An interesting advertisement for a training course to become a camera technician with a curriculum.
I would apply immediately, but I am too far away geographically.
The greatest challenge with finding and training repair talent is the time required to put into that individual before one can get that investment back. My long-term goal is to disseminate the knowledge I have accumulated to the broader film community with the mission of keeping these incredible cameras alive. The reality of this present moment is that in order to do that, I need to continue to successfully run Pro Camera and RJ Repairs, pay my staff and all of my overhead, and meet the day-to-day demands of running a small business.
I am too far away geographically.
And many of us son this forum are too old to make sense to enter an apprenticeship.
Hiring someone for a technician level job at burger-flipper's wages and requiring a non-compete agreement? I've never seen anything like it. In any case, it won't hold.
The ad is about 'I want' - that's not the way to attract people.
But it gives me an education that is rare to find these days.
But you are not allowed to use it. I've never heard of a non-compete for an apprentice position. You are expected to "join the team" when apprenticeship ends - but it sounds like the team is one man, and that's no team.
As long as you are concentrating on old film cameras and lenses you will probably not find any repair center that would give you this apprentice job.In my private life I can do whatever I want. And that is exactly what I would use the knowledge I have acquired for.
Hello Andreas!
As long as you are concentrating on old film cameras and lenses you will probably not find any repair center that would give you this apprentice job.
And if you'd like to go further in to new digital camera an lens repair and should find repair center that would let you look into their work you would be heavily disappointed - the overall costs of repairing forbid any deeper learning...
Perhaps, a few analog camera and darkroom products companies, can join together and offer basic camera repair lessons, or in succession, free videos online, in the general interest of keeping analog photography alive and promoting film and the refurbishment of the roll film cameras.
Would Ilford or Kodak, etc, even be interested in helping promote analog photography, by way of a central organization for learning?
The same goes with old digital cameras like the first versions of Canon EOS D (EF and EF-S) models, and the first versions of Nikon D models.I'm afraid that popular cameras like the Canon EOS models, Nikon F90 or the F5 can no longer be fully repaired.
That's about it. Probably couldn't afford to live, even in Charlottesville, on the pay that's being offered. But for a young person with motivation and interest...... could be an opportunity for a young person who still lives at home and could afford to take a job like that.
$15 an hour (assuming 40 hours a week) is about enough to cover only average monthly rental in Charlottesville, VA.
If you lived with roomies, dumpster dove your food and walked to work... maybe.
Historically, articling students who wished to become practicing lawyers were required to pay for their apprenticeship training.
Even when I signed my Articles of Indenture and commenced my practical training in the 1980s, many of my friends had to spend the year working for very little or for free. I don't know anyone though who had to pay for the privilege.
As late as the 1970s, there was at least one Canadian jurisdiction (Manitoba) where it was still technically possible to become licensed to practice law via apprenticeship - no law degree was technically required.
If you did your law degree in university in Australia, not only would it been free but the government of subsidised your living expenses. Then you would of gone to work for a law firm getting quite a good income.
Of course all that has changed here now as we switch to the good old USA model of user pays.
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