How do you find trades apprenticeships? (employment, work, careers, company)

[basketballdude39]

Classes have requirements that you have an apprenticeship to start taking classes.

Not saying I'm going to pursue being a plumber or something.

But if I was, how does one go about finding an apprenticeship?

If you don't have an uncle who is a plumber, for example.

And what's in it for the person giving the apprenticeship? Cheap labor?

They gotta teach and pay their trainee so what do they get?

[Grovester]

Check the local labor union for whatever trade you're interested. Often the websites have lots of info. Also check at the local employment office, they often have that kind of information.

[jwiley]

To add to what Grovester said they hire apprentices for the cheap labor and to do the crap they do not want to do. Such as a welder would rather have you clean off their area and prep it for the weld than have to do it themselves, both for the time they save and the work it requires. A plumber would rather have someone else yank a dirty nasty toilet out so they can fix the pipes, and the is the price you pay to learn a skill that will provide a good living for a long time.

[Mightyqueen801]

Also check out public authorities that hire trades to do onsite maintenance work, especially airports. Often they have entry-level programs for trade positions. Go to their websites, click on "careers" or "employment".

Another idea is to check out a big company in your area, for example, an HVAC company. There was an article in my local paper last year about a guy who has a good-sized plumbing and HVAC company and how he has difficulty finding people to work for him because so many people don't want to follow the rules or company standards and do stupid things. He gave as an example idiots who come to work for him and then light up a cigarette when they are working in someone's home. He has to get rid of them because he doesn't want his company associated with that type of worker. He has a hard time finding potential tradespeople who are willing to act like professionals.