is a combination of on-the-job-training and classroom studies in which workers learn the practical and theoretical aspects of a highly skilled occupation. An apprentice is supervised by a journey-level craftsperson. It takes several years to become fully trained, depending on the trade.
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