Apprenticeship is a culture in where I live, most business owners started with being an apprentice and then with time after they've learnt thoroughly on how the business works, they will be settled with cash and will go on to build their own business and most of them perform wonderfully.
To get an apprentice opportunity depends on the type of business you want to get into, but generally you approach a business owner and request for to be apprenticed and you might be accepted.