Apprentices/Traineeships...

[matty88]

Gday

I'm 18 and want to get into the Automotive industry, probably a mechanic, not interested in panel/body work. I want to get my qualifications, but I don't want to go to TAFE (bad school years makes me hate any form of classroom ). Is there any way I can get qualified in the way of a traineeship where I don't have to go to school...

[Emackulation]

Most if not ALL trainee/apprenticeships require you to complete some TAFE if not UNI. Its not that hard remember, your learning about something u like and u don't have like 6 subjects to do like school days, don't be afraid, just do it and be done with it.

[POVRTY]

it differant if you acctualy like the topic your studying..........and your getting paid to be there

[matty88]

Yeah I know that, but due to bad bullying at high school I don't like the idea of that...

[WhiteLightning]

there is no bullying at tafe because it is a more grown up environment...u will find it is older guys as well as guys your age attending...and u are doing something to better yurself in ur trade. as opposed to doing art and italian at high school

[Vk-5ltr Berlina]

does anyone know what refrigeration is like to do as a trade?

[WhiteLightning]

does anyone know what refrigeration is like to do as a trade?

How many split systems will yu need to install a week before it gets repetitive?...but otherwise yeah not bad...not much to it really...more common knowledge than figures and procedures...although some things are pretty stringent, like gas discharge into the atmosphere and stuff...but yeah

Pursue it...see how u go

[Not_An_Abba_Fan]

You can become a qualified mechanic without doing an apprenticeship but it takes about 10 years longer. You need to gain practical experience, have enough realtime workshop experience and be able to pass the necessary exams to gain your ticket. Remember Tafe isn't full time, it's only one day a week.

[drewins]

Matty there isnt a whole lot of trade school in the 4 years. I've done about 4 months and have about 2 or 3 to go. And it flies. And there are some d**kheads who pull tricks and s**t at TAFE cos there are alot of immature wanker apprentices around. Theres no bullying as such, but some people do play tricks. I have been on the recieving end of some and therefore have given some back. But this even happens in the workplace. You just gotta learn to laugh about it and then learn the art of revenge.

[JD]

if u get a traineeship through bob jane u dont go to tafe, they do it in-house and bob jane have a training manager Paul Kennent who does all the training for Australia, you meet up once a month with other trainees and you do some bookwork with him and you do the rest at your store.

ive done it and its a pretty good system and its fully reconised by tafe

[BeNoS]

yeah im at tafe at the moment not at this very time but am doin automotive and tafe is alot better than school i mean i dropped out of school cause i hated it so much but dont mind tafe cause u r learnin bout sumfin that interests u and that makes it alot easier as as for the tricks and **** u just gotta learn to laugh it off and find a way to get em back it makes it great fun and u may even meet sum decent ppl there

[badger__rox]

yer buddie trade school is a peice of piss its pretty easy just mainly practical stuff.. i go a week a month (but only 4 days now) trade school is well worth it you get to have the best preve on the hair dressers.. well at dande ya do.. but the teacher are tossers there is a couple ofgood ones.. it nuttin like school.. a bit of book work but if ya keep out of trouble n just cruise thru the work the quicker ya get ya ticket nd get on the big cash but being 18 would kinda suck on first yr wages i think i was earning like $250 or so a week on first yr.. so yer.. if you enjoy something n think you can stick thru 4 yrs before ya start getting decent money then yer..

[VL Berlina 5speed]

my self im a Apprentise panel beater, i enjoy doing it even though its a pig of a job.
the pay is crap but like everything you start at the bottom and work up, if you truly love the job you will stay till your finished and are a tradesman.

trade school i thought would be crap but it is really good, im surrounded by people that enjoy the same passion of cars as me and you make new friends.
there is genrally no bullys there as you are all there to do the same thing and here in SA the classes are only small (5-10 people).
you constantyl dont have to see the people at trade school you might only require to see them for a few days every couple months or once every fortnight(depening on how yours is set up)

i personally love trade school, i get paid to be there at normally pay rate and all that i do is muck around with the people while also learning some new things. the enviroment is really relaxed and the teachers do not really care if you bludge or muck around as long as you show you are capable at doing the work and to there standerds.
bonus is also we have 3 breaks thought the day, smokeO in the morning for 20 minutes, then a hour lunch and another smokeO.
better then the 30 minute lunch at work and 15 minute smokeO in the morning

[Garth]

does anyone know what refrigeration is like to do as a trade?

see fridgies around the place everywhere i go, usualy guy's working for hte likes of hasties, bakers, or macalpine hausman. they dont complain. earn good coin also



now as for the apprentice mechanie, well, um, if you dont go to tafe you wont get a nationaly recogonised trade. tafe is a different enviroment. people dont bully ya, they are pretty cool people are there to learn their respective trade/course. and if they do bully ya, you speak to someone, unlike school where teachers dont care, at tafe they gotta. so think about it

[Tasmaniak]

for some reaon I thought you were both electrician and a fridgie Garth. Who do we have on here that is a fridgie?

[SICK SS]

man i love tafe purving on apprentice hair dresses compations with the boys to see how many schooners i could drink in our lunch hour it was 8 or 9 buy the way lol those were the days

[GLD-086]

I'm actually doing a course at Tafe that combines the first year of a trade, and year 12.

I'm doing Fitting, and Machining. It's really good, but hard doing two things at once.

There's alot of ******** apprentices, but I ignore them.

[matty88]

yeah that is what im worried about, I could handle the idiots in year 11 mucking around but i dunno.... might give IT a shot, got my Cert II anyways... still no work around here

[JD]

IT's good to do, geeks dont have the strengh to bully other people

[matty88]

lol they are all too busy plying World Of Warcraft (BTW I hate that game lol- I'm only 20% nerd, 80% cool-in my eyes anyway). I'll keep an eye out for any automotive work still of course.

[wayvr]

i m a 3rd year auto elec .. tafe is great!! all you do is sleep all day long hahaha i will miss it next year

[JD]

lol they are all too busy plying World Of Warcraft (BTW I hate that game lol- I'm only 20% nerd, 80% cool-in my eyes anyway). I'll keep an eye out for any automotive work still of course.

im kind of the same 80-20 split but im loving IT, i did my traineeship in tyre fitting and light repair but the money sux and some people in the industry can be aholes but that could be said for any industry

[cruzncommo]

i did a boily 1st year tafe course last year it was great, went drunk everyweek and still did all my welding! i have an apprenticeship now and i get to go to brisbane for tafe... for 9 weeks a year :| im a Auto vehicle body maker 1st year (build trains, buses, boats, trucks, cars n everything inbetween)

[VNexecutive]

anything thats classed as a trade you will have to do some sort off education for it. TAFE or UNI etc.

as far as i know anyways.

i just started my apprenticeship in joinery (love it btw), but havent started trade school yet. im the biggest nerd for a tradie lol.. teachers yelled at me for not applying for uni.

[badger__rox]

man i love tafe purving on apprentice hair dresses compations with the boys to see how many schooners i could drink in our lunch hour it was 8 or 9 buy the way lol those were the days

haha nuttin has changed but i only have a couple of beers at lunch cause the teachers are on to us now. lol and ocasionaly we get a hour lunch then we head down to the pub for a parma n a pot.