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Kickstart Mentoring initiative

1 July 2010

On 17 May 2010, Deputy Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, Minister for Employment Participation, Mark Arbib, and Parliamentary Secretary for Employment, Jason Clare, announced the Kickstart Mentoring initiative.

The Kickstart Mentoring initiative will provide innovative and targeted mentoring services to Apprentice Kickstart Australian Apprentices* and Apprentice Kickstart Extension Australian Apprentices**. The additional services will be provided through selected Australian Apprenticeships Centres and will assist in increasing the retention rates and contributing to increased completion rates for Australian Apprentices who commenced their Australian Apprenticeship under the Apprentice Kickstart initiative or the Apprentice Kickstart Extension.

The Australian Government, through the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, is seeking proposals from current Australian Apprenticeships Centres to deliver Kickstart mentoring services from 1 July 2010 for a period of 12 months.
Australian Apprentices will be contacted by their Australian Apprenticeships Centre if they are eligible to receive the additional mentoring and support services.

* Apprentice Kickstart Australian Apprentices are defined as Australian Apprentices who commenced an Australian Apprenticeship between 1 December 2009 and 28 February 2010 in a Certificate III or IV level qualification that leads to a trade on the National Skills Needs List, and who were aged 19 years or under at the commencement of their Australian Apprenticeship.

** Apprentice Kickstart Extension Australian Apprentices are defined as Australian Apprentices who commenced an Australian Apprenticeship between 12 May 2010 and 12 November 2010 (inclusive) in a Certificate III or IV level qualification that leads to a trade on the National Skills Needs List and who were aged 19 years or under at the commencement of their Australian Apprenticeship. The Australian Apprentice’s employer must have fewer than 200 employees at the time the Australian Apprentice commences, or be an eligible Group Training Organisation.

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