Common use of RTO Training Clause in Contracts

RTO Training. 19.8.1 The employer will release the apprentice to attend a Registered Training Organisation (RTO) during ordinary hours of work for the purposes of undertaking the off the job component of the apprenticeship without loss of pay (including fares and travel time allowances). 19.8.2 Apprentices will be paid all wages and allowances as specified by this Agreement for time spent attending at an RTO in the course of their apprenticeship. All time spent attending the RTO in the course of the apprenticeship will count as time served for all purposes of the Agreement. 19.8.3 If an apprentice is required to attend an RTO on the day of an RDO or on Picnic Day, the apprentice will be entitled to a substitute day to be taken at a time agreed to by the employer and the apprentice. Overtime rates will not apply.