http://thumbrella.com.au/skills-shortage-sees-new-opportunities-for-working-holiday-makers-6118 Everything under the travel & hospitality umbrella Sun, 05 Sep 2010 22:42:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://thumbrella.com.au/skills-shortage-sees-new-opportunities-for-working-holiday-makers-6118#comment-1801 Macca Wed, 13 Jan 2010 06:55:42 +0000 http://thumbrella.com.au/?p=6118#comment-1801 There are a huge amount of projects that have been mothballed to get underway around the country. The skills shortage started with the closure of the Technical Schools and privatization of government departments such as power, telecommunications, water etc. The Federal Government has allocated $5 million over the coming years for apprenticeship programs. Over the years we have seen the set-up of Group Training organizations that take on apprentices in bulk, hiring them out to businesses to suit their needs, whether it be a week, 3 months or 3 years. Many apprentices are missing an opportunity as an apprentice cannot go into the workshop without the supervision of a tradesman. Could not there be a system where the tradesmen and women on a Working Holiday Visa be signed as "working buddies" for these apprentices to be trained? There are a huge amount of projects that have been mothballed to get underway around the country. The skills shortage started with the closure of the Technical Schools and privatization of government departments such as power, telecommunications, water etc.
The Federal Government has allocated $5 million over the coming years for apprenticeship programs.
Over the years we have seen the set-up of Group Training organizations that take on apprentices in bulk, hiring them out to businesses to suit their needs, whether it be a week, 3 months or 3 years.
Many apprentices are missing an opportunity as an apprentice cannot go into the workshop without the supervision of a tradesman.
Could not there be a system where the tradesmen and women on a Working Holiday Visa be signed as “working buddies” for these apprentices to be trained?

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