Apprenticeship News

The Queensland government has shown its support for the female workforce, launching a new scholarship scheme to encourage more women into male dominated industries.

Minister for tertiary education Chris Evans has revealed Australia will need an increasingly skilled workforce as significant economic changes transform the nation’s employment landscape.

The minister for skills, Chris Evans has applauded Australia’s trainees and apprentices, stating their importance as one of the driving forces of the nation’s economy.

Students completing electrical engineering apprenticeships in the Gold Coast will benefit from new state-of-the-art facilities.

The Queensland government has introduced reforms to overhaul the state’s vocational education and training (VET) sector – improving the way it operates.

The Queensland government has commended the state’s top 57 apprentices and trainees who have been announced as finalists in the state’s annual training awards.

Women are venturing into male dominated fields more and more in this day and age.

Australia’s lucrative mining sector is putting extreme pressure on the current workforce to meet labour demands, minister for immigration and citizenship Chris Bowen said at a conference yesterday (August 2).

The latest data released from the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) has revealed that attrition rates among Australian trainees are falling.