Apprenticeship Application

Summer Apprenticeship Application

After submitting your application, you will receive a brief email confirmation message from us within days to acknowledge that your information has been received. If you do not hear from us within a week please email us to inquire and try using the form again.

You will hear from us by mid-March if you have been selected for an interview. We arrange for face-to-face interviews in the Ithaca and Watkins Glen area or via telephone.

The full cost of the apprenticeship, including prepared community meals during the PDC, is $1200 for on-site apprentices or $850 for local residents.

Please do not send any payment until we have personally contacted you and confirmed your placement in our program.

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First Name:*

Last Name:*

E-Mail Address:*

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Postal Address:*

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City/Post Office:*

State*

Zip/Postal Code*

Primary Phone Number:*

Date of Birth:*

Emergency Contact Name & Relationship:*

Emergency Contact Phone Number:*

Tell us about yourself. We have to limit the number of apprentices we can admit. We welcome your honest, thoughtful answers to these questions to make the selection process easier.

Briefly describe how your educational or personal journey has brought you to be interested in permaculture.

Permaculture*

Tell us why you are particularly interested in exploring the role of community in permaculture practice.

Community*

What skills or passions do you have that you would like to share with other students and instructors?

Sharing*

You will be in an environment where you will have the opportunity to look at and take responsibility for your own behavior patterns. How committed are you to utilizing this opportunity?

Personal Growth*

Do you have any health problems or special needs?

Health*

Is there anything else that you think we should know, or that you would like us to know about you?

Additional Comment

You will be asked to sign the following waiver upon your arrival. Please read it:

"I understand the basic risks of activities associated with workshops and will not hold the Finger Lakes Permaculture Institute or any of the individuals responsible for ANY decisions, actions, or accidents that result in damaged goods or persons. I take full responsibility for safe travel to and from courses, for safe conduct in class and kitchen settings, and for safe interactions with my fellow students and instructors."

Please add your initials if you understand and agree with the above statement.*

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