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Australian Apprenticeships include all apprenticeships and traineeships. They combine time at work with training and can be full-time, part-time or school-based. The following links provide access to information on services and advice for Australian Apprenticeships. For related information you may also wish to view the Vocational education and training page, or visit Job Outlook to find detailed information on Trades Occupations. |
Australian Apprenticeships aims to develop a more skilled Australian workforce and reduce the real cost of training. It offers financial incentives to eligible employers who take on an apprentice.
Australian Apprenticeships Job Pathways provides a simple and easy, step by step, guide to finding an Australian Apprenticeship opportunity.
The Australian Apprenticeships Access Programme proivdes job seekers who experience barriers to skilled employment, with pre-vocational training, support and assistance to obtain and maintain an Australian Apprenticeship.
Group Training in the Trades Program is an organisation employs apprentices and trainees and places them with host employers.
The Skills and Training Information website provides employers, employees, job seekers, and their support organisations with skills and training information and contacts. On this site you can search for examples of occupations and qualifications that may be used under initiatives such as Australian Apprenticeships.
The Licence Recognition website allows you to look up a licence entitlement in another state or territory, based on the currently-held licence. It covers licences issued to electricians; electrical fitters, lineworkers and cable jointers; tradespeople with restricted electrical licences; plumbers and gas-fitters; carpenters and joiners, bricklayers, and builders; refrigeration and air-conditioning mechanics and auto-gas installers.
For further overview information on employment trends for individual trades occupations, go to the Excel file Trends for Trades and then double click on any occupation title contained within the spreadsheet.
Job Outlook provides linkages to trades vacancies on Australian JobSearch for occupations which fall under these broad technicians and trades groupings:
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