apprenticing
Training under masters
Apprenticing is the present participle of apprentice, used as a verb meaning to place someone under the guidance of a skilled practitioner to learn a trade or craft.
Historically, young people were apprenticed to masters in fields like blacksmithing or carpentry, working for years before becoming journeymen themselves.
The term now applies more broadly to any formal learning arrangement: She's apprenticing with a master glassblower in Seattle.
Inexperienced newcomer to field
- beginnerOne who lacks experience
- neophyteInexperienced beginner
- rookieInexperienced newcomer
- fledglingInexperienced newcomer
greenhorn · tyro · initiate · pupil · understudy · protégé · disciple · cadet
Authority or controller
- mentorTrusted wisdom-giving advisor
- journeymanQualified trade worker
- guidanceAdvice for decisions
- tutelageGuided instruction, oversight
supervision · instruction · teaching · wisdom · preceptor · guild · indenture · sponsor
Skilled manual tradesperson
- blacksmithingForging iron by hand
- carpentryWood construction trade
- woodworkingCraft of shaping lumber
- potteryFired clay objects
weaving · tailoring · cobbling · masonry · glassblowing · metalwork · leatherwork · goldsmithing
Repeated work toward mastery
- studyDeliberate learning effort
- skill-buildingDeveloping new competencies
- hands-onInvolving direct physical engagement
- observationAttentive watching or remark
imitation · repetition · technique · fundamentals · proficiency · competence · development · progression
novice
Inexperienced newcomer to field
fledgling · greenhorn · tyro · initiate · pupil · understudy · protégé · disciple · cadet · recruit
master
Authority or controller
- mentorTrusted wisdom-giving advisor
- journeymanQualified trade worker
- guidanceAdvice for decisions
tutelage · supervision · instruction · teaching · wisdom · preceptor · guild · indenture · sponsor · patronage
artisan
Skilled manual tradesperson
- blacksmithingForging iron by hand
- carpentryWood construction trade
- woodworkingCraft of shaping lumber
pottery · weaving · tailoring · cobbling · masonry · glassblowing · metalwork · leatherwork · goldsmithing · silversmithing
practice
Repeated work toward mastery
- studyDeliberate learning effort
- skill-buildingDeveloping new competencies
- hands-onInvolving direct physical engagement
observation · imitation · repetition · technique · fundamentals · proficiency · competence · development · progression · certification
- employment statushired, fired, employed, unemployed, retired
- Poor Lawworkhouse, workhouses, poorhouse, poorhouses, parish relief
apprenticingself-teaching
Instructing oneself without guidance
going it alone · winging it · autodidactism · autodidacticism · self-learning
apprenticingmentoring
Advising someone less experienced
mastering · teaching · instructing · supervising · guiding
learning, learned, training, learner, intern, trainee, apprentice, apprentices, interned