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11.   Apprenticeship Training Method
 
It combines classroom instructions with on-the-job training. It 
is a method in which trainees at a novice stage called ‘apprentices’, work 
under the guidance of skilled, licensed instructor and receive lower pay 
than workers. The method is a combination of education and employment 
and is aimed at preparing workforce with certain levels of qualification 
to meet the growing needs of the industry. The method develops special 
skills like mechanical, electronic, tailoring, etc. Apprenticeship is 
traditionally used in skilled jobs, such as those of plumber, carpenter, 
machinist and printer. The extensive nature of the training assures quality 
outputs, though time consumed is long.  Employees recruited from the 
apprenticeship program are expected to hit the ground running, implying 
that they would have to start performing with efficiency.  But uniform 
duration of apprenticeship training does not permit slow learners to 
reach the levels of mastery like others.