It was a tough, traditional apprenticeship.
The new types of youth apprentice programs, chiefly involving modern industrial technology, differ from traditional union-based apprenticeships, such as in plumbing or tool making.
Most of the founders of the Mechanics' Bank were artisans who had served traditional apprenticeships but whose later paths set them apart from their peers.
There were 4 types of traditional apprenticeship; craft, technician, higher technician, and graduate.
Zimmermann started his traditional apprenticeship 1953-1956 at an early age of 14.
Consequently, most cloth is now produced by men rather than women, and the traditional year-long apprenticeships have been replaced by short, informal training sessions.
Australia's apprenticeship system includes both traditional apprenticeships in traditional trades and "traineeships" in other more service-oriented occupations.
Mr. Muller remembers his own dishwashing days at the start of his traditional European apprenticeship in Germany.
He has stated in interviews that he worked on hardcore adult feature films to make ends meet, while landing himself a traditional apprenticeship for tattooing.
Members are drawn from women who have entered the profession through a variety of routes, from traditional apprenticeship to higher education leading to graduate and further degrees.