Learning and Development Apprenticeship

Base Game

Originally released 11/03/2013

Update Log:
– 18th September, 2020 ~ Added Chinese translation

This Apprenticeship can promote into the Ambitions Education Career. Only the Base Game is needed, although to promote into the Education career, you need Ambitions.

Now, these Apprenticeships are, essentially, part-time teen careers. Your teens can go and apply at the associated rabbit-hole building and land themselves a three-level apprenticeship. To change the designated rabbithole to suit your own requirements, I have a tutorial HERE for you to follow. They will earn money each day and will work from 4pm-7pm, Monday to Friday.

Once your teen is promoted to Level 3, they will receive a reward certificate in their Family Inventory to put up on the wall to show off their achievements. As an additional bonus, when your teen ages up to Young Adult, when they apply for the connecting career, they’ll start at a higher level!
Each Apprenticeship has its own custom uniform. There are, currently, no opportunities. It’s challenging enough getting the teens to complete homework and build up the required skills, without throwing extra opportunities into the equation!

How The Promoting Works

When your teenage Sim ages up while employed in an Apprenticeship, they will appear to stay in the apprenticeship. In order for them to get into the “Adult” career, your Sim needs to apply for the job via the Rabbithole, or on the newspaper or computer, as normal. They will appear to only be in level one of the “Adult” career when they join, but after a few moments, it will change to a different level.
If your Sim is at Level One in the apprenticeship, they will not gain any career advancement.
If your Sim is at Level Two in the apprenticeship, they will promote into Level 4 in the “Adult” career.
If your Sim is at Level Three in the apprenticeship, they will promote into Level 6 in the “Adult” career.

Please don’t ask me to change this! It’s the way to code works in Twallan’s Careers mod and I can’t change it.
The Apprenticeship is in English and supports Spanish, German, Russian, French, Dutch and Chinese translations.


The Apprenticeship is located at the School and has a custom uniform for all three levels. It focuses on the Logic and Charisma skills.

Uniform for all three levels.
Uniform for all three levels.

1. Teaching Assistant ~ Intermediate: Your role as a Teaching Assistant is diverse. You may not always be in the classroom. You may, on occasion, be required to accompany the class on an outing. It begins the long road to a career in Education, or even just Teaching. Be determined and patient with the students and you’ll go a long way.
§10/hour
Hours: 4.00pm ~ 7.00pm
Days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday

2. Behaviour Support Assistant ~ Advanced: Not all the children behave nicely in the classroom and if you’re ever going to become a teacher, you will need to learn how to cope with this. So this is your chance to see what happens to those who misbehave! A little tact and diplomacy goes a long way, so try keeping that charismatic charm around you when dealing with these children.
§15/hour
Hours: 4.00pm ~ 7.00pm
Days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday

3. Learning and Development Advisor ~ Higher: Some of the children in the school really struggle with the work. They’re keen to learn, but find it difficult. So you’re there to help them out and work out the best ways for these individuals to learn. It can be stressful, but with enough logic and charismatic abilities, you’ll sail through this aspect of your apprenticeship with ease. Congratulations on your dedication!
§20/hour
Hours: 4.00pm ~ 7.00pm
Days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday

There are three custom tones; Research Learning Methods, which builds the Logic skill; Talk to Children, which builds the Charisma skill and Sit Exam, which boosts overall performance.

Translating 

I’m not fluent enough in any other languages to translate, so if you’re interested in translating this career into your language, then please open the LanguageStrings file in Notepad.
<KEY>Gameplay/Excel/Careers/CareerList:Example</KEY>
<STR>Translate This Text</STR>
Do that for the entire file, then email me your translation to: missyhissy0913@hotmail.co.uk and let me know which language you’re translating to. :)
The career works for me but if you have any issues, please don’t hesitate to let me know and I’ll do my best to sort it as quickly as possible.

Credits:
Twallan, for his excellent Careers Mod
Inge and Peter Jones for S3PE
Creon, for his tutorial on Career Creating
argos93, Angie, Victor, SecretX, Eline, Lessien Vardamir and vkey for translating!

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