State Training Services provides employers, apprentices and trainees, training organisations and support agencies with information and advice on starting, maintaining and completing an apprenticeship or traineeship.
On this site you will find information and advice on the rules and regulations, roles and responsibilities, financial assistance, training courses and the latest information on new and amended apprenticeships and traineeships. You will also find links to other sites for related topics such as wages, licensing, skills recognition etc.
News
- Re-employing Apprentices and Trainees during the economic downturn 18 March 2009
Are you an apprentice or trainee who has lost a job because of the economic downturn?
Are you an employer who can employ an apprentice or trainee who has become unemployed because of the economic downturn?The Continuing Apprentices Placement Service (CAPS) has been set up to help employers connect with these unemployed apprentices and trainees. For more information click the links above.
- Ben Chifley Scholarship 20 January 2009
The Ben Chifley Scholarship is a new NSW Government scholarship program for apprentices in country NSW who are struggling to make ends meet.
In 2009, the Premier will select 30 apprentices across first, second and third year who will each receive $5,000 each year for the first three years of their apprenticeship. More...
Latest Commissioners Information Bulletins
- Financial Services - new traineeship vocations 15/05/09
- Food processing - Vocational Training Order variation 08/05/09
- Pharmaceutical Manufacturing - new traineeship vocation 08/05/09
- Beauty Services - new traineeship vocations 09/04/09
- Beauty Therapy - Vocational Training Order variation 09/04/09
- Spatial Information Services - new traineeship vocation 06/04/09
- Screen and Media - new traineeship vocations 6/03/09
- Blinds and Awnings and Security Screens and Grills - new vocations 3/03/09
- Floor Technology - new vocations 3/03/09
- Civil Construction - new trade vocations 13/02/09
Updates
- June 2009 - Apprenticeships & Traineeships Approval Reports 03/07/09
- Transition Arrangements for Training Package Qualifications under Apprenticeship and Traineeship Arrangements19/05/09
- Security Operations Traineeships - Advice and Instructions 04/05/09
- Credit towards automotive trade apprenticeships - A vocational training guideline 01/05/09
- Minimum age for Children's Services trainees 30/04/09
- Nominal term for hospitality apprentices 20/01/09
- Licensing exemptions for apprentices and trainees who carry out security activities 16/01/09
