Traineeship and Apprenticeship Services

Case Study 1

Garry was a horticultural trainee. Every time he returned from off the job training he found some of his tools missing from his tool kit. When he asked his workmates about this, no one knew anything about it. Garry thought that they did know what was happening as he’d caught some of them smirking. His lunch also regularly disappeared from the fridge. Garry felt he was being targeted by his work mates. He had to spend time searching for his tools and was worried that his employer would think he was disorganised and wasting time. Garry started having arguments with the work mates he suspected of being responsible for the missing tools and lunches.

Case Study 2

Suzanne, an apprentice hairdresser, was required by her employer to work through meal breaks on a regular basis. Suzanne asked to have lunch breaks so she could eat lunch in the middle of the day and pay some bills occasionally. The employer started making comments to another employee that Suzanne wasn’t a team player and wasn’t pulling her weight in the salon. The employer constantly found fault with Suzanne’s work and Suzanne felt that she couldn’t do anything right. A few weeks before Suzanne’s parent’s 20th wedding anniversary, Suzanne asked her employer if she could take that Saturday off so she could attend the lunch celebration with her family, friends and relatives. Her employer started screaming at her, saying she was lazy and unreliable, and she would never get a job in the industry.

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