First Year Apprentices' Experiences in the Workplace
Project Summary
This project aimed to identify the factors that influence apprentices' initial decisions to enter into and commit to an indenture. Apprentices' perceptions of their entry trajectory and initial workplace learning experiences was measured, and the experiences of potential, continuing, and unsuccessful apprentices compared.
This project enables the learner experience to be usefully incorporated into the design of guidelines for the improvement of induction processes and initial training for apprentices, thus contributing to increased retention and improved apprenticeship completions.
Project Team
Selena Chan (Contact Project Leader), Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology - Dr Robyn Chandler, Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology
- Tracey Shepherd, Agriculture ITO
- Charles Hayward, Boating ITO
- Loretta Garrow, Building and Construction ITO
- Mary Kingsbury, Competenz
- Erica Cummings, Hairdressing ITO
- Glen Keith, Hospitality Standards Institute
- Deb Paul, Joinery ITO
Project Funding
$79,630 GST exc.
Key Dates
- Project commence: early 2010
- Project completed: November 2011
Outputs
Final report: Chan,S. (November 2011) Belonging, becoming and being: first year apprentices' experiences in the workplace
Brochure for apprentices: Being an apprentice (November 2011)
Presentation given at the 2011 Ako Aotearoa Research in Progress Colloquium
Presentation about the project at the Ako Aotearoa Research in Progress Colloquium 2010 (clink on ppt image to left)

