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1. Identify the trade you want to study. Decide whether you want to be a butcher, a baker or a candle-stick maker and research the entrance requirements. Some trades require a longer apprenticeship or training plan than others, so work out a time-frame of how long it is going to take you to learn the trade.
2. Assess your strengths and weaknesses against the requirements of the trade. Be honest and realistic. Although you may desperately want to be a heavy-duty tractor mechanic, without a certain level of sheer physical strength, you won't be able to do the job well.
3. Check out the registered apprenticeship programs. If you are a woman interested in training in a non-traditional occupation, you may be eligible for a grant. The Department of Labor designates $1.8 million to encourage women to expand their occupational trade horizons.
4. Search for training-on-the-job opportunities. Some employers might be willing to train you as you learn the trade. In some cases, training-on-the-job is paid labor and, in other situations, it isn't. Once you identify the trade you want to train for, phone businesses in your area and inquire about the possibility of training-on-the job.
5. Investigate armed forces options, if you are a US citizen between 17 and 35 years of age. You can train as a aircraft technician or a marine engineer and take your trade with you when you leave the service.