Top Tips for Success
The following tips can help you and your apprentice or trainee get the most out of the experience.
Make sure your employee:
- Understands your expectations and their responsibilities.
- Undertakes occupational health and safety training.
- Has been informed about wages, employment conditions, hours worked, start/finish times, lunch and rest breaks, leave and entitlements.
- Has been introduced, welcomed and toured the workplace.
- Understands their role in relation to your business success.
- Has the necessary equipment to do their job.
Assign a supervisor who will:
- Provide ongoing mentoring, encouragement, support, feedback and supervision.
- Communicate clearly and effectively.
- Work closely with the training provider ensuring all competencies are met.
Provide on-the-job training ensuring:
- Your apprentice or trainee has contributed to their training plan.
- They know how and why each training competency is relevant and important.
- Time is allocated for training sessions.
- There is variety in the training regime.
- You regularly review and evaluate how the training is progressing.
