Apprenticeship is a system for training a new generation of practitioners of a trade or profession with on-the-job training and often some accompanying study. Apprenticeships can also enable practitioners to gain a license to practice in a regulated occupation. Most of their training is done while working for an employer who helps the apprentices learn their trade or profession, in exchange for their continued labor for an agreed period after they have achieved measurable competencies.

नयी पीढ़ी के लोगों को किसी ट्रेड या व्यवसाय में प्रशिक्षण शिक्षुता या अप्रेन्टिस कहलाता है। इसमें काम को अपने हाथ से करने के प्रशिक्षण के साथ-साथ कक्षाओं में भी कुछ-कुछ पढ़ाया जाता है।