So when someone starts a job the first day and needs to learn about the company, it's procedures, what their job entails and gain experience - improve knowledge they shouldn't be paid anything then?
The poor guy won't get paid for a couple of years then will he, just work for the charity of the employer. What a load of tosh.
charity??? or the employer pays him, spends time showing him what to do (takes twice as long), lets them have a go themselves (takes three times longer) and then has to re-check it (time and a half)
Would you pay a tradesman extra to cover the cost of the apprentice?? Didn't think so.
I would happily show anyone how to do anything, but im not going to pay for the privilage of teaching someone, especially when the time taken has a detrimental effect on the amount of money I could be earning.
I have had two apprentices and guess what happened when the one that had qualified about a year before hand left and the unqualified one was asked to leave?? yes, profit increased by 50%. I would never waste my time with another apprentice, I am yet to find anyone who can apreciate what is being given to them, they always want more money, they complain they have to work late. the reason you cant pay them more money is because they are costing you so much and the reason that they are working late is because they are slowing you down.
My advice is to try and get an aprentiship with a big firm, although you will prob be passed from person to person and not learn a real craft, just how to get the job done as quick as possible as there is usually less pride of work, atleast thats what i have witnessed. A good example of this is a new build near me, i opened the CU and the state of it was awful, slapped in with no thaught or attention, none of the cables were even remotly dressed, just stripped back and rammed in the nearest terminals.
