Whether you’re looking to grow your team or give back to the industry, taking on an apprentice is one of the most rewarding ways to build capability in your business and contribute to the future of the trades.
Taking on an apprentice can be a rewarding experience for your business. It allows you to recruit employees who are keen to work and make a positive impact on your business. You get to shape them to suit your business, which will benefit you during and beyond their training.
The on-job learning is designed to take place as your apprentice carries out dayto-day work in your business. As the employer, you are responsible for passing on your skills and knowledge, training your apprentice, and assessing them along the way.
For the off-job learning, your apprentice will need to attend regular classes at a training provider. Depending on where you are, there can be different options, including night classes, day classes, block courses, and distance (correspondence) learning
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Do you have someone in your business who can do the training? The closer they work with the apprentice, the better.
It could be you, a foreman/supervisor, or another employee who is keen to develop their skills and help train apprentices.
Apprentices need to attend regular off job training requiring time off work. As an employer this may affect your workload while the apprentice is away and you’ll need to plan for it.
Your apprentice will be able to tell you when they are required for training. Most employers pay the apprentice their wages when they are attending daytime courses.
To assess on-job skills, you need to be a registered assessor.
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You will need to provide your apprentice with enough variety of work so they can learn the skills and experience needed to complete their apprenticeship.
If you don’t have enough, have a plan to help your apprentice get that experience elsewhere. This is quite common and electrical apprentices are often swapped or loaned out to help complete their apprenticeship.
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