Apprenticeships and traineeship management
If you're thinking about the future needs of your business, then apprenticeships and traineeships can be a great way to recruit staff and train your employees. Central Queensland Institute of TAFE can get you started and assist you along the way.
An apprentice or trainee is a person employed under a training agreement. Apprenticeships and traineeships provide a combination of employment and structured training. An apprentice or trainee is contracted to an employer for a nominal period of time, enabling them to successfully gain competence in a trade (apprenticeship) or vocational area (traineeship).
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Apprenticeships are long term contracts of 3-5 years in trades such as auto mechanics, hairdressing or electrical trades.
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Traineeships are shorter term, 12-18 months, and encompass training in a wider variety of skills, including business, community service or hospitality and tourism areas.
The simple facts about apprenticeships and traineeships:
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Apprenticeships and traineeships combine work with structured training
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Traineeships vary in length from 12 months to three years
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Apprenticeships can take up to five years to complete
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Apprenticeships and traineeships can be full-time, part-time, or school-based - where some of the training is undertaken while the apprentice or trainee is in high school
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Existing employees can undertake an apprenticeship or traineeship (apprenticeships are subsidised with government funding, traineeships are charged at fee for service rates for existing workers)
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Apprenticeships and traineeships require employers to enter into a training contract with the apprentice or trainee
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Employers work with a training provider and the apprentice or trainee to draw up the training plan
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Training takes place in the workplace and with the training provider.
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