New apprenticeships support
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Employers hiring an Australian Apprentice may be eligible for a range of Australian Government and State Government incentives and personal assistance starting from $1250 for most employers for Certificate II – IV, together with some targeted Diploma and Advanced Diploma qualifications. These incentives encourage employers to offer employment-based training opportunities that will encourage people to acquire and expand their working skills. These incentives are outlined at Australian Apprenticeships Centre
Examples of these incentives are:
- Commencement and completion incentives up to $4000 for Certificate III and IV level qualifications paid to eligible employers.
- From 1 January 2007, incentives for higher technical skills of $4,000 for targeted Diploma and Advanced Diploma qualifications, particularly in engineering fields.
- Innovation Incentive provides an additional $1,100 incentive paid on commencement in an identified occupation.
- Assistance to Australian Apprentices with Disabilities provides wage assistance to eligible employers and additional funding to support the off-the-job training to eligible apprentices.
- Australian School-based Apprenticeships Incentive.
- Mature Aged Worker Incentive.
Other incentives and personal assistance for Australian apprentices that are described on the same site include:
- Support for Mid-Career Apprentices.
- Business Skills Vouchers for Australian Apprentices.
- Targeted Assistance for Rural and Regional Areas Across Australia.
- Rural and Regional Skills Shortage Incentive provides employers in non-metropolitan areas an additional incentive to employ and train an Australian Apprentice in industries with identified skills needs.
- Exceptional Circumstances Drought Declared Incentive.
- Commonwealth Trade Learning Scholarship provides two $500 tax exempt payments to eligible Australian Apprentices on completion of each first and second year of their skills needs trade Australian Apprenticeship.
- Tools for Your Trade Initiative.
- Youth Allowance (including Austudy for over 25s and ABSTUDY).
- Living Away From Home Allowance.
- Apprenticeships Incentives for Existing Workers.
- Assistance to Australian Apprentices with disabilities (including assistance for tutorial, interpreter and mentor services and workplace modifications)
- Australian school-based apprenticeships incentive
- Mature aged work incentive
- Support for mid-career apprentices
- Exceptional circumstances drought declared incentive
- Youth allowance
- Living away from home allowance (LAFHA)
- Businesss skills vouchers for Australian apprentices at Australian Skills Vouchers Programme
- Apprenticeships incentives for existing workers as Australian apprentices
You can discuss eligibility for apprentice incentives with your local Australian Apprenticeships Centre by typing in your local postcode to locate your nearest centre at Australian Apprenticeships Centre
External links
Australian Apprenticeship Centre Career Pathways
Australian Apprenticeship Centre Cert II Description
