So I’m a 2nd year carpentry apprentice In Victoria. I’m trying to figure out if my experience is similar to others in the field. So I’ve worked for a couple companies in town little bit of commercial, but mostly residential renovations. I’ve found that I’m not really learning much and a lot of the work I do is more so in the labourer category rather than carpentry and a lot of my fellow apprentices at my company feel the same. A lot of “move this, dig that, floor protection and cleaning up site”. I know these are all part of the job but 2 year into my apprenticeship I feel quite behind my peers at school and would not feel confident taking my level 3 any time soon or taking on any side work by myself. My wage is pretty decent but it’s really starting to feel like I’m not really getting anything out of the job I’m putting my 40 hours a week into. Another part of this is that I do really like the company I work for, feel very supported and looked after in-terms of safety and compensation/benefits and am hesitant to leave and not be able to find something similar. I worry leaving would be a grass isn’t greener situation.

So what was your experience during your apprenticeship and does anyone have any recommendations for how I should go about mine?