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General Articles
Federal budget announcement – implications for employers of apprentices and trainees
10 May 2012
In the 2012 Budget announcement last night, a number of changes to the Australian Apprenticeships Incentives Program were announced. These will become effective from 1 July 2012: 1. The standard employer incentives for employers of existing workers undertaking an Australian Apprenticeship (at the Certificate III level and above) in an occupation not listed on the [...]
New rich are Australia’s tradies, miners, and construction workers
10 May 2012
A recent report by the Suncorp Bank reveals that a university degree is no longer the only path to success in the workforce. Six of the top ten highest paying industries are from the blue-collar sector with blue-collar workers earning on average $144 more a week than their white-collar counterparts. Read the full story here [...]
2012-13 Federal budget announcement – implications for employers of apprentices and trainees
9 May 2012
In the 2012 Budget announcement last night, a number of changes to the Australian Apprenticeships Incentives Program were announced. These will become effective from 1 July 2012: 1. The standard employer incentives for employers of existing workers undertaking an Australian Apprenticeship (at the Certificate III level and above) in an occupation not listed on the [...]
Australian Business Apprenticeships Limited Centre announces expanded service across NSW & ACT.
1 May 2012
On 30 April 2012, Senator The Hon Chris Evens, Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Science and Research announced the results of the Australian Government’s recent request for tender, with 23 organisations accepting two-year contracts worth more than $400 million to deliver Australian Apprenticeships Support Services for apprentices and their employers across the country. Australian Business [...]
Australian Business Apprenticeships Centre announces Mentoring and Advisers program
30 March 2012
With completion rates for some Australian Apprenticeships as low as 50%, far too low to sustain our future skills needs, late last year the Australian Government allocated $18M per annum towards funding industry initiatives to deliver mentoring and career advisory services to young Australians. Applications for funding opened late last year and the successful applicants [...]
2012 NSW Training Awards – Be recognised
1 March 2012
The NSW Training Awards are conducted annually by the NSW Department of Education and Communities to recognise outstanding achievement in the Vocational Education and Training sector. The awards honour and reward the achievements of students, trainers, training organisations, and employers, large and small. Australian Business Limited Apprenticeships Centre is proud to continue its affiliation with [...]
Cash flow the fabric of progress
1 March 2012
Australian Business Limited Apprenticeships Centre client Publisher Textiles has success covered, as featured in the Daily Telegraph on 27 Feb 2012.
A pretty cool job with Nine open’s doors for School-based Trainee Grant Maling
27 January 2012
Participation in School-based traineeships is on the rise and with cool jobs like Grant Maling’s at the Nine Network, it’s no wonder they’re proving to be a great vehicle for encouraging teenagers to stay at school and finish their HSC. Grant himself is the first one to admit he hates school, but the opportunity to [...]
Ambassadors back Apprenticeships as a great start in life
23 January 2012
The Gillard Government and industry groups are working together with high profile Australians; including Greater Western Sydney Giants coach Kevin Sheedy to promote Australian Apprenticeships via the Apprenticeship Ambassadors program. The program is set to play a key role in promoting the benefits of getting a formal skills qualification. To read the full media release [...]
Rising out of poverty – apprenticeship revolution
6 December 2011
Steve Lewis From: The Daily Telegraph December 06, 2011 12:00AM TENS of thousands of carpenters, electricians, plumbers and other tradies will be able to fast-track their apprenticeships and travel across state borders to earn higher pay as part of a bold training blueprint. In the biggest shake-up to apprenticeships for years, the Gillard government will [...]