Why Students and Parents Should Consider HSAP/Apprenticeship
An apprenticeship is highly valued because it helps you...
Be Good at What You Do
- An apprenticeship helps young people develop expertise in a trade.
- An apprenticeship is a post-secondary option like college and university, available during high school.
- An apprenticeship includes both theory-based learning and practice-based learning.
- An apprenticeship promotes life-long learning.
Be Independent
- Trade Jobs help apprentices meet their own basic needs – in fact, wages level up fast.
- An apprenticeship allows you to learn and earn wages right from the first day of work.
- An apprenticeship helps to build confidence and independence in young people.
- An apprentice develops independent problem solving skills.
- A high school apprentice can get a head-start in a chosen career pathway.
Make a Good Living
- Trade jobs can be found everywhere: at home and far away.
- Trade jobs have a future. Trades jobs use technology that cannot replace humans.
- Trade jobs can be leveraged to further positions (example – carpenter could become a building engineer, architect or teacher).
- Apprenticeships are a post-secondary education with no student debt.
Find Work That Fits You
- Trade jobs are for all physically active young people. Apprentices move and use their body.
- Trade work can be fulfilling for people who like to build, fix, create, design and help others.
- Many trades use technology to assist workers with heavy lifting.