It was traditional for a family member already engaged in an artisanal profession to pass his knowledge on to a younger member. Learning is informal .It is commenced by observation and the assignment of simple tasks, that in time increased in difficulty and degree of responsibility.

After a number of years, training ended when the apprentice proved himself capable of satisfactorily executing work of an expected standard. When the relationship is of father and son, the latter eventually inherited his father's capital and credit as his patrimony.