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Pressure from parents to study

• Even if you don’t want to study full time, you can still get a qualification.  Modern Apprenticeships and industry training are ideal ways to gain a qualification while earning money at the same time.

• Look through the list of Industry Training Organisations (ITOs) on our ITO contact page. Rank the industries on a scale of one to ten, ten being an industry you would leap out of bed to work for, and one if you would pull the blankets over your eyes and go back to sleep.

List of ITO contacts

• Once you figure out your top few industries, start doing some doorknocking or calling around to potential employers to see where there might be an apprenticeship opportunity.

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