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Finding Your Pathway for Parents: Apprenticeships

4 minutes 41 seconds

Now Playing As: Captioned (English) (change)

An apprenticeship is a system for training a new generation of practitioners of a trade or profession with on-the-job training and often some accompanying study. Apprenticeships can also enable practitioners to gain a license to practice in a regulated profession. Part of the "Finding Your Pathway for Parents" series.

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Runtime: 4 minutes 41 seconds

Topic: Careers, Education, Home and Family
Subtopic: General Education, Job Skills, Parenting
Grade/Interest Level: PT/TT
Release Year: 2019
Producer/Distributor: Ohio Broadcast Educational Media Commission
Series: Finding Your Pathway for Parents
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Side angle shot of a dentist looking at a girl's teeth using a magnifying glass and metal pick.

Woman wearing a red sweater faces camera in an office setting.

Cartoon. Simple line drawing of a girl wearing a graduation cap, holding up a diploma in 1 hand and award in the other.

Side angle view of 3 people at a shop table looking down at sheets of shiny material in front of them.

Black text on a white background reads, "Sarah Taylor, Great Oaks Career Campuses."

Black text on a white background reads, "Sarah Taylor, Great Oaks Career Campuses."

Teenager wearing safety goggles looks at a machine powered press in a shop setting.