Welcome

Welcome to Rural Skills Australia’s Rural Apprentice Recruitment Resource.

An interest in recruiting an Australian Apprentice probably means that you are considering hiring staff, and very likely, you would like someone who can be trained specifically for your business.

Primary producers should be aware that there are no impediments to family members being engaged as Australian Apprentices, providing an employer/employee relationship exists. Opportunities exist for primary producers to employ sons, daughters, nieces, nephews, grandsons and granddaughters in these positions, with access where eligible to incentives and related assistance measures.

Employers seek workers who are loyal, enthusiastic and capable, and hiring an Australian Apprentice is an excellent way to develop these qualities in an employee.

This site takes you through the process of identifying the benefits as well as the responsibilities, the recruiting and induction process, and retention of an apprentice.

It will also function as a handy reference for legal information, and provide or tips for supervising and handling HR and OH&S issues.

Please note that this resource does not provide business tools to determine whether or not you should hire, but simply aims to help to facilitate the process of employing an Australian Apprentice.

Individuals are advised to take relevant financial or accounting advice before making any decisions about hiring employees in their business.

NOTE: Australian Apprenticeships includes both apprenticeships and traineeships and where the word apprentice is used in lower case throughout this website it encompasses both apprenticeships and traineeships.

IMPORTANT: To be eligible to be engaged as an Australian Apprentice an applicant must be an Australian Citizen by birth, or possess a Certificate of Australian Citizenship or have been granted permanent residency status or be a New Zealand passport holder who has been resident in Australia for six months or more.

This project is funded under the  Australian Government’s Industry  Training Strategies Program,  administered by the Department of  Education, Employment and  Workplace Relations.

Disclaimer
This product is made available for information purposes only. Rural Skills Australia will not accept responsibility or liability for the accuracy or authenticity of the contents of this product. The information is provided on the basis that persons using the product undertake responsibility for assessing the relevance and accuracy of its content. The availability of specific rural Australian Apprenticeships across States and Territories will be dependent upon traineeship and apprenticeships pathways being approved within individual jurisdictions.

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