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Apprentice Kickstart Extension |
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The Apprentice Kickstart Extension triples the first year incentive payment to small and medium-sized employers (with less than 200 employees) who put on a new young apprentice in a skills shortage trade between 12 May 2010 and 12 November 2010 (inclusive).
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Tools For Your Trade Payment Initiative |
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This payment will be available to Australian Apprentices in selected trade occupations, agricultural occupations, and if in rural and regional Australia, horticulture occupations. The new payment comprises five tax exempt cash payments totalling $3,800 paid over the life of the Australian Apprenticeship.
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Centrelink payments for Australian Apprentices |
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In an effort to address national skills needs and
encourage people to enter Australian Apprenticeships,
the Australian Government has put in place
arrangements that give Australian Apprentices access
to the following fortnightly payments delivered by
Centrelink: Youth Allowance, Austudy and ABSTUDY.
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Productivity Places Program (PPP) |
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Under the Skilling Australia for the Future initiative, the Australian Government has funded the Productivity Places Program (PPP) which will deliver 711,000 training places over 5 years. These training places are being delivered in an industry-driven system, ensuring that training is more responsive to the needs of businesses and participants.
To find links to State and Territory Productivity Places Program information scroll further down this page.
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Extra pre-vocational training support for young job seekers - Fact sheet |
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The Australian Government is investing $30.2 million for additional pre-vocational support places to help vulnerable young people into an apprenticeship or further training.
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Securing Australian Apprenticeships - Fact Sheet |
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Two new initiatives, Securing Apprenticeships and Traineeships and Securing Apprenticeships and Traineeships through Registered Training Organisations, are part of the Government's plan to provide a pathway for out-of-trade Australian Apprentices to remain connected to the workforce and maintain their investment in training. For more information Click on the above title to download a Fact Sheet.
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Smarter Apprenticeships |
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The Smarter Apprenticeships Program will provide industry with the means to adopt and foster support for accelerated training delivery and drive structural
change to industry training delivery to embed true competency-based training for apprentices.
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Skills Australia |
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Skills Australia is an independent statutory body providing advice to the Minister for Education, Employment and Workplace Relations on Australia's current, emerging and future workforce skills needs and workforce development needs.
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Nation Building - Economic Stimulus Plan |
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Go to this Australian Government site to find information on projects funded under various 'Economic Stimulus' initiatives. The search by region function allows information to be displayed for a local area.
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Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) |
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View the Department's website.
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SkillsInfo |
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The SkillsInfo website is a one stop shop for information on skills issues. SkillsInfo includes a comprehensive suite of data on employment characteristics and links to skills related websites.
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The Australian Flexible Learning Framework |
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The Australian Flexible Learning Framework (Framework) is the e-learning strategy for the vocational education and training (VET) sector. It provides the VET system with the essential e-learning infrastructure and expertise needed to respond to the challenges of a modern economy and the training needs of Australian businesses and workers.
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Local Employment Coordinators in Priority Employment Areas |
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Local Employment Coordinators (LEC's) have been placed in Priority Employment Areas to support communities hardest hit by the global recession and to help drive local responses to unemployment. For futher information and LEC contact details click on the above link.
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Working in Australia |
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For overseas enquiries - general information on work conditions attached to some visas and who has permission to work.
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Licensing Line News |
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Licensing Line News is a key online resource for industry, training and regulatory stakeholders affected by occupational licensing.
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