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Definition: Apprenticeship programs from The AMA Dictionary of Business and Management

First developed in Germany, these are on-the-job training programs of four or five years’ duration, during which participants are also enrolled in school. The coursework is equal, rather than supplemental, to the on-the-job training, and often there is compensation for the work or the promise of employment following completion of the training. Apprenticeships are distinguished from internships, which are more common in the United States and are unpaid, shorter-term on-the-job training programs, sometimes with the prospect of employment afterwards but no guarantee of it.

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From The Columbia Encyclopedia
system of learning a craft or trade from one who is engaged in it and of paying for the instruction by a given number of years of work. The practice was known in ancient Babylon, Egypt, Greece, and Rome, as well as in modern Europe and to some extent in the United States. Typically, in medieval Europe, a master craftsman agreed to instruct a young man, to give him shelter, food, and clothing, and to care for him during illness. The apprentice would bind himself to work for the master for a given time. After that time he would become a journeyman, working for a master for wages, or he set up as a master himself. The medieval guilds supervised the relation of master and apprentice and decided the number of apprentices in a given guild. The Industrial Revolution, with its introduction of machinery, put an end to most of these guilds, but apprenticeship continues in highly skilled trades, at times competing with vocational training schools (see vocational education ). The terms of…
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From Collins Dictionary of Sociology
the traditional method of learning a craft in Britain (and often elsewhere), in which the trainee was attached by a legally-binding agreement, the ‘indenture’, to a master for a specific number of years as an unpaid worker. The goal of an apprentice was to become a master craftsman. However, an…
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From Collins Dictionary of Business
a form of TRAINING which involves workers committing themselves to one employer for a period of time during which they are to acquire the skills of the trade, mainly through informal instruction by those already skilled (supplemented by some college-provided tuition). Once trained in this way such…
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From The Columbia Encyclopedia
system of learning a craft or trade from one who is engaged in it and of paying for the instruction by a given number of years of work. The practice was known in ancient Babylon, Egypt, Greece, and Rome, as well as in modern Europe and to some extent in the United States. Typically, in medieval…
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From The SAGE Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood Studies
Apprenticeship is an educational institution that regulates entry into manual professions requiring special training in the trades, crafts, or arts. It is upheld as an alternative educational pathway to public higher schooling, which typically grants access to liberal professions. Apprenticeship…
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From Encyclopedia of Autism Spectrum Disorders
Vocational training One method to include individuals with autism in the workplace is through the use of apprenticeships. An apprenticeship involves direct on-the-job training by a qualified individual. This structured training may be supplemented by classroom-based training. Apprenticeship programs…
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From International Encyclopedia of Hospitality Management
Apprenticeship involves combining practical work with structured training leading to nationally recognized qualifications. Hospitality apprentices can learn in fields such as Front Office, Housekeeping, Food and Beverage or Cookery. In Australia, it seems the most popular hospitality apprenticeships…
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From Encyclopedia of Adolescence
This essay discusses the renewal of apprenticeship for high school-aged youth. The author enumerates and illustrates the attributes of this distinctive institution and explores its developmental benefits that complement the period of adolescence. Benefits gained by participants are included. In a…
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From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
Form of training where young workers, ‘apprentices’, are taken on by an employer and trained to a given level of competence in a particular trade or profession. Training can be a mixture of on-the-job and off-the-job training. Apprenticeships began with medieval craft guilds, where for seven years…
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From The Oxford Companion to British History
refers to the period of service as a learner of a trade or handicraft. The apprentice, usually a boy at the beginning of his working life, is bound by a legal agreement to serve an employer for a fixed number of years in which the employer is reciprocally bound to instruct him. The system developed…
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From The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Business, Labor, and Economic History
The training of craft workers involves an investment with distinct risks to all involved. Although low-cost trainees may be highly profitable to master craftsmen, unregulated supply can lead to lower wages and the subdivision of work into less-skilled, more-specialized components. Thus the control…
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