Originally Posted by
jpsmith1cm
My apprenticeship training courses in NO WAY prepared me for the job I do every day.
Not the 5 years of schooling
Not the STAR exam
Not the continuing education courses
Nothing.
Now, I've spent my own time, on this site, on the internet, in the books that I compulsively collect and read, on the RSES website reading the SAM manual and you want to talk about education....
So, in short, the union's apprenticeship program didn't do a lot to prepare me for the job that I do today.