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Marjolaine George (Les Compagnons apprentice): What I like about carpentry is using my hands to work, building something from start to finish, design in general, and the material, wood. I love that.
The Les Compagnons program I'm currently doing is a two-year program to get a CAP (vocational training certificate).
Frank Desnoues (Training Supervisor, Carpentry): Les Compagnons du Devoir is an association that makes it possible for every man and woman to hone their skills in their trade.
Vincent Tanneur (Head of Corporate Banking France, J.P. Morgan): Les Compagnons du Devoir is a program that is very important to J.P.Morgan because it is based on apprenticeship and helps young people integrate into the professional world.
Frank: The principle behind Les Compagnons is sharing both professional and human experiences. So the young people work at companies as regular workers, and at night they come back to our housing, they eat dinner and then go to class from 8 to 10 p.m. and so on throughout the week.
Pascal Castet (Membre dirigeant): Marjolaine has been working rather well in my business. There are several advantages to hiring apprentices in a business like mine. You bring in new technologies, you train new apprentices, and it also allows Les Compagnons to get new workers.
Marjolaine: What interests me about Les Compagnons is the type of studies we do. It's super interesting to learn a profession without always being in class. So far, I've learned to use all types of machines that I didn't know how before. And I'm helping my classmates a bit. Doing that trains me to simultaneously tackle everything they're doing and the different things we can do in this profession.
Pascal: For me, there's a continuity in having apprentices at my company. It reminds me a bit of my apprenticeship and makes it possible for me to pay forward everything Les Compagnons were able to give me.
Marjolaine: So far, it's been a great experience. With the degree from Les Compagnons, you can work at different companies and maybe one day start your own.
Pascal: After Marjolaine completes her training with us, I think that she will have opportunities to work in highly qualified positions in business and to shine in her profession.