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Kickstarting Your Career: A Guide to Landing Your First Trade Internship
Kickstarting Your Career: A Guide to Landing Your First Trade Internship
Considering a career in aquatics or interested in gaining exciting, real-world work experience? It’s never too early to prepare for future opportunities in this exciting field.
This guide explores:
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The benefits of aquatic internships
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Diverse internship options across the industry
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Unique aquatic trade apprenticeships
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How to find the perfect internship
What is an Internship?
An internship is a temporary work experience for high school or college students. It provides valuable hands-on learning and helps you gain a better understanding of daily tasks in a specific career lane.
Benefits
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Skill development: Refine your existing skills and learn new ones.
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Networking: Build relationships with industry professionals.
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Professional growth: Take on projects and gain valuable experience.
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Career steppingstone: Launch your journey in the aquatics field.
Exploring Alternatives to College
The aquatics industry offers a wide variety of internship options. If you’re looking for alternatives to college or just interested in boosting your experience, here's a look at some popular ones:
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Construction: Gain hands-on skills through trade internships and witness the design and construction process in action.
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Manufacturing: Understand the supply chain procedure and its role in keeping the industry running smoothly.
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Retail: Learn the ropes of working in sales and hone your customer service skills.
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Service: Shadow service professionals to discover the importance of maintenance and cleaning.
Aquatics Skilled Trade Apprenticeships
Beyond traditional internships, the aquatics industry offers unique apprenticeship jobs programs that put you on the fast-track for skilled trade positions. The Pool & Hot Tub Alliance (PHTA) offers two options to earn while you learn:
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Pool Maintenance and Service Technician – Jump into on-the-job training in pool and spa equipment, troubleshooting, water chemistry, cleaning and more!
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Pool Installer Technician – Learn construction basics and safety regulations alongside experienced crews, mastering pool building operations.
These apprenticeship programs are the perfect pathway to college alternatives. Learn more at apprenticeship.phta.org.
How To Find Internships
Start your search by:
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Checking company job boards and LinkedIn pages.
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Attending industry job fairs.
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Contacting local aquatic businesses directly.
Be proactive! Even if companies aren’t currently advertising internships, reach out to express your interest. Building connections now can open doors tomorrow.
Ready to Dive In?
Work In Aquatics is your one-stop shop for all things pool and hot tub, so don’t wait! Explore our career resources and exclusive job board to find your perfect fit in the exciting world of aquatics.
