G'day PropBlades.
There are apprenticeships offered from time to time but most require the pre apprenticeship course to be already completed.
No new information to be found here, it all comes down to what you want to achieve and how much you want it.
As time marches on, the gap in the industry will widen and there will be a need for experienced AME's and LAME's down the track. For the moment however, the industry is in a transition period and has slowed for engineers in general.
Cheers.