Challenges and Barriers to Success among Apprentices

Abstract

The Adult Basic Education Association (ABEA) is the adult learning network in Hamilton, Ontario. They help people plan for their educational goals and prepare for apprenticeship training. ABEA wanted to understand the challenges and barriers that pre-apprentices, apprentices and recent journeypersons face through the apprenticeship journey. In this Research Shop project, we spoke with experts in the apprenticeship field to learn about possible challenges that apprentices may face in their training. We used these ideas to create interview questions and prompts. then we asked pre-apprentices and apprentices about their experiences and challenges during training. This research report provides a summary of the findings.