A new article in The Advertiser today reports on the decline in the number of apprenticeships. Despite this, we have a huge demand from employers wanting to hire apprentices. The biggest obstacle seems to be the number of under 21’s who either do not have a...
Big congratulations to Haydon Ashby, of Semaphore South, South Australia, for being awarded Apprentice Bricklayer of the Year 2017 in the HIA-Stratco state annual Apprentice & Trade Contractor Awards, held recently in Adelaide. Haydon is now in his third year,...
by Robert Bolton There’s been another steep fall in the number of people doing apprenticeships – although the government claims there are positive signs in the details. At the end of September, there were 291,925 apprentices in training, that was 5.6 per...
A YOUNG plumber was only paid one-fifth of what he was owed. When he asked his boss about it, all he got was abuse. Source: Plumbing boss hit with $121k fine for ‘exploitation of a young person’ A MAN who told his employee to “seriously, f**k off” after the worker...
The Certificate II in Construction (CPC20112) is often referred to as a ‘Pre-apprenticeship’ course. This is because employers looking to hire apprentices frequently recruit current students and graduates. Our next course starts 30th January 2018. The...
Originally published: news.com.au AFTER receiving their high school results over the past fortnight, graduates across Australia will be thinking long and hard about their options. But while they’re going through their course options and preparing job applications,...
