The apprentice

[Clive]

Not the TV show !

Thinking we could use an extra pair of young hands, cant really justify another full time wage though and think it would be nice to train up someone wanting to come into the industry

Anyone use any of the apprentice schemes ? how do they work ? what do you pay etc ?

I reckon we could offer the right person a great training on a modern forward thinking farm and over time they could take on more complex tasks and become a proper member of the team as work expands I need more people and would rather have staff that have learnt how to do things to the standard I expect rather than be fixing mistakes in training from others

 

[S J H]

I think @Daniel has one, my apprentiship was the best thing I did at that age.

 

[Daniel]

Not the TV show !

Thinking we could use an extra pair of young hands, cant really justify another full time wage though and think it would be nice to train up someone wanting to come into the industry

Anyone use any of the apprentice schemes ? how do they work ? what do you pay etc ?

I reckon we could offer the right person a great training on a modern forward thinking farm and over time they could take on more complex tasks and become a proper member of the team as work expands I need more people and would rather have staff that have learnt how to do things to the standard I expect rather than be fixing mistakes in training from others

Isn't this a total about turn from your statement the other day?!!

Ours left to drive big tractors, currently looking for someone.

 

[Clive]

Isn't this a total about turn from your statement the other day?!!

Ours left to drive big tractors, currently looking for someone.

its is really yes, maybe you got me thinking !

I would be limited in what I could ask someone to do but they could provide a support role to my skilled men making their life a bit easier and learn from them while doing so I guess, I'm not about to start putting a novice on any machine that matters here though and I cant afford to pay for their education so they have to be cheap UNTIL able to do the job at which point I would happily pay as much as anyone else gets here

 

[Dr. Alkathene]

Ask your local ag college, look at what other ag apprenticeships round you are offering pay wise. Offer £1 an hour more and have the pick of the crop?

 

[Jon Feetham]

Some information on the Direct Gov website

 

[MF-ANDY]

@moorgate

 

[moorgate]

My son doing a level 3 apprenticeship with me done one year at moulton college . Ask any colleges sure they need placements

 

[TripleSix]

Looking for a PFY!

 

[Landyman]

Nowt tighter than them with money. Apprenticeships can be mainly funded by goverment help etc so in the end it costs you next to feck all , talk to your accountant about it . Apprentices get less than £4.00 an hour ,which isnt even noticable to someone of your size. Slave labour at its worst , and folk wonder why kids dont want to farm .

 

[Chae1]

@hollywell farmer seems young and keen to learn.

 

[Glass half full]

i have had a apprentice for the last 2 years, i think you get out of them as much as you put in! he does one day a week at college and i pay £6.50 hr (about double the minimum)

 

[Hilly]

Dont encourage another one on to the sinking ship, we need farmers jumping off not on.

 

[oil barron]

Nowt tighter than them with money. Apprenticeships can be mainly funded by goverment help etc so in the end it costs you next to feck all , talk to your accountant about it . Apprentices get less than £4.00 an hour ,which isnt even noticable to someone of your size. Slave labour at its worst , and folk wonder why kids dont want to farm .

What a load of Shyte. So rather than get paid to learn on the job they should pay to do some horse sh1t college course. How are young folk ment to get a start?

 

[Hilly]

What a load of Shyte. So rather than get paid to learn on the job they should pay to do some horse sh1t college course. How are young folk ment to get a start?

At 5-10k acre no one ever will, the shop is shut.

 

[oil barron]

At 5-10k acre no one ever will, the shop is shut.

I ment getting a start working

 

[Hilly]

I ment getting a start working

Would you want to start working on a farm ? you would get double money better conditions doing almost anything eles, total dead end job unless you have your own place to work on.

 

[oil barron]

Would you want to start working on a farm ? you would get double money better conditions doing almost anything eles, total dead end job unless you have your own place to work on.

Clive said he will pay him full whack after he is upto speed which he said was £40k a year in another thread. Doesn't sound too bad too hang out with a superstar like clive all day

 

[oil barron]

Would you want to start working on a farm ? you would get double money better conditions doing almost anything eles, total dead end job unless you have your own place to work on.

And I did start working on farms for 3 bucks an hour. The education from that has helped me as much in this job as my degree.

 

[Hilly]

Clive said he will pay him full whack after he is upto speed which he said was £40k a year in another thread. Doesn't sound too bad too hang out with a superstar like clive all day

But if said apprentice took another apprentice ship as a trades man he could easily aim at 50k a year and aspire to have his own company and be his own boss, that aint ever going to happen working on a farm, i advise anyone against starting in farming now.