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Hornery, Sonia to the
Minister for Education
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- Now that the Government has abolished the Joint Group Training Scheme, and
therefore discontinued the $150 incentive to training groups to administer and
manage apprentices at the end of this year, how will training groups afford to
provide training to apprentices ?
- (a) Will this mean an increase in fees for apprentices to undertake
training?
(b) If so, how much?
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Answer -
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- Funding to registered training organisations for the delivery of training
to apprentices and new entrant trainees has not changed and will continue as
normal. In 2011 we invested more than $270 million in training.
The
Commonwealth Government traditionally funds labour market programs and provides
extensive employment incentives for group training organisations.
In NSW
there were almost 169,000 apprentices and trainees in training in 2012. Less
than 5 per cent of these (just over 7,900) were employed by Group Training
Organisations.
- (a) and (b) The cost of fees will increase from next year and will be kept
to a minimum. Fees paid by apprentices to training providers are reviewed
annually. From 1 January 2013 apprentice fees will increase from $436 to
$478.
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Question asked on 18 September 2012 (session 55-1)
and printed in
Questions & Answers Paper No. 116
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Answer received on 23 October 2012
and printed in
Questions & Answers Paper No. 122
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