A Successful Apprentice in any Trade Values the apprenticeship system as an excellent way to learn skills and develop a career while making a good living wage with benefits. When apprenticeship is completed and journey level status achieved, you can take this credential anywhere in the United States. You ll take pride in the results of a day s work. You need to like the work in order to stay with it when times are tough. Several ways to determine what trade you would like include going out to a job site to watch the work being done, volunteering to help neighbors with construction or other projects, or to help with community projects such as Habitat for Humanity, talking with journey level workers about their trade, and taking related classes at high schools or technical schools.
All trades pay good family wages when journey level status is achieved.
Entry level wage should not be a major criterion in career decisions. Understands the apprenticeship system. It can be a complicated process to become registered. You may have to wait to be interviewed since apprenticeship programs only accept the number of apprentices they can keep working steadily. This is very different from just applying for a job.