If you're a bricklayer, welder, carpenter, electrician, plumber, tiler, painter or plasterer you'll benefit financially from employing a new apprentice. The Australian Government has announced the Construction Kickstart initiative to support businesses who employ a new apprentice with an $3,350 bonus payment.

At BUSY, we've put together a few scenarios so you can see how much your business can benefit from employing a new apprentice.

It's only available to small and medium sized businesses in selected building and construction fields who take on a new apprentice between December 1, 2012 and February 28, 2013.

On Monday 5 November the Queensland Government Skills and Training Taskforce delivered its final report providing independent advice and recommendations to reform and revamp the operations and outcomes of Queensland’s vocational, education and training (VET) sector.

Recommendations included a new industry-led Queensland Skills Commission, a new funding model, a revised TAFE Queensland and a reform of Queensland’s apprenticeship system. The Government says it is looking at ways to rationalise the system and address the lack of skilled workers.

BUSY At Work Recruitment Solutions has taken out two major awards at the annual Careers MultiList Awards for 2012.  BUSY’s recruitment consultant Penny Berglin took home ‘Consultant of the Year’ and the organisation was additionally awarded with the ‘Top Biller as an Agency’ award.

The Queensland Training Ombudsman’s Office closed on 31 October 2012 following a decision by the Government to reduce duplication of services and costs. Complaints by apprentices, trainees and their employers will instead be made to the Department of Education, Training and Employment, the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (QCAT) or the Queensland Industrial Relations Commission (QIRC).

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