Nov 16, 2015
Half-price vehicle registration for apprentices in construction trades will be introduced by the Victorian Government in the hope it will help them finish their training. The discount will be introduced on January 1 next year, saving apprentices about $385 a year....
Oct 27, 2015
We get a lot of requests to assess apprentices onsite instead of having them come into trade school. The problem is, its virtually impossible to offer 100% onsite. We have never offered this, but we have had employers tell us third parties have said 100% onsites are...
Mar 18, 2015
For years the CITB have paid apprentice incentives based on the filling in of an on the job diary. Times are changing and the CITB has updated to a nifty app called “My Profiling”. Apprentices can download the app on their smart phones and enter in the...
Dec 12, 2014
This years choice for Apprentice of the Year was made easy, as each staff member – from all our trades – recommended Nathan Dekker. Nathan is 75% through his Cert III in Bricklaying. His work is of high quality. He is normally the first apprentice to...
Dec 2, 2014
Apprentices are now able to have their wages ‘topped up’ via the Governments ‘Trade Support Loan’ scheme. Apprentices need to fill in an application form with their apprenticeship broker, sometimes called an “AAC” these are the...
Nov 14, 2014
There are few things in business more complicated than hiring an apprentice. Recruitment issues aside, once you have found the person to employ you have to deal with a variety of different government and private companies to sign up your apprentice and try to grow...
