School-Based Apprenticeships and Traineeships
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Frequently Asked Questions about SBATs
What are School Based Apprenticeships and Traineeships?
What are the benefits to my organisation of taking on an apprentice or trainee?
What types of School Based Apprenticeships and Traineeships are available?
How can Career Links assist you with a SBAT?
What incentives are there from the government?
How are the students selected?
What are the pay rates for trainees and apprentices?
What are the Apprenticeships/Traineeships insurance requirements?
Interested and want to get involved?
What are School Based Apprenticeships and Traineeships?
School Based Apprenticeships and Traineeships allow students in Years 11 and 12 to combine paid part time work and formal training to receive a nationally recognised industry qualification whilst studying for their Higher School Certificate at school.
School Based Apprenticeships start at the end of Year 10 and are completed over 5 years. School Based Traineeships are completed over 2 years, starting at the end of Year 10 and continuing until the end of Year 12. School Based Apprentices and Trainees are required to complete a minimum 100 days of work throughout the Training Contract. This works out as approximately one day per week on the job over the course of years 11 and 12. Note: For traineeships in plumbing, electrotechnology and bricklaying, the minimum number of days on the job will be greater than 100.
School Based Apprenticeships and Traineeships are recognised and administered in NSW under the Apprenticeship and Traineeship legislation.
All SBATs include the following:
* Paid employment
* A Training Contract signed and registered by the NSW Department of Education.
* A Training Plan from the Registered Training Organisation leading to a national qualification.
What are the benefits to my organisation of taking on an apprentice or trainee?
* An opportunity to employ and train a young person on a part time basis while they are still at school and prepare them for a career in your industry.
* A low cost effective way to meet specific needs of your business and ensuring future industry skill requirements are being addressed.
* Providing a vital contribution to economic, social and corporate needs of the region.
* Demonstrating best practice in training practices in your industry.
* Students are keen and interested to participate as they undertake a recruitment and selection process that requires them to demonstrate their commitment and motivation to take up a School Based Apprenticeship or Traineeship.
* Financial assistance is available to help meet the cost of taking on a School Based Apprentice or Trainee. For more information on employer incentives click here
What types of School Based Apprenticeships and Traineeships are available?
There are a variety of School Based Apprenticeships and Traineeships available which can be completed through school, TAFE or with an approved Private Provider.
School Based Apprenticeships are currently being undertaken in the following areas:
* Automotive*
* Beauty Therapy
* Carpentry & Joinery*
* Hairdressing
* Horticulture
* Hospitality*
* Electrotechnology*
* Metals & Engineering*
* Plumbing
* denotes an Industry Curriculum Framework Course (ICF). An optional HSC exam in these courses is available to contribute to the University Admissions Index (UAI).
School Based Traineeships are currently being undertaken in the following areas:
# Aeroskills
# Aged Care Work
# Animal Care & Management
# Automotive
# Beauty
# Business
# Care Support Services - for Aboriginal People
# Caravan Operations
# Community Pharmacy
# Community Services Work
# Conservation & Land Management
# Construction
# Electrotechnology
# Engineering
# Entertainment
# Fashion Technology
# Financial Services
# Floristry
# Food Processing
# Forestry
# Furnishing
# Health Services
# Horticulture
# Hospitality Operations
# Information Technology
# Laboratory Operations
# Local Government
# Meat processing
# Multimedia
# Out of Hours School Care
# Plumbing
# Printing & Graphic Arts
# Process Manufacturing
# Property Services
# Retail
# Rural Skills
# Sport & Recreation
# Telecommunications
# Tourism Operations
# Transport & Distribution
Click here for more information about SBATs
How can Career Links assist you with an SBAT?
Career Links will:
* Assist with recruitment and advertising of positions within schools.
* Provide assistance to organise applications and advise of interview details.
* Coordinate the contractual requirements e.g. contract and training plan.
* Be a point of contact for employers, students and parents.
* Support the pastoral care of the student.
What incentives are there from the government?
Incentives are available to employers to help meet the cost of taking on a School Based Apprentice or Trainee.
Click here for more information on employer incentives.
How are the students selected?
Students may be selected by application, competitive cull (involving an industry representative), interview with potential employer and/or a trial work experience.
What are the pay rates for trainees and apprentices?
Refer to the Department of Industrial Relations for award pay rates for apprentices or trainees in your industry.
What are the Apprenticeships/Traineeships insurance requirements?
All insurance requirements for apprentices/trainees are the same as for your other employees.
Interested and want to get involved?
For more information about School Based Apprenticeships and Traineeships visit http://www.sbatinnsw.info/
Call Career Links on 02 4956 8468 and speak to one of the Programme Coordinators.
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