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Information For Employers

What is the process for signing up a trainee?

When you have found a person who wants to become a trainee, you should contact a New Apprenticeship Centre (NAC). These centres:

  • Link the relevant Government authorities with yourself and your employee.
  • Administer paperwork such as the ‘training contract’ and ‘incentive claims’.

A list of your local NAC’s is available from either:

1800 639 629 or http://www.newapprenticeships.gov.au/locationsearch/NACSearch.asp

Alternatively you could take on a trainee that is employed through a Group Training Company. These companies:

  • Act as the trainees legal employer, and is responsible for paying wages, superannuation & work cover.
  • Place the trainee with ‘host employers’ who are the Racehorse Trainers.
  • The host employer pays a leasing fee to the Group Training Company for your services.
  • It also allows the trainee to change workplaces if necessary as your official employer stays the same.

A list of Group Training Companies in Queensland is available from:

http://www.gtaltd.com.au/

Once you have contacted a suitable NAC or a Group Training Company in your area a representative will visit and perform an official ‘sign-up’ in which you and your employee enter into a training contract.

The representative will then let us (Queensland Racing) know that there is a new trainee ready to begin training. We will contact you and your employee shortly after to discuss their training.

Some traineeships require student fees to be paid; details of these fees will be explained during the ‘sign-up’. Tuition and service fees are always payable by the trainee; however you and your employee may come to an arrangement regarding the fees.

Government funding (to Queensland Racing) and employer incentives are provided through the Department of Employment and Training for the 1st Traineeship only except school based traineeships. If the person has already completed a traineeship and wishes to complete another traineeship full fees may apply.

Further information for employers can be accessed through the Department of Employment and Training website

http://www.trainandemploy.qld.gov.au/client/for_business_and_employers/index.html