Student Guide - Find a Job / Employer
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Step 1 - Apprenticeship or Traineeship ?
Before choosing a school-based apprenticeship or traineeship you should think about:
- The type of environment you would like to work in (eg. office, outdoors)
- Things that interest you
- Types of school-based apprenticeships / traineeships available
- The skills you would like to learn
- The subjects you could study at school to complement your Australian Apprenticeship
- Who you can talk to in the area that interests you, find out the positives / negatives
Most apprenticeships and traineeships have been approved for school-based arrangements. A full list of all apprenticeships and traineeships is currently available on the Queensland Training Information Service website.
Step 2 - Find an Employer
Once you have decided which apprenticeship or traineeship you want to do, you will need to find an employer who will give you a job so you can earn while you learn. You can do this by:
- Contacting a Job Network member (such as Sarina Russo Job Access on 131 559)
- Contacting employers directly - either in person or through a letter
- Applying for jobs advertised in the newspaper
- Search the internet - try visiting websites such as www.jobsearch.gov.au and www.seek.com.au
- Using your personal networks - talk to family and friends to see if they know anyone who could employ you as an apprentice or trainee.
Step 3 - Choose a Training Provider
Your employer has the choice of Supervising Registered Training Organisation who will deliver your formal off-the-job training component of your Australian School-based Apprenticeship. Training providers will work with you and your employer to help develop a training plan, deliver training, assess your achievement of skills, and issue the qualification on successful completion of your apprenticeship or traineeship. Training providers may be TAFE institutes or training colleges. Each training provider offers different ways of training apprentices and trainees. You and your employer should shop around for the right one to suit both your needs. For a list of training providers relevant to your chosen apprenticeship or traineeship, contact us or telephone the Queensland Department of Employment and Training on 1300 369 935.
Step 4 - Complete the Paperwork
A training contract is a legally binding document signed by you, as the apprentice or trainee, and your employer. It is an agreement to work and train together for a length of time. A training plan is also required to be developed to make sure you learn new skills. The training plan sets out what you will learn, where you learn it, how often you will be trained, and how and when you will be assessed. It is designed by you, your employer and your training provider. Your school will also help organise your training to fit in with your work and school timetable. We can help you by:
- Provide information on apprenticeships / traineeships
- Help to complete and lodge the training contract
- Provide advice on eligibility for financial assistance
- Help lodge claims for financial assistance
- Make regular visits to your workplace and check progress of training
- Provide induction information
- Provide a regular list of vacancies to your VET Coordinator / Guidence Counsellor
Step 5 - Probation Period
Probation is a period of time when an apprentice or trainee works and trains with their employer before each decides whether to continue with the apprenticeship or traineeship. Probation usually last 90 days for an apprenticeship and 30 days for a traineeship. Before the end of probation, you and your employer must both decide whether you want to continue with the apprenticeship or traineeship and complete the training contract. If you both decide to continue, you and your employer agree to work together for the length of the training contract. If you both decide to continue, you and your employer agree to work together until the qualification has been completed.
Sarina Russo Job Access (Australia) Pty Ltd trading as Sarina Russo Apprenticeship Services is an Australian Apprenticeships Centre contracted by the
Australian Government as represented by the Department of Education, Science and Training to provide Australian Apprenticeships Support Services to employers
and Australian Apprentices. Sarina Russo Apprenticeship Services is one of a number of Australian Apprenticeships Centres in Victoria. This website does not
represent the Australian Government. If you wish to access information about Australian Apprenticeships from the Australian Government, you should access the
website: www.AustralianApprenticeships.gov.au.