Some interesting 'below the fold' #budget details around #apprenticeships.

As always, the good news is there to help the less good news go down more smoothly. 100% funding for non-levy paying employers with apprentices under 25 is a great thing (both for the small employers who benefit and to curb large levy-paying firms claims of 'creating apprenticeships' simply by not spending their levy and offering it for transfer instead).
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Call for more support for regional apprentices facing city cost barriers
By Duncan Bailey

Regional apprentices are out of pocket for frequent travel and accommodation costs to attend city-based TAFE studies.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-26/regional-sa-apprentices-travel-accommodation-costs-tafe/106044280

#Apprenticeships #CostofLiving #LabourMarket #RegionalCommunities #GovernmentFunding #EducationandTrainingIndustry #VocationalEducationandTraining #DuncanBailey

Women could be future of construction but 'industry is not designed' for them
By Victoria Pengilley

Experts say unlocking flexible hours, gender diversity and migrant workers could help Australia meet its housing targets.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-24/nsw-women-builders-flexible-construction-jobs-delays/105921604

#Apprenticeships #HousingConstructionIndustry #Retraining #EducationandTrainingIndustry #Women #ParentalLeave #Careers #VictoriaPengilley

Small businesses say taking on apprentices a financial challenge
By Stephen Clarke

The Queensland government has announced a pilot program which would subsidies the wages of about 7 per cent of the state's apprentices if taken on by eligible businesses.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-24/queensland-apprentices-funding-but-industry-warns-more-needed/105927430

#Apprenticeships #StateandTerritoryGovernment #SmallBusinesses #StephenClarke

#Education #ShowerThought I've been going through the new Post-16 education and skills whitepaper and for all the potentially intelligent analysis I could offer I'm just left thinking, 'with all the recent coverage introducing 'V Levels' so that folk are encouraged to think about 'V-A-T Levels', seems like a bit of a marketing mis-step?!'

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/68f518ee06e6515f7914c7ce/Post-16_Education_and_Skills_white_paper_Accessible_Version.pdf

#Skills #Apprenticeships #HigherEducation #FurtherEducation #Government #UK #Training

Electrical apprentices exposed to potentially deadly shocks on the job
By Melanie Vujkovic and Bronwyn Herbert

One in eight electrical apprentices are being exposed to potentially deadly shocks at work, as the industry struggles with worker shortages, inadequate support and delays in training.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-22/electrical-apprentices-shocked-on-the-job-after-training-delays/105894046

#Apprenticeships #Work #ConstructionandRealEstateIndustry #GovernmentFunding #MelanieVujkovic #BronwynHerbert

Franchisee's holiday leads to trainee ban amid safety concerns
By Sarah Mullins and Jordanna Schriever

An Ultra Tune franchisee who left two apprentices unsupervised while he holidayed interstate has been indefinitely prohibited from having trainees over supervision concerns.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-16/ultra-tune-franchisee-banned-from-apprentices/105898582

#Apprenticeships #EducationandTrainingIndustry #BusinessandIndustryRegulation #Work #SarahMullins #JordannaSchriever

Want #apprenticeships aligned with real industry needs?

University Academy 92 combines academic learning with employer-led training. A group of 20 #DevOps apprentices sat the @LPI #LinuxEssentials exam and all passed!

Read more 👉 https://lpi.org/tx5o

#LPI #Linux #apprenticeship #FOSS #opensource #LearnLinux #LinuxCertifications #OldTrafford #UA92