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Kickstart Success Leads to Extension

The Government has announced the introduction of the Apprentice Kickstart Extension to encourage businesses to employ young Australian Apprentices.

The incentive is designed to extend the highly successful Apprentice Kickstart program for another six months and maintain the increase of young people in skills shortage occupations as the Australian economy recovers from the global recession.

Under the new incentive, employers who are small to medium enterprises (employ less than 200 people) who employ a young Australian Apprentice, aged 19 years or under, to undertake a Certificate III or IV level qualification that leads to a skills shortage occupation are eligible for an extra $3,350.

Occupations in national skills shortage are those listed on the National Skills Needs List.

The incentive will be available from 12th May until 12th November 2010.

The Apprentice Kickstart Extension is an additional incentive to other payments available under the Australian Apprenticeships Incentive Program.

BUSY is proud to support the 2010 Queensland Training Awards

Congratulations to the top employers, apprentices, trainees and vocational students across the state who have been announced as state finalists for the 2010 Queensland Training Awards. Employers, organisations and students will compete for the state title at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre on Friday 10 September 2010.

BUSY would like to wish all of them the best of luck. Keep up the great work.