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Strongly suggest you contact your local Agri College as, if like our local colleges, they can help advertise, recruit, sort out paperwork for suitable course and deal with finances ( grants etc ).
If you have a likely candidate in mind, then they will also help organise the above ...
Done it, and got the t shirt!
I took on a 16 year old 2 years ago he has just finished his apprenticeship - overall I would do it again.
The catches.... you have to keep the college "on-side" they can be real bu**ers or totally helpful. There is one near me that insists the apprentice always works literally alongside me 100% of the time (ridiculous imo) - another local college basically didnt care less.
If you manage to get a 16 year old you get £1000 in 2 £500 hits... that is nice.
You train the person in the way you work - and it does work.
Think about holidays - that one has hit me, and we now take holiday at the same times
Any queries PM me, good luck in finding the right one.