Abstract:
The purpose of the study was to explore the experiences of apprentices in the garment
industry using Hohoe in the Volta Region as a case study. The study adopted the
mixed-method approach in the conduct of the study. The purposive sampling
technique was used to sample from a population of all fashion trainers and apprentices
in the garment industry in the Hohoe Metropolis in the Volta Region of Ghana. A
total of 198 participants comprising both trainers and apprentices participated in the
study. Using the quantitative approach to research questionnaires were adopted as the
main instrument of data collection; which was duly supported by an observation of
the apprenticeship training process. The study found that apprenticeship training
undertaken in the garment industry takes the form of both direct one-on-one
interaction with an apprentice as well as groups and that apprenticeship training is
given every day to apprentices. The study additionally discovered that most of the
apprentices are trained on the jobs by taking part in the garment production activities.
Junior apprentices perform simple tasks whereas senior apprentices are delegated to
perform complex tasks. and also, that apprentices go through marketing training as a
way of learning the business aspect of apprentices are sent on errands to learn how to
market and also purchase items. The study, therefore, recommended that the National
Tailors and Dressmakers Association in consultation with the National Vocational
Training Institute (Apprentice Training Board) must develop a standard curriculum
for its members to regularize the apprenticeship training in the garment industry.
Description:
A Thesis Submitted to Department of FASHION DESIGN AND TEXTILES,
Faculty of VOCATIONAL EDUCATION, School of Research and Graduate
Studies, University of Education, Winneba, in Partial Fulfilment of the
requirements for the awarded of MASTER OF TECHNOLOGY (FASHION
DESIGN AND TEXTILES)
DECEMBER 2020
