What is a group training organisation?
A group training organisation is a not-for-profit entity established predominately to provide training and employment opportunities. Group training organisations employ apprentices and trainees and are responsible for ensuring that those employees receive suitable training and experience. To achieve this aim, the group training organisation will find a suitable 'host' employer for each apprentice or trainee to work with on a day-to-day basis.
Apprentices and trainees employed by group training organisations may spend their entire apprenticeship or traineeship with one host employer who can offer them a well-rounded training experience. Alternatively, they may be rotated around a number of employers who can each offer a specialised area of training.
Employers who may not otherwise have been able to employ an apprentice or trainee have an opportunity to participate in the training system by hosting an apprentice or trainee for a nominated period of time.
In Queensland, group training organisations are collectively the largest employer of apprentices and trainees. They provide a service that is well-recognised and understood within the community, and the group training name is associated with quality services. Entities that are recognised as group training organisations in Queensland will have met both Queensland and national requirements, and are entitled to use the National Group Training logo within Queensland.
Recognition of group training organisations in Queensland is governed by the Vocational Education, Training and Employment Act 2000 [PDF 956kb]. Under the Act, the Training and Employment Recognition Council can approve not-for-profit entities, which meet the requirements as listed in the Group Training Organisation Operational Manual, to operate as group training organisations in a particular industry, industry sector, or geographical area.
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