G'day All
My question is what is a journeyman tradesman and what do you have to do to attain this title? I suppose I am also wondering how young people are trained in other countries (America, Canada and UK).
Here in Australia, if you want to become a mechanic (or any trade really) you generally leave school when you are 16-18 years old and start a apprenticeship. These are a four year agreement between you and your employer that they will train you to be a mechanic. This training is on the job as well as at government run training schools(Tafe etc) which may be attended 1 day a week or up to 5 days every 5 weeks. At the end of the 4 years, providing you have passed all the tafe work, you will be given a trade certificate and then can call yourself a qualified mechanic. Whether or not you have the skills to actually fix anything is another question.
When applying for a job it is generally required that you provide a copy of your trade certificate to show that you at least have a piece of paper that says you can do the job.
I am probably wrong, but I got the impression from reading some post here that if you like fixing/are good at fixing things you can approach a shop and ask for a job without any formal training. Is this correct or am I missing something completely. I am not trying to bag anyone out just a little bit curious.
Cheers
Gav
My question is what is a journeyman tradesman and what do you have to do to attain this title? I suppose I am also wondering how young people are trained in other countries (America, Canada and UK).
Here in Australia, if you want to become a mechanic (or any trade really) you generally leave school when you are 16-18 years old and start a apprenticeship. These are a four year agreement between you and your employer that they will train you to be a mechanic. This training is on the job as well as at government run training schools(Tafe etc) which may be attended 1 day a week or up to 5 days every 5 weeks. At the end of the 4 years, providing you have passed all the tafe work, you will be given a trade certificate and then can call yourself a qualified mechanic. Whether or not you have the skills to actually fix anything is another question.
When applying for a job it is generally required that you provide a copy of your trade certificate to show that you at least have a piece of paper that says you can do the job.
I am probably wrong, but I got the impression from reading some post here that if you like fixing/are good at fixing things you can approach a shop and ask for a job without any formal training. Is this correct or am I missing something completely. I am not trying to bag anyone out just a little bit curious.
Cheers
Gav
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