Anyone ever hire on a student or apprentice?

BarnHouse

BarnHouse

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Hello all. Has anyone ever "hired" on a student or apprentice that worked for the training and knowledge you provided? What would be your concerns if any, with that type of arrangement? Thanks in advance.

- BarnHouse
 
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I've had people help out intermittently to pick up some skills and not get paid but nothing day in and day out.

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That would work out pretty good. One or a couple days a week, or when needed.
Any concerns with liability, insurance, other employees, what ever?

-BarnHouse
 
barnhouse,easy is right im him. i work with them when i get a chance they are true mentors to me i call scotty and gabe the owner of arbor vision all the time and one day i might work for them for the real deal ...i learn what i need to learn and pick up some vallueble experiance and they get help too ilove it...i have my own little tree and lawn buisiness and work fulltime at disney(server) so i got my stuff together...be carefull who u have come on though and have a mutual ageement of what u want from each other and of coarse warning them of the dangers of the industry and keep an eye on them
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My guess is that the workers comp insurance would put some mystical value on what the value of the apprentice's labor would be worth. In case of a claim there has to be a value assigned to their work.
 
Hello all. Thanks for the replies. Just to clear things up, I'm the student looking for the training and education. I'm a rec climber that wants/needs training and I would like to learn the other aspects of tree work. It seems that most here are professionals that get their climbing in while working during the week. Because I'm off various days of the week, I thought that working with someone would be a great way to learn and be a win-win for both, me getting the training and education, the company getting an extra hand that doesn't require a paycheck.

I just wasn't sure if this was done by anyone now a days and I wanted to see what concerns a company might have.

-BarnHouse
 
tom is right u might be treated as an employee as fa as workman comp goes,but as far as wanting to learn more thats awesome, everyone ones gotta respect that especially me...thats why i work with arborvision...honesy ur best bet is to try to get with a tree company for lets just say min wage somehow be i by the day or hr if it dont work the way where talking about,lets face it tree gair nor educational vids an books aint cheep.
 
fsla and state labor laws may also come into play.

My best understanding is that if you have an intern and you get any productive labor out of them then you must ensure that they are paid at least minimum wage.

If it truly costs you money to be training the individual then you might not have to pay them at least min wage.

As with most regulatory agency rules, the burden of proof lies with the employer not the government. Which, by the way seems to me to be un-constitutional.

Anyhoo....there goes another two pennies worth.
 
Barnhouse,

I was a student a couple years ago and I found work with 2 good tree care Co's that payed for me to learn. Even if they pay you the min and all you do is drag brush they'll still get their moneys worth and you'll still learn. Somehow the lead climber always see's an easy job and says 'Hey, man wanna go at it" This job is too hard and dangerous to do it for free.
 
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