apprentice-first-week

# Apprentice First Week Skill "Watch me and you'll pick it up" is how apprentices stay useless for a year — and how thumbs get lost in week one. A first week that works is planned like a job: safety rules stated as absolutes before any tool moves, one teachable task-block per day with the *why* attached, an explicit list of what they may do unsupervised (short) versus with eyes on them (everything else), and a Friday conversation that tells both sides the truth. The payoff is selfish and immediate: an apprentice who can safely prep, fetch, and finish doubles a one-person business by Friday afternoon. ## What This Skill Produces - A **day-by-day first week**: one skill-block per day (demonstrate → assist → attempt supervised), plus the standing jobs that make them useful between lessons - The **safety brief**, written to be said aloud on Monday at 7:55: the non-negotiables, what to do when unsure, and the "stop means stop" rule - The **touch list**: may-do-unsupervised / may-do-watched / not-yet — updated Friday - The **Friday review script**: what went well, what to fix, one goal for week two — both directions (the apprentice reviews the teaching too) ## Required Inputs Ask for (if not already provided): - The trade, and the actual jobs booked for that week (the plan teaches from real work, not exercises) - The apprentice: age, experience (school-leaver? career-changer?), formal scheme requirements if enrolled (college days, logbooks — flag, don't invent ...