Support for apprentices and trainees
Apprenticeships and traineeships can be started while you are in your senior phase of secondary school. You can combine study towards your senior certificate with off-the-job training and paid employment, usually one day a week. Apprenticeships and traineeships can also be done full-time or part-time after you have left school. This provides choices if you have family commitments or other issues that mean you cannot attend work and study full-time.
There are a number of services that can help support apprentices and trainees:
Australian Apprenticeships Access Programme
Disabled New Apprentice Wage Support
Language, literacy and numeracy support
Senior Training Support Consultants
Australian Apprenticeships Access Programme
This program will help you to get ready for an apprenticeship or traineeship. The courses usually last 26 weeks. Then you are given help to find work, or to find an apprenticeship or traineeship. Find out more about the New Apprenticeship Access Program.
Disabled New Apprentice Wage Support
This program provides extra support for those who are undertaking an apprenticeship or traineeship, including school based apprentices and trainees. It provides funding to help your employer and training provider meet your training and workplace support needs.
Find out more about the Disabled New Apprentice Wage Support program.
To find out if your employer might be eligible for this support contact Australian Apprenticeships.
Language, literacy and numeracy support
Apprentices and trainees can get help with reading and writing, or with maths and numbers. When you draw up your initial training plan with your employer and your training provider you should talk about your support needs. This plan sets out the skills you have when you start and the skills you'll need during your apprenticeship or traineeship.
Contact your teacher or trainer about extra training or support or phone apprenticeships info on 1800 210 210 or the Reading Writing Hotline on 1300 655 506.
Find out more about language, literacy and numeracy support.
Senior Training Support Consultants
There are Department of Employment and Training officers that help apprentices and trainees and their employers through any difficulties. They deal with issues between employers and trainees and apprentices in areas like work conflict, personal problems, absence from work and behavioural problems.
Contact your closest departmental regional office.
Contact Apprenticeships info 1800 210 210 or Training Queensland 1300 369 935
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