On the Aurora Station, there is not a position that can be selected at each round start for either interning or training purposes. I recently decided to make a character to learn medical. My friend loves it and we wanted to be able to roleplay together in MedBay. However, when I looked at the information on the forums, it showed that for a medical resident, your character was "supposed" to have basic training already and be prepping to move up into a doctor-type position. Players on board even RPed like my character was a doctor and knew what she was doing... which... she (and I) don't.
For a newbie like me, that really didn't make sense... but there was no other option. Luckily no one seems to care... but then that kind of negates the purpose of having the "requirements" be there for a resident.
I would like to suggest making an intern / trainee position. This position would need to be similar to an assistant, where trainees are very limited to their accessible areas. If a HoP is present, they can change the delegation of the internship to whatever area the person is wanting and assign a teacher/overseer for training. This role should obviously include medical, science, and securit, though engineering already has a role designated as a apprentice. If this role is implemented, it would make sense (at least to me) to delete the engineering apprentice role and perhaps make it something like the maintenance technician. The internship / trainee position has to the civilian roles as well. Bartender, Chef, Gardener, Cargo, Mining, Librarian, Chaplain... These roles are not vital to the station, but people play them often and learning from a guide is not as fun as learning from a fellow player.
What is most important is that this position allows all roles to be accessible to newbies. If you're like me and afraid to join in as a role that you currently have no IRL knowledge of... this role would solve some of the issue. Seasoned players who know how the job/role works can train ICly as well as OOCly if needed. It would make things much more new player friendly and generate roleplay for those looking to branch out of a department or into a new departmental role.
Obviously if you are making a new character and have IRL knowledge of how to do the role you want the new character to go into, you can start them at the higher level job. The purpose of the internship/trainee is for players who need either IRL training on how to do the job, or characters who you have decided are learning something new.
Thank you for your consideration. Please let me know if you agree, disagree, have suggestions, ... anything! - Qu1nnd0lyn