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The Federal Budget and its Impact on Apprenticeships
The 2012/13 Budget has been revealed as you are no doubt aware. As with most budget reviews there are usually changes to the commonwealth incentives for both employers and apprentices. The following changes come into effect as of 1st July 2012 and may affect...
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Funding Changes to Australian Apprenticeship Centres
The government has announced the outcome of the funding application process for Australian Apprenticeships Centres. Australian Apprenticeship Centres (AAC’s) are the businesses that hold federal government contracts to sign up new or recommencing apprentices...
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ACTU wage plan would destroy apprenticeships – Master Electricians
The call by ACTU President Ged Kearney to hike apprentice wages to up to double existing levels would destroy the apprenticeship system and put an end to training opportunities for young people. Master Electricians Australia’s General Manager for Workplace...
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Applications for the National Focus categories of the Australian Training Awards are now open
Australian Government Minister for Skills, Senator Chris Evans, is pleased to announce that applications for the National Focus categories of the Australian Training Awards, are now open. The National Focus categories of the Australian Training Awards recognise...
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Apprentice Management for $99 per month
Are the complexities of managing your apprentice’s on-the-job and off-the-job requirements weighing you down? For a limited time only, you can take advantage of ApprenticeConnect Australia’s offer to manage your apprentice for only $99 per...
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112 new apprentices for regional NSW
Regional NSW has received an employment boost with Australia’s largest electricity network operator, Essential Energy, appointing 112 new apprentices last month. Minister for Resources and Energy, Chris Hartcher said the new apprentices were a valuable...
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Apprentice and trainee September quarter 2011 statistics
The National Centre for Vocational Education Research has released the Australian apprentice and trainee statistics for the September quarter 2011. In total there were 461 200 apprentices and trainees in-training as at the end of September 2011, an increase...
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Resources Skills and Employment Plan Released
This week the Queensland Premier tabled the Resources Skills and Employment Plan. With an estimated 40,000 additional resource sector jobs required by 2020, Queensland needs to be taking action now and implementing training and employment strategies which...
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Record high for trainee starters, apprentices decline
The number of people starting traineeships has increased to an all-time high in the December 2011 quarter. Released by the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), Apprentices and trainees 2011—early trend estimates, December quarter,...
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Rising out of poverty - apprenticeship revolution
TENS of thousands of carpenters, electricians, plumbers and other tradies will be able to fast-track their apprenticeships and travel across state borders to earn higher pay as part of a bold training blueprint. In the biggest shake-up to apprenticeships for...
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Accelerated Australian Apprenticeships initiative now open for funding applications
The Accelerated Australian Apprenticeships initiative, which was announced in the 2011-12 Budget is now open to receive applications for funding. The Accelerated Australian Apprenticeships initiative forms part of the Australian Government’s Building...
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Master Electricians Australia gives credit to promising apprentice
A local electrical apprentice has been recognised as outstanding in the electrical industry by Master Electricians Australia. The Apprentice of the Year Award was presented to David Frampton of Scaussie Electrical and Communications at the Annual Excellence...
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Master Electricians backs smarter apprenticeships
Master Electricians Australia has today thrown its support behind an industry push to overhaul electrical apprenticeships and shift to a competency-based training system. Master Electricians Australia chief executive officer Malcolm Richards said the proposal,...
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Chipping away at skill shortages: more new tradies required
Labour market policies focused on increasing the number of new tradies are the way to tackle skill shortages in the trades, according to new research published by the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER). Attrition in the trades, by Tom...
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New figures show the swelling impact of non-completed apprenticeships
NSW Education Minister Adrian Piccoli has asked state, territory and Commonwealth counterparts to make apprenticeship completion a national priority at a training ministers’ meeting in Melbourne. He released new figures showing the cumulative impact...
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Electrogroup Apprentices provide relief for electrical contractors affected
Electrogroup Apprentices provide relief for electrical contractors affected by the Gold Coast downturn Electrogroup Apprentices are providing relief for a number of electrical contractors affected by the Gold Coast downturn in the building and construction...
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Electricians will be the biggest growth occupation in the next five years
Electricians will be the biggest growth occupation in the next five years, a new report shows About 58,000 more electricians will be needed in Australia by mid-2016 to work in the communications, mining and housing industries, with its workforce tipped to...
