April 2012
Senator The Hon Chris Evans, Leader of the Government in the Senate Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Science and Research announced the outcomes for the Australian Apprenticeships Support Services.
March 2012
The Prime Minister announced a Skills Reform package on 19 March 2012 for States and Territories to reform the national vocational education and training system to address skills shortages across the economy.
For more information on the package, visit the Skills home page on the DEEWR website.
January 2012
A range of celebrities and former apprentices and trainees have become ambassadors for the Australian Apprenticeships system. Read their stories on the Australian Apprenticeships Ambassadors page
December 2011
An innovative new national apprenticeship program is assisting up to 1000 experienced workers by having their existing skills recognised and then complete all the competencies required to obtain a full trade qualification within 18 months.
More information is available on the Information for Employers Overview page.
November 2011
Australian Apprentices and employers are encouraged to complete Skills Builder Scoping Study survey.
More information on the Skills Builder Scoping Study is available.
November 2011
Guidelines for the Australian Apprenticeships Mentoring Program and the Australian Apprenticeships Advisers Program have now been released and both Programs are now open to receive applications for funding.
More information is available on the Mentoring Program and on the Advisers Program.
October 2011
The Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) is seeking tenders from suitably qualified organisations to provide Australian Apprenticeships Support Services (AASS) in all States and in the Australian Capital Territory from 1 July 2012.
Note: The Northern Territory is not included in this Request for Tender (RFT). A tender for the Northern Territory will be advertised separately.
View information on Australian Apprenticeships Reform.
October 2011
The Skills Builder Scoping Study is currently underway. For further information, see Accelerated Australian Apprenticeships page.
July 2011
The Young Worker Toolkit now available at youngworkertoolkit.youth.gov.au!
The Young Worker Toolkit is part of the Australian Government’s commitment to promote fairness for and information to young people to help them make a positive transition into work.
The Toolkit is a web based resource, optimised for smartphones, which helps young people find answers to common questions about how workplace relations laws apply to them.
May 2011
The Building Australia’s Future Workforce package provides a $3.02 billion investment over six years for a new approach to deliver the skilled workers the economy needs and ensure more Australians have the opportunity to share in the nation’s prosperity. This is in addition to new funding of more than $2 billion over the next four years for Australia’s university sector. Budget measures including:
Further information on Australian Apprenticeships Budget measures can be found here and further information on Budget measures can be found at www.deewr.gov.au/budget.