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Australian Apprenticeships* are a great way to get a head start in a chosen career or to retrain for the career you have always wanted. They combine practical experience with structured training that leads to the completion of a nationally recognised qualification. Australian Apprenticeships are available in a variety of qualification levels, in more than 500 occupations across Australia, in traditional trades as well as a diverse range of emerging careers in most sectors of business and industry. Your apprenticeship or traineeship will involve both on the job and off the job training, all while you are being paid.

The Apprentice & Traineeship Co. is a Group Training Organisation (GTO) which recruits and employs apprentices and trainees, and hires them out to business, called Host Employers, throughout the Midwest and Gascoyne regions while they undertake their training.

So what are the beneifts of being an Apprentice or Trainee?

• Earn while you learn!
• Government Incentives, including Disability Wage Support, Support for Mid Career Apprentices, Tools for Your Trade, Commonwealth Trade Learning Scholarships, Apprenticeship Wage Top-Ups, Training Vouchers and Living Away from Home Allowance
• Gain a nationally recognised trade certificate and internationally recognised qualification
• Build a great future
• Potential to be your own boss
• Large earning potential once you are a qualified tradesman

So why go through the Apprentice & Traineeship Co.?

• The security of continuous employment and training
• We do all the paperwork!
• You are assigned a Field Officer to support you with any work, safety or TAFE issues for the duration of your apprenticeship or traineeship
• Support of ATC Admin staff - pay, superannuation, worker's comp, purchase orders and more!
• Field Officers conduct safety checks on all Host Employers before you commence work and throughout your apprenticeship or traineeship

If you want to hear first hand accounts about doing an apprenticeship or traineeship, check out the podcasts on the Group Training Australia (GTA) website below:

PODCASTS 

* The term 'Australian Apprenticeships' refers to both apprenticeships AND traineeships in Australia

Page updated 14th July 2010