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Finding a school-based apprenticeship or traineeship
Before choosing a school-based apprenticeship or traineeship, you should think about:
- the type of environment you would like to work in (for example, outdoors, in an office)
- the things that interest you
- the types of school-based apprenticeships and traineeships available
- the skills you would like to learn
- the subjects you could study at school to complement your school-based apprenticeship or traineeship
- who you can talk to in the area that interests you to find out the positives and negatives of a job.
Once you have thought about these questions, you need to follow some simple steps:
- Talk to your parents or guardians about your interest in becoming a school-based apprentice or trainee.
- Advise your career counsellor, guidance officer or vocational education and training coordinator at your school that you would like to get involved in a school-based apprenticeship or traineeship.
- Decide what school-based apprenticeship or traineeship you would like to do.
- You, your school, and your parent or guardian, need to identify a suitable employer
- Once you have secured employment, you can then enter into a training contract with your parent or guardian's consent.
Most apprenticeships and traineeships have been approved for school-based arrangements. A listing of all apprenticeships and traineeships is available on the Queensland Training Information Service.
The manufacturing sector provides around 180,000 full-time jobs - 10 per cent of Queensland's workforce. The sector is the largest employer of full-time workers. Find out more about careers in manufacturing.
Contact Apprenticeships info 1800 210 210 or Training Queensland 1300 369 935
This page was last updated at Wednesday, November 07, 2007
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