IS
A TECHNICAL LEARNERSHIP A BETTER OPPORTUNITY FOR AN INTELLIGENT YOUNG MAN
(OR WOMAN) THAN A UNIVERSITY DEGREE?
This
is a difficult question which depends on the individual and the particular
options presented.
One thing is certain:
If you are offered a technical learnership (a learnership which
qualifies you as an electrician, plumber, fitter, turner or other
recognised artisan trade), consider it as:
'THE
OPPORTUNITY OF A LIFETIME'
REASON
NUMBER ONE:
Learnerships
focus on PRACTICAL hands-on can-do training. You learn to BUILD, make and do things.
This gives you CONFIDENCE and explains why many businesses
are owned and run by artisans. Many
university graduates have no confidence in their ability to translate
their designs into reality, because they are not trained to do this.
All they can do is do calculations and put the design onto paper.
REASON
NUMBER TWO:
A
university degree can be postponed but a learnership cannot. Sponsors generally want learners between the ages of 18 and
22 years. After 22 your
chances of a learnership decline. Universities
however value the more mature student, particularly the student with
technical training and work experience.
REASON
NUMBER THREE:
A
student who postpones his university studies to do a technical learnership
finds everything easier when he gets to university. He brings to his theoretical studies the practical knowledge
and work experience of his learnership. |
