Apprenticeship is a partnership of Madirelo Training and Testing Centre, employers, workers and public as a whole. Apprenticeship is occupational skills training that combine on-the-job experience with institutional Training.

• Madirelo Training and Testing Centre deals with student admissions and examinations.
• Employers provide career training.
• Apprentices become valued members of the work force to the company.
• Technical colleges and Brigades provide classroom training.

Apprenticeship trains workers to meet industry standards for a given occupation. Employers and skilled workers design training programs that meet the individual and changing needs of industries and technology.

Apprenticeship is a proven way to train people for areas that demand a wide range of skills, knowledge, and independent judgment. Programs combine challenging tasks, learned and practiced on-the-job, with Institutional Training.

• Apprenticeship Training in Botswana runs for Four years.
• Apprentices are dedicated learners and skilled employees. 
• An Apprentice is a highly motivated individual who undertakes a long-term training program.
  

Entry Requirements for Apprenticeship Training

• An applicant must have a junior certificate or more.
• An applicant must be medically fit.
• An applicant must have a sponsoring company that is specializing in the same vocation.
• An applicant must complete the contract forms and hand them to MTTC or any Labour Office for registration.

Registration and Placement

• MTTC registers the applicant and provides him/her with a registration number.
• MTTC acquires a space for Institutional Training (IT) at Technical Colleges on first come first serve basis.
• An apprentice goes for Institutional Training at Technical College for 3 months and is tested for theory at the end.
• An apprentice will then go for Practical Training or ON-THE–JOB-TRAINING for 9 months at which at end she/he is tested for practical.
• An apprentice will only be allowed to move to the next step when he/she has passed both theory and practice.
• At the end of four years an apprentice sits for the final National Craft Certificate Examinations.
• Industrial attachment may also be arranged during practical training.

Examinations

• Candidates are to be seated 15 minutes before examinations and complete attendance register.
• A candidate must have acquainted him/herself with Examinations guidelines.
• Candidate if not satisfied can lodge a written complaint to MTTC within 14 days after the release of results.
• A request for a remark form must be completed and endorsed by the head of the institution.
• A remark fee of P50.00 per subject should be paid before a remark is instituted.
• The MTTC representative will log the complain and cause investigation and or a remark.
• The outcome of a remark and or investigation is communicated to the candidate in writing within 14 days from the date of lodging a complaint.

Certification

• A candidate has to pass Technology and Practical as a compulsory measure. He/she is allowed to fail one of the other three subjects in order to graduate.
• If a candidate fails more than one subject he/she is allowed to re-sit the failed subjects.
• If a candidate fails again he/she is allowed to repeat the final year and must write all the subjects in the final examinations. The candidate must extend the contract while re-sitting or repeating.

Entry Requirement for Trade Test

• For grade C, at least three years (3) of industrial experience and on the job training      
• For grade B Additional two (2 ) years experience and industrial training after obtaining grade C in the same trade
• The applicant has to apply for the trade test through  a form that is signed by the employer
• An applicant may be required to attend a four (4) or six (6) weeks course before sitting for the examination.
• An applicant with trade test B certificate may be required to attend a final institution block at any  institution approved  by BOTA before writing national  craft certificate

Application Fees

• Trade test    C                        P25.00
• Trade test   B                         P50.00
• National craft certificate            P75.00

Procedures and Fees for replacement of Certificates

• a) Police report
• b) certified copy of identity/Omang

Fees are as follows:

• Summary report                      P10.00
• Trade test  C  certificate            P50.00
• Trade test   B    certificate         P50.00
• National craft certificate             P50.00
• Testimonial                             P 50.00