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Traineeships and Apprenticeships | Trainees/Apprentices
As an employee, you may want to make use of the traineeships and apprenticeships scheme to commence or review your own career path. The Australian Apprenticeship and traineeship system can help you to achieve your employment objectives.
Our traineeship coordinator will work with you and our employer to help develop a training plan, deliver your training, assess your achievement of skills and assist you to achieve a nationally recognised qualification upon successful completion of training.
For more information on apprenticeships and traineeships, visit the Commonwealth Government funded Australian Apprenticeship pathways website.
Traineeships and Apprenticeships
As an employee, you may want to make use of the traineeships and apprenticeships scheme to commence or review your own career path. The Australian Apprenticeship and traineeship system can help you to achieve your employment objectives.
Our traineeship coordinator will work with you and our employer to help develop a training plan, deliver your training, assess your achievement of skills and assist you to achieve a nationally recognised qualification upon successful completion of training.
For more information on apprenticeships and traineeships, visit the Commonwealth Government funded Australian Apprenticeship pathways website.
Download the list of eligible traineeships or visit the provider list.
Existing worker traineeships
The Government also subsidises eligible existing workers to undertake traineeships in higher level (ie Certificate IV and above) priority courses. An existing worker is defined as a person employed with the same employer continuously for more than three months full time or 12 months casual or part-time or a combination of both, immediately prior to the commencement date of the training contract. Please note that the term of employment includes any periods of approved leave.
Minimum requirements to be eligible for apprenticeships and traineeships scheme
To be eligible to undertake an Apprenticeship or Traineeship, the applicant must fit the following criteria:
- be at least 15 years of age;
- be working in a permanent part-time or full-time capacity; and
- be an Australian citizen and permanent resident of Australia
What are the costs of taking on an Australian Apprentice?
- For training wage information and award details and information about conditions of employment visit the Fair Work Ombudsman website OR call 131394.
- Training fees may be levied by Empyrean as a Registered Training Organisation.
Be a Traineeship/Apprenticeship employer:
Join some of our hospitality host employers such as the Trustee’s Bar, the Heritage Brassiere, the Brisbane Hotel, and Sorrento Beach Resort to provide opportunities to our future Australian workforce to earn while they learn and achieve a nationally recognised qualification.
If you are interested to participate in this program as an employer, please contact us at 1300 883 673 or email us. Empyrean will organise a time with the employer and the apprentice/trainee for a representative from Apprenticeship Network to visit the workplace and explain the Training Contract.
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Upskilling your workforce for future opportunities
Offering Traineeship & Apprenticeship programs to your team members is a great way to improve their professional development, with the flexibility to train either On-the-job or Released for study time at a nominated location. The majority of the training can be carried out on the job with scheduled training sessions via on-site visits from Empyrean professional trainers.
Employer Requirements:
- Must be willing to support the trainees whilst they undergo their studies
- Understand and agree to responsibilities outlined in the training plan contract (TPO—Training Plan Outline)
- Withdraw apprentice or trainee from routine work duties with pay for a minimum of 3 hours per week, averaged over 4-week cycle for the purpose of undertaking formal training/learning/assessment activities
- Ensure workplace complies with relevant legislative requirements, e.g. WHS, EEO, etc.
Key Benefits to Employers:
- Financial incentives for eligible full-time “new worker” trainees (new worker are people employed less than 12 months casual or 3 months Full-time)
- Financial incentives for eligible full-time “existing worker” trainees (existing worker are people employed more than 12 months casual or 3 months Full-time)
- Financial incentives for eligible Part-time trainees
- For all financial incentives/remuneration, please refer to your preferred AASN (Australian Apprenticeship Support Network)
- The cost of the training is heavily funded by the State Government (Department of Training and Workforce Development)
- Nationally accredited qualification upon completion of the traineeship
Trainee Requirements:
- Must be Australian citizen or Permanent Resident
- Must be employed minimum 15 hours per week, either Full-time or Part-time
- Make every effort to successfully complete the training outlined in their training plan
Empyrean can help your staff to complete the following qualifications while they are working full time
If you are an Employer and considering upskilling your workforce, please contact one of our Empyrean professionals for further information.
Please email us or call +61 8 9228 1600 for more details.
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