I have been trying for the past year to start my AME apprenticeship in Queensland. I was advised by many people in the industry to not bother with courses and just jump straight in to learning on the job. Which suits me much better anyway. I have since been knocked back by four joints for one reason only...I'm female. I have applied all through Queensland and have had no luck, while I appreciate the honesty, I still can't understand how my sex can be a problem
. I have been fortunate enough to have some fantastic engineers wanting to help out with Scheduled experience hours and this has helped me greatly. But all those hours (total of 3 months full time) was done out of my own time and still the company pen pushers wont give me a go. I won't be giving up, I do my own study and am trying to get through my exams. But in reality I need to be working in the industry with a mentor who wants me to suceed.