❓ Hon Alison Xamon asks how the Department of Training and Workforce Development will achieve the 3.6% apprenticeship and traineeship target for 2012-13. The answer details a range of initiatives focused on flexibility, accessibility, employer incentives, and targeted support programs.
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I refer to the target apprenticeship and traineeship rate in the 2012-13 Budget Statements, and I ask how will the Department of Training and Workforce Development reach the 3.6 per cent 2012-13 apprenticeship and traineeship Budget target? Please detail the initiatives to be implemented.
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Answered
14 August 2012
Responded by
Minister for Training and Workforce Development
Response time
63 days
The Department of Training and Workforce Development has the following apprenticeship and traineeship initiatives in place:
· The development of a more flexible, responsive and resilient apprenticeship and traineeship system that better suits the needs of industry and responds to changing economic cycles.
· The increased access to qualifications including school based apprenticeships and traineeships and part time options.
· The ongoing State Training Board's Responsive Trade Training working group established to examine ways of incorporating flexible training and delivery. The working group were instrumental in the commencement of pilot programs in Carpentry and Joinery, Electrotechnology, Telecommunications (Data and Voice Communications) and Hospitality.
· The continuation of the preparatory pre-apprenticeship program which provides an integration of study and work experience and can lead to a shortened term of trade based apprenticeships.
· The Youth Skills Initiative which provides funding for individuals to achieve their first qualification through a traineeship pathway. This continuing initiative targets 15?24 year olds who do not have a formal qualification and who have been employed for more than three months full time or 12 months part time.
· The ongoing incentive for employers to take on apprentices and trainees by exempting them from payroll tax for wages of apprentices and trainees.
· The continued rebate on workers' compensation premiums for first year Certificate III and above apprentices and trainees provides an option to reduce the employers' costs of taking on apprentices and trainees.
· Continuation of incentives such as the WA Training Awards that recognises outstanding achievements of apprentices and trainees and the contribution to training made by trainers, training organisations and employers.
· The revised Aboriginal School Based Training program which provides Aboriginal students in Western Australia with the opportunity to gain skills and training in school and to achieve a nationally recognised qualification. The revised program provides for an institutional pathway for Year 10 students leading to either an institutional or a school based traineeship pathway in Years 11 and 12.
· The expansion of the Travel and Accommodation Allowance Policy 2012 which provide financial support for apprentices, trainees, employers to include assistance to training providers who need to travel to deliver training.
· Training in the home region for first year apprentices through local and metropolitan training provider partnerships. This removes the impediment of long distance travel for first year regional apprentices and increases their chance of completing the apprenticeship.
· ApprentiCentre support and assistance will continue to be provided to employers, apprentices and trainees to increase training and achieve successful outcomes.
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· The development of a more flexible, responsive and resilient apprenticeship and traineeship system that better suits the needs of industry and responds to changing economic cycles.
· The increased access to qualifications including school based apprenticeships and traineeships and part time options.
· The ongoing State Training Board's Responsive Trade Training working group established to examine ways of incorporating flexible training and delivery. The working group were instrumental in the commencement of pilot programs in Carpentry and Joinery, Electrotechnology, Telecommunications (Data and Voice Communications) and Hospitality.
· The continuation of the preparatory pre-apprenticeship program which provides an integration of study and work experience and can lead to a shortened term of trade based apprenticeships.
· The Youth Skills Initiative which provides funding for individuals to achieve their first qualification through a traineeship pathway. This continuing initiative targets 15?24 year olds who do not have a formal qualification and who have been employed for more than three months full time or 12 months part time.
· The ongoing incentive for employers to take on apprentices and trainees by exempting them from payroll tax for wages of apprentices and trainees.
· The continued rebate on workers' compensation premiums for first year Certificate III and above apprentices and trainees provides an option to reduce the employers' costs of taking on apprentices and trainees.
· Continuation of incentives such as the WA Training Awards that recognises outstanding achievements of apprentices and trainees and the contribution to training made by trainers, training organisations and employers.
· The revised Aboriginal School Based Training program which provides Aboriginal students in Western Australia with the opportunity to gain skills and training in school and to achieve a nationally recognised qualification. The revised program provides for an institutional pathway for Year 10 students leading to either an institutional or a school based traineeship pathway in Years 11 and 12.
· The expansion of the Travel and Accommodation Allowance Policy 2012 which provide financial support for apprentices, trainees, employers to include assistance to training providers who need to travel to deliver training.
· Training in the home region for first year apprentices through local and metropolitan training provider partnerships. This removes the impediment of long distance travel for first year regional apprentices and increases their chance of completing the apprenticeship.
· ApprentiCentre support and assistance will continue to be provided to employers, apprentices and trainees to increase training and achieve successful outcomes.
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