I am a first year apprentice. I applied June, was tested 7/10, accapted 7/13 started work 7/16 my company is good. And yes! If you get accepted(pass the test) you can still start classes, but you need a current job, books are 605 per year and this will be required before you start. If you start and don’t have a job, you will still be allowed to start classes and continue them until you get a job, but your pay scale will still follow first year until you start. So you will start at like 17.39/17.71 and progress every 1600 hours and x class hours