Plastic & Engineering Apprenticeships

Indentured trade qualifications require some training time at PARTEC each year over three years, but experienced students can take a “fast-track” program. Apprenticeships are available in a number of specialities at PARTEC:

Employer Incentive: Injecting Apprentices into the Industry

The Australian Apprenticeships Incentives Programme since 1 July 2015!
Great news for plastics industry employers who wish to hire an apprentice. Employers welcome reinstatement of eligibility of apprenticeships for the workplace.

Employers can access a $4,000 cash incentive to employ an apprentice.

Here is a brief look at the incentives program

The following is the information relevant to the plastics industry trades, which now come under the Government category of “Non-NSNL non priority occupations”.

An employer can apply for the ‘New Worker’ Commencement Incentive, valued at $1,500, for an apprentice commencing a Certificate III Apprenticeship.
On successful completion, the employer can apply for a further $2,500, under the ‘New Worker’ Completion Incentive.
A ‘New Worker’ is someone who has been employed with you for less than three months full-time,
or 12 months part-time equivalent, prior to becoming an apprentice.

Further information is available at the Australian Apprenticeships website, including the full Australian Apprenticeships Incentives

Programme Summary (49.58KB Word Doc)

Employer Incentive: Apprentice Rebate for Payroll Tax

This additional incentive specifically benefits employers that exceed the Payroll Tax Threshold of $1.1 million in annual Australian taxable wages.

For further information and calculations for this rebate, visit the Queensland Government Business and Industry Portal.