# Is Taking On Apprentices Becoming Impossible?

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Podcast: [The Heating & Plumbing Show](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-heating-plumbing-show-1249382)
Published: 2026-02-04T17:55:02+00:00
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## Resource

Andy Cam and Todd Glister talk about how apprenticeships have become so much of a burden in terms of cost and effort that many small to medium sized businesses in construction are now turning away from the system. They talk to a Carpenter who has gone from 16 apprentices in 2019 to 0 today - to find out what's going wrong. They catch up with a Plumbing & Heating business owner that still can't justify the cost to the business and find out what JTL think about the current system. Guests: Andrew Green, Darren Dimmock, Clair Bradley.

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