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Originally Posted by Big Damo
I'm 18 at the moment and I'm a first year apprentice mechanic, would I start an "apprenticeship" as a production line worker? Or just go onto minumum wage for my age, rather than first year apprentice wages?
I'm on $7.05 an hour at the moment...
What I'd like to do is if possible, work at Ford Australia, in any position and see if I can transfer to a dealership position as an apprentice mechanic to make me look more appropriate for the job, having some experience behind me at Ford.
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Apprentices don't start doing production work. If you got an apprenticeship you would start on more than you make now. I think it isn't until your 3rd year of the apprenticeship that you make more than a production worker. But the kicker is if you stay at Ford you get trade pay, the same as a fitter or a sparky, which is a hell of a lot more than you would get at an outside workshop or dealership.
You couldn't get a transfer into a dealership, Ford don't own dealerships. But you would be stupid to do that anyway as you would make a ton more money as a mechanic working for Ford. Really hard to get though.
They also only hire once a year, with limited positions.
19-04-2010, 09:36 PM
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