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L i s t e n i n g 4 Listen to Sam Smith talking about trades and complete these sentences.
Stage 1: apprentice He/She is (1) at work.
Stage 2: journeyman He/She works (2)
Stage 3: master He/She supervises (3) workers.
5 Listen again and answer these questions.
1 What is Sam Smith's trade? 2 Where does he work?
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V o c a b u l a r y 6 Look at his list of courses at a ocational school. Match A-C to hree of the
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DIPLOMA IN CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGIES

1 Basic tools and equipment: 5 Electrical w i r i n g :
2 Carpentry: 6 Residential p l u m b i n g :
3 Masonry and concrete: 7 H V A C :
4 Painting and decorating: 8 Health and safety:

Speaking 7 Work n pairs. Student A ook at the nformation n his page. Student B ook at
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Read his email rom a ocational school n Calgary, Canada and underline the
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From: Lucy Dani <[email protected]> (
To: J. Benjamin <[email protected]>
Thank you very much for your telephone call. Our school offers five apprenticeship
programs which include supervised training, on-the-job training and classroom teaching.
The programs take three or four years to complete. The programs are HVAC, carpentry,
residential electrician, welding and masonry. All programs include health and safety
training, maths and English.

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8 Work n the same pairs. Compare the wo raining nstitutes in 7. What things
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are the same? What things are different?

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