Sentence examples for entered apprenticeship from inspiring English sources

The response disputed Mr. Hevesi's conclusions and said auditors had not fairly measured the success of the program, in part because they focused on the placement rate for graduates rather than on the number of students who eventually entered apprenticeship programs.

Along with sixteen construction industry partners, Saint Paul College, the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry (MnDOLI), and the St . PaulBuilding and Construction Trades Council is working as a collaborative to develop and implement the "Skills Trades Pipeline Project-Trades Up" project to prepare 140 individuals to enter apprenticeship programs.

Although the requirements to enter apprenticeship program may vary, most require a high school diploma or its equivalent.

And the share of black and other ethnic minority youths already employed who enter apprenticeships is 32%, compared with 44% for white youths.

The report last month from the Young Women's Trust found that although more women were now entering apprenticeships than men, they were paid less than their male counterparts and were less likely to go on to gain employment.

Parents and family members were expected to act as role models, and parents who worked for a living passed their skills on to their children, who might also enter apprenticeships for more advanced training in crafts or trades.

In 1998, only 38percentt of the students were placed in apprenticeship training after completing Project Pathways, and by early this year, only 3percentt of the students who graduated in 1999 had entered the apprenticeship training.

The distribution of the trainees' ages indicates that most of them entered commercial apprenticeships immediately after finishing compulsory school.

Students take a nine-week course to introduce them to the construction trades, and when they graduate are given an opportunity to enter an apprenticeship program.

Mr. Johnson's goals include getting his driver's license — "I already have a learner's permit," he said, proudly — finishing his program at the agency, and then entering an apprenticeship program to become a plumber, carpenter or mechanic.

It means that a young person entering at apprenticeship level can rise through the ranks from an enriched care practitioner to fully qualified nurse specialising in the care of older people, rather than being poached by the local supermarket for higher pay.