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 Program proivdes job seekers who experience barriers to skilled employment, with pre-vocational training, support and assistance to obtain and maintain an Australian Apprenticeship.
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.
The following provides an overview of recent employment trends for trades. 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.
Source: DEEWR Trend Data based on ABS Labour Force, Australia, Cat. no. 6291.0.55.003 May 2008
Job Outlook provides linkages to trades vacancies on Australian JobSearch for occupations which fall under these broad trades groupings:
- Mechanical and Fabrication Engineering Tradespersons
- Automotive Tradespersons
- Electrical and Electronics Tradespersons
- Construction Tradespersons
- Food Tradespersons
- Skilled Agricultural and Horticultural Workers
- Other Tradespersons
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