Apprenticeship wanted

[Freddi highland]

I’m 18 looking for an apprenticeship I am based in Newbury area and able to travel to surrounding areas. 

[Steven P]

Right Freddi....

 

Appreciating that this might be your first venture into the world of work... and good luck... you are also talking to a lot of grumpy old me (just so you know) and when they get round to it will give some advice but might also start talking utter rubbish,

 

Anyway, 19 words are not a lot for us to work out whether to give up a tea break and give you a call to find out more... so sell yourself! Remember that a few extra carefully considered words could get an interview, a job offer with a wage... a few careful words could be worth thousands every year to you!

 

The world of Arb is quite diverse, what would you like to be an apprentice doing? For example, some aspire to climb trees all day long, some think that running operations on the ground are more their thing, domestic tree surgeons or felling plantations in the wilds of Scotland (weekly commute). 

 

Can travel... do we assume you have a little run around car?

 

Do you have any previous experience - not necessarily working on trees, but for an apprentice not so necessary either - the will to turn up each day and put in some hard work is often more important. What about practical skills, can you maintain your car (as the army advert says, if you can maintain your bike, you can maintain a car, if you can maintain a car, you can maintain a chainsaw, if you can do that you can maintain a chipper....)

 

 

So add a few more words to sell yourself,

 

 

 

A lot of people looking to get work fail at the next hurdle... they post here once and never come back, never interact with the thread... don't do that... sell yourself, it might work, it might not. Nothing wrong either with getting your folks to give you some pointers of what you can do and bring to an employer (oh, one thing, don't put too many personal details on a public forum, odd people about sometimes, add enough to be interesting to employers)

[Squaredy]

I sort of don't get how any small firm can offer proper apprenticeships these days.  The thought of paying someone £12,000 for you to train them for a year, and then £16,000 to train them again in year two, never mind the relentless paperwork and red tape.

 

I am probably being a bit negative, and I do get that someone who is really keen could actually be useful in year one and two; but many youngsters straight out of school or college won't even know how to tie their shoelaces, and trying to keep someone like that not only occupied but constantly supervised sounds like something you would pay to avoid.

 

Never mind that if after three years of hard work moulding them to be a safe efficient productive worker they leave.  

 

In larger companies where there are structures, and well established processes and procedures it might work out.