School Based New Apprenticeships SBNAs

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School Based New Apprenticeships (SBNAs)
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Overview

• Origin and Background
• Today
• Removing the Barriers
• Australian Technical Colleges
• New Apprenticeships Support Services
• Other Australian Government Initiatives

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Origin and Background of SBNAs

• 1997 MCEETYA endorsed the Principles and
  Framework for New Apprenticeships for School
  Students
• This underpinned the ANTA National Guidelines for
  School-Based New Apprenticeships

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School-Based New Apprenticeships Today In Brief
Source National Centre for Vocational Education
Research (NCVER), September 2005
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School-Based New Apprenticeships Today In Brief
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Removing the Barriers

• COAG agreed to remove barriers to school-based
  New Apprenticeships
• regulatory and education barriers and
• industrial barriers.
• Work Choices Legislation
• Australian Fair Pay Commission to set minimum
  training wages

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Australian Technical Colleges

• 343.6 million to establish 25 Australian
  Technical Colleges in 24 regions that will
• strengthen Australias vocational and technical
  education system
• assist in meeting local area skills needs
• promote pride and excellence in the acquisition
  of trade skills among young Australians

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Australian Technical Colleges

• Industry led
• College must be a school
• Students commence SBNA in first year
• Students graduate with a year 12 certificate and
  progress towards an AQF qualification

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Australian Technical Colleges

• Priority trades
• Metal and Engineering
• Automotive
• Building and Construction
• Electrotechnology and
• Commercial Cookery.
• Operating currently in Port Macquarie,
  Gladstone, the Gold Coast and Eastern Melbourne

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Australian Technical Colleges
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New Apprenticeships Support Services (NASS) and
SBNAs

• NAC support to SBNAs and administration of New
  Apprenticeships Incentives
• New NASS contract commencing on 1 July 2006
  increased focus on SBNAs

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SBNA Employer Incentives

• Subject to eligibility criteria
• Certificate II - attract up to 3,750 in employer
  incentives
• Certificate III - attract up to 6,500 in
  employer incentives
• Some also attract the innovation New
  Apprenticeships incentive or the rural and
  regional skills incentive.
• Exemptions from Existing Worker, Prior
  Qualifications and Prior Incentives Rules

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Other Australian Government Initiatives

• Tools For Your Trade
• Commonwealth Trade Learning Scholarship
• Careers Advice Australia - Local Community
  Partnerships
• Australian Vocational Student Prize
• Prime Ministers Award for Skills Excellence

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Other Australian Government Initiatives

• Group Training in the Trades Programme
• Targeted Initiatives Programme

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