Invasion of the Job Snatchers

It's in at the deep end for eleven hand-picked trainees as they struggle to come to terms with what is expected of them in the workplace. Some are reprimanded for bad language, turning up late and persistently calling in sick. Can they make it to the end of the first week without getting sacked?

One week into their placements and the honeymoon period is over. Adam is given a final warning and after celebrating their first payday with a night on the tiles, model apprentice Carl oversleeps and is five hours late for work at the butchers. It's an eventful week as 11 trainees become nine.

Approaching the halfway mark in their placements, the trainees' tempers start to fray.

After the recent sackings, two new trainees take up the opportunity of a lifetime.

The trainees challenge their preconceptions of old people on a day out with the members of Christchurch's Widows Club.

It's the final week of placements, but who will go back to the dole queue and who will be offered a permanent job?