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Initiatives targeting Recommendation 23Western AustraliaVET In Schools New Apprenticeships - 300 school-based traineeships
Target group: Post compulsory students Coverage: State wide Timeframe: Ongoing Responsible Agency: Department of Education Website: www.eddept.wa.edu.au Apprenticeship and Traineeship Support Network The network provides support to employers, apprentices and trainees. The support services include advice on the rights and obligations of apprentices and trainees, the available training options and general administration. Target group: Employers, apprentices and trainees Coverage: State wide Timeframe: Ongoing Responsible agency: Department of Training Website: www.training.wa.gov.au GetAccess is an interactive website for Western Australians seeking career, employment and training related information and services. Target group: All age groups and youth specifically Coverage: State wide Timeframe: Ongoing Responsible agency: Department of Training Website: www.training.wa.gov.au Career caravan is a mobile service with a resource supervisor/career counsellor providing career counselling and information services. Target group: Youth, Teachers, parents, mature aged and general community Coverage: South Metropolitan region Timeframe: 2002 Responsible agency: Department of Training Website: www.training.wa.gov.au This initiative aims at using government procurement and contracting policy to increase the training and employment opportunities for young Western Australian job seekers. Target group: Any age, but young people specifically Coverage: State wide Timeframe: Ongoing Responsible agency: Department of Training Website: www.training.wa.gov.au Jobworks aims to provide employment through enterprise-tailored training for young people who experience difficulty in accessing mainstream employment and training services. Target group: Youth at risk Coverage: State wide Timeframe: 2002 Responsible agency: Department of Training Website: www.training.wa.gov.au The centre offers advice and printed material on career planning and employment services. The Job Search Guide program also provides career guidance in January each year from the centre. Target group: School leavers Coverage: Perth Metropolitan Timeframe: Ongoing Responsible agency: Department of Training The New Apprenticeships Access Program (NAAP) The NAAP program provides job seekers who experience barriers to skilled employment, with pre-vocational training, assistance to obtain and maintain a New Apprenticeship and other forms of assistance. Target group: Disadvantaged youth Coverage: State wide Timeframe: Ongoing Responsible agency: Department of Training Website: www.training.wa.gov.au Group Training Schemes provide a system whereby apprentices and trainees are indentured/registered to a central body and placed with host employers on a rotational basis to provide workplace-training experience. Target group: Employers, apprentices and trainees Coverage: State wide Timeframe: Ongoing Responsible agency: Department of Training Website: www.training.wa.gov.au |
