Employer Information - ASbAs

How an Australian School-based Apprentice can work for you!

If you are considering employing a first year Apprentice, then you should think about taking on Two Australian School-based Apprentices (ASbAs) from the Australian Trade College North Brisbane. Our student-apprentices work on a four week rotational basis which means that you always have a first year ASbA at work - they attend College for four weeks then work with their employer for four weeks.

The Australian Trade College North Brisbane provides a large number of Australian School-based Apprenticeships each year to industry in Carpentry, Electrotechnology, Fabrication, Fitting, Automotive, Cabinet Making, Bricklaying and Commercial Cookery.

For the first 18 months, as a School-based Apprentice, we offer off-the-job training at no cost to employers. We can then provide their training as 3rd and 4th year apprentices as well. Most employers employ 2 student-apprentices back-to-back so that they always have an apprentice at the worksite.

There are a number of advantages in employing two of our student-apprentices:

• You have a first year student-apprentice 52 weeks of the year.
• You need a ratio of one tradesman to each student-apprentice.
• You receive double the employer incentive payments for employing two student-apprentices.
• You have until the end of Year 12 to decide whether to take one or both student-apprentices ensuring consistently high work performances from both student-apprentices.
• On College rotations, approximately 50% of each student-apprentice's time is undertaken in the practical and theory areas of the trade.
• A higher level of College support is provided than is usual for traditional Registered Training Organisations by Workplace Assessors.
• Off-the-job training is currently about 550 hours over Years 11 and 12.

During the first 16 weeks of Year 11, our student-apprentices are prepared for the workplace by completing a prevocational program where they undertake:

• Certificate II in Workplace Practices.
• A week of Structured Workplace Learning.
• Competencies from the Certificate II in Outdoor Recreation (Pindari Camp-Personal Development).
• Construction white Card Training (Safety Induction).
• Senior First Aid Training.
• Safety Training - Trade related.
• Trade Training - approximately 15 hours per week .

The College is happy to provide a tour of our facilities.

For more information: employers@tradecollege.com.au