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By Creating a High School Apprenticeship Program Solve Next Year’s Hiring Problems
How to Get Started Casey recommends outlining your apprenticeship first, including the requirements, responsibilities, time frame, and possible next steps for apprentices. Once you have the details worked out, you can approach your local high school’s career technologies director, horticulture department, or agriculture department with
In Jack’s recap of 2022 last month, one of the big wins he shared was meeting Abigail — a high school student who was working with Tex-Scapes Nursery and Landscape in Ennis, Texas. Abigail started planting and designing for Tex-Scapes as an apprentice, then fell in love with landscaping and decided to make it her full-time career! Meeting Abigail convinced Jack (and the rest of our team) that FAR more landscapers should consider creating high school apprenticeship programs. Why? Well, business owners like you enjoy a few key benefits. The Perks of an Apprenticeship Program 1. Your apprentices can turn into full-time, reliable, educated team members — solving your future hiring problems! 2. Apprenticeships will ensure that passionate people will continue your work, expand the green industry, and carry on your legacy. As Casey Hendrix of Tex-Scapes put it during our 2022 Landscaper’s Summit, “The challenge that we find as industry leaders is it’s our mission to inspire the next generation, to not only explore the green industry as a career choice but to show them that the green industry is the most fulfilling career choice of our lifetime. … The solution to this challenge is to start early, and we found a way to do that.”
the idea. Hopefully, they will agree to partner with you and invite you to present the opportunity to students! From there, you will need to review applications, bring on apprentices, set goals for them, and assign them a supervisor on your team. This process will take time, but hopefully, it will reward you with excellent employees for years to come. To learn more about Casey’s experience, check out the episode “How to Create a High School Landscape Apprenticeship” on the “Landscaper’s Guide to Modern Sales & Marketing” podcast.
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