❓ A parliamentary question regarding Western Power's apprenticeship program and the government's commitment to employing 50 new apprentices each year. The response details the number of apprentices, trainees, and graduates employed, acknowledging a shift towards different training opportunities due to emerging technologies.
AnsweredQoN 1438Legislative Council
QuestionView source ↗
WESTERN POWER —
APPRENTICESHIPS
1438. Hon PETER COLLIER to
the minister representing the Minister for Energy:
I refer to the Labor government's
election commitment to employ 50 new apprentices each year at Western Power.
(1) What is the
number of new apprentices employed for each of 2017, 2018 and 2019?
(2) What is the total number of
apprentices for each of 2017, 2018 and 2019?
APPRENTICESHIPS
1438. Hon PETER COLLIER to
the minister representing the Minister for Energy:
I refer to the Labor government's
election commitment to employ 50 new apprentices each year at Western Power.
(1) What is the
number of new apprentices employed for each of 2017, 2018 and 2019?
(2) What is the total number of
apprentices for each of 2017, 2018 and 2019?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the honourable Leader of the
Opposition for some notice of the question. The following information has been
provided to me by the Minister for Energy.
Emerging technology has changed the
way Western Power operates its network and, as a result, it requires fewer
traditional apprentices. The state government and Western Power have worked
together to honour the spirit of the election commitment, delivering 15
apprentices, 10 graduates, five trainees and 20 pre-apprentice scholarship
opportunities per annum, creating multiple training opportunities for Western Australians
of different educational backgrounds and electrical training experience levels.
(1) The answer to
(1) is in tabular form. It lists the apprenticeships, trainees, graduates et cetera
and the years, with numbers for each. I seek leave to have it incorporated into Hansard .
Leave granted.
The
following material was incorporated —
(1)
�
2017
2018
2019
Apprenticeships
14
19
19
Trainees
2
1
5
Graduates
2
3
9
Tafe
Pre-apprenticeships
16
38
26
Total
34
61
61
(2) In the time available, it was not possible to
obtain figures for all training programs. The figures for traditional apprentices are 43 for 2017, 49 for 2018 and 51 for 2019. The Minister for
Energy will provide the full figures to the honourable member once they are
available.
Opposition for some notice of the question. The following information has been
provided to me by the Minister for Energy.
Emerging technology has changed the
way Western Power operates its network and, as a result, it requires fewer
traditional apprentices. The state government and Western Power have worked
together to honour the spirit of the election commitment, delivering 15
apprentices, 10 graduates, five trainees and 20 pre-apprentice scholarship
opportunities per annum, creating multiple training opportunities for Western Australians
of different educational backgrounds and electrical training experience levels.
(1) The answer to
(1) is in tabular form. It lists the apprenticeships, trainees, graduates et cetera
and the years, with numbers for each. I seek leave to have it incorporated into Hansard .
Leave granted.
The
following material was incorporated —
(1)
�
2017
2018
2019
Apprenticeships
14
19
19
Trainees
2
1
5
Graduates
2
3
9
Tafe
Pre-apprenticeships
16
38
26
Total
34
61
61
(2) In the time available, it was not possible to
obtain figures for all training programs. The figures for traditional apprentices are 43 for 2017, 49 for 2018 and 51 for 2019. The Minister for
Energy will provide the full figures to the honourable member once they are
available.
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