Apprenticeship contract requires written consensual execution and mutual obligations, including safeguards for minors. An Apprentice is a person bound by a contract of apprenticeship to serve an employer while the employer undertakes to instruct and to maintain or pay wages; such contracts are ordinarily required to be in writing and executed by the apprentice, a minor is bound only if the contract is overall beneficial, guardians may covenant for performance, part execution and recitals can evidence mutual obligations, and a corporation may take an apprentice.