Common use of Government Funded Traineeships and Apprenticeships Clause in Contracts

Government Funded Traineeships and Apprenticeships. AT A GLANCE 21.5.1 The objective of this clause is to assist in the establishment of a system of traineeships which provides approved training in conjunction with employment in order to enhance the skill levels and future employment prospects of trainees. 21.5.2 The system is neither designed nor intended for those who are already trained and job ready. 21.5.3 Nothing in this sub-clause shall be taken to replace the prescription of training requirements for all other employees bound by this Agreement. 21.5.4 Except as in hereinafter provided, all other terms and conditions of this Agreement shall apply. 21.5.5 This sub-clause shall apply to apprentices and trainees engaged to undertake an apprenticeship or traineeship which is a system of training approved by the relevant state training authority.The apprentice and trainee and Council shall be bound by a training agreement made in accordance with this Agreement and shall not operate unless this condition is met. 21.5.6 An apprenticeship and traineeship shall not commence until the relevant apprenticeship and traineeship agreement has been registered with the relevant state training authority. 21.5.7 An apprentice or trainee shall attend an approved training course or training program prescribed in the training agreement or as notified to the apprentice and trainee by the relevant state training authority in accredited and relevant apprenticeship and traineeship schemes. 21.5.8 Council shall ensure that the apprentice or trainee is permitted to undertake the training course or program provided for in the apprenticeship traineeship agreement and shall ensure that the trainee receives the appropriate on-the-job training in accordance with the apprenticeship or traineeship agreement. 21.5.9 Council shall provide a level of supervision in accordance with the apprenticeship or traineeship agreement during the apprenticeship/traineeship period. 21.5.10 Training shall be directed at: 21.5.10.1 the achievement of key competencies required for successful participation in the workplace; and/or 21.5.10.2 the achievement of competencies required for successful participation in an industry. 21.5.11 Apprentices and trainees shall only be engaged in addition to existing staff positions and employment levels. 21.5.12 The provisions of sub-clause 21.5.11 do not apply to the engagement of Indigenous trainees. 21.5.13 An apprentice or trainee shall be engaged on a full-time basis for the period of at least 12 months. By agreement in writing, and with the consent of the relevant state training authority, Council and the apprentice or trainee may vary the duration of the traineeship and the extent of approved training provided that any agreement to vary is in accordance with the relevant apprenticeship or traineeship scheme. 21.5.14 Where the apprentice or trainee completes the qualification in the apprentice or traineeship agreement earlier than the time specified in the apprentice or traineeship agreement, then the traineeship may be concluded by mutual agreement. 21.5.15 Council shall not terminate the apprentice’s or trainee's service without providing written notice of termination in accordance with the training agreement and subsequently to the relevant state training authority as appropriate. 21.5.16 Where Council chooses not to continue the employment of an apprentice or trainee upon the completion of the apprenticeship or traineeship, it shall notify the relevant state training authority as appropriate, of its decision. 21.5.17 An apprentice or trainee who fails to complete the apprenticeship or traineeship or who cannot for any reason be placed in full-time employment with Council on the successful completion of the traineeship shall not be entitled to any severance payments payable pursuant to termination, change or redundancy provisions or provisions similar thereto. 21.5.18 Where the employment of an apprentice or trainee by Council is continued after the completion of the apprenticeship or traineeship period, such apprenticeship or traineeship period shall be counted as service with the employer for the purposes of this Agreement or any other legislative entitlements. 21.5.19 Wages 21.5.19.1 the weekly amount of pay payable to apprentices and trainees shall be as provided in Table 1 of Part B, Traineeship Rates, of the Local Government (State) Award 2020 (NSW). 21.5.19.2 The apprentice and trainee wage rates contained in this Agreement are minimum rates and shall only apply to apprentices and trainees while they are undertaking an approved apprenticeship or traineeship, which includes approved training as prescribed above.