ABC Political Reporter Jade Macmillan interviews Emely Goncalves, hosted at Costa Group, about the success of her Traineeship throughout COVID-19 thanks to her mentors. Emely’s full story is featured in the Apprenticeships for Growth Report. Download the report.
‘Collaborative effort gives local apprentices a greater breadth of workplace experience’ – Gippsland Times & Maffra Spectator, Sale
LOCAL workers Thomas Lee and Marques Guedeiha are the first two beneficiaries of a collaboration between leading Gippsland employers. The duo, electrical instrumentation apprentices at Esso Australia’s Longford site, have spent a month on the tools with Sale-based Marathon Electrical, as part of a workplace rotation. The four-week work placement has helped the apprentices broaden their electrical knowledge and practical skills by increasing their exposure to residential, commercial and industrial electrical work. WPC Group apprentice and trainee manager Janine McPhee, who arranged the rotation, said it was designed to help them learn how electrical theory and practices are carried out…
Sydney is on the cusp of an emerging job boom’ – Channel 9 News
Sydney is on the cusp of an emerging job boom that can help in addressing the recession and traditional male roles. A whole new generation of lady tradies is being presented. Seven out of the ten fastest-growing fields are accessible for apprenticeships and traineeships, most of those are male-dominated jobs. A total of $1.2b in Commonwealth funding has increased incentives.
‘Report for Treasurer on eve of October budget reveals 200,000 jobs vacant due to skills shortage’ – 9 News
More than 200,000 jobs remain vacant in Australia due to a lack of skills, according to a report from the nation’s leading training group. “They’ve got skills, but they’re not the skills employers are looking for,” WPC Group CEO Andrew Sezonov said. “So we’ve got people without jobs and jobs without people. “That’s what we call the skills mismatch.” The report, which was prepared for Treasurer Josh Frydenberg on the eve of the federal budget, has been obtained exclusively by 9News and provides a roadmap for jobs growth in the short term and once the COVID-19 crisis ends. Entitled “Apprenticeships…
‘School-based apprenticeships give students the skills to get work’ – The Advertiser
Savvy students who start their trade careers before finishing high school are gaining a big advantage over other young people looking for work. By Lauren Ahwan, News Corp Australia Network. Completing a school-based apprenticeship improves the chance of finding full-time work in the years after graduation. A National Centre for Vocational Education Research report states secondary students who undertake school-based apprenticeships and traineeships are among the most likely to be in full-time permanent employment five years after finishing school. St Patrick’s Technical College apprenticeship and traineeship manager Alicea Sherrin says school-based apprenticeships allow students to gain practical skills at the…