apprenticeship

Etymology

apprentice + -ship

noun

1. The condition of, or the time served by, an apprentice.
2. The system by which a person learning a craft or trade is instructed by a master for a set time under set conditions.
   Entry to shop grades is by apprenticeship, boys bring taken as apprentices on leaving school. 1942 July-August, T. F. Cameron, “How the Staff of a Railway is Recruited”, in Railway Magazine, page 206
   Apprenticeship programmes supply the industry with an ongoing cohort of qualified talent. It is much cheaper to train new people than to pay inflated wages to attract existing talent. Apprenticeships are also a useful way of teaching the practical, hands-on skills that the modern railway needs. March 8 2023, Neil Robertson, “Tackling the skills shortage”, in RAIL, number 978, page 33