What's New?
The Group Training Australian Apprenticeships Targeted Initiatives Program ceased on 30 June 2011 with funding from this program being redirected to support other apprenticeship measures within the Building Australia’s Future Workforce package.
What is Group Training?
Group training is an employment and training arrangement whereby an organisation employs apprentices and trainees under an Apprenticeship/Traineeship Training Contract and places them with host employers. The Group Training Organisation undertakes the employer responsibilities for the continuity and quality of the apprentices' and trainees' employment and training. The Group Training Organisation also manages the additional care and support necessary to achieve the successful completion of the training contract.
The goals of group training are to:
- create additional Australian Apprenticeship employment opportunities that otherwise might not have existed
- provide for continuity of employment of Australian Apprentices through to the completion of their Australian Apprenticeship Training Contract, and
- improve the quality and breadth of training to Australian Apprentices, particularly in small to medium sized businesses..
A set of National Standards for Group Training Organisations has been developed to provide a framework to strengthen the capacity of Group Training Organisations to achieve their goals. The National Standards were developed in 2002 and were reviewed in 2005 to ensure that Group Training Organisations registered under the National Standards continue to provide quality service to Australian Apprentices and host employers.
Compliance with the National Standards for Group Training Organisations is mandatory for those Group Training Organisations seeking eligibility for Group Training Organisation Australian Government funding.
National Register of Group Training Organisations.
Group Training podcast interviews with Apprentices and Employers - Pathways to Success
Email: grouptraining@deewr.gov.au