Matthew Tassell, employed by Novaskill and hosted by J.A. Martin Electrical, saw off tough competition from other talented apprentices across a broad range of industries to take the outright award as the apprentice of the year. Reflecting on his win, Matthew said “I’m really happy as this makes all the hard work at TAFE and...
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Retaining Your Apprentice/Trainee Through COVID-19
There’s no doubt small businesses tend to have far less cash reserves than bigger businesses, so COVID-19 can be devastating not only for the small business owner, but also for the livelihoods of their apprentices and trainees, and the families they support. Traineeships can be up to two years in length, whilst Apprenticeships are usually...
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NSW Budget opens the door to thousands of apprenticeships
Fees scrapped for apprentices to help combat NSW skills shortage MEDIA RELEASE Today the New South Wales Government demonstrated its deep commitment to increase apprenticeship numbers by providing $285 million in funding to cover the cost of training fees for all new apprentices. Currently the NSW Group Training organisations employ over 8000 apprentices and trainees and...