Establishment and Variation of Apprenticeships
The
Vocational Education and Training Act 1996 (VET Act) allows the Minister for Training and Workforce Development to establish or vary apprenticeships or traineeships based on the advice from the State Training Board. The Board, via its Establishment and Variation of Apprenticeships Committee (EVAC) make recommendations following consultation with industry Training Councils, including employer groups and unions. The EVAC makes recommendations to the Minister on whether the VET qualification will be available exclusively under a training contract or not, and also whether other conditions and requirements should apply, such as:
• part-time or full-time arrangements;
• school-based training arrangements; and
• length of nominal duration.
In determining whether a qualification will be available under a training contract or not, qualifications will be placed into the following three classes:
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Class A qualifications must only be delivered when an employer and apprentice/trainee have
entered into a training contract.
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Class B qualifications may be delivered when an employer and apprentice/trainee have entered into
a training contract AND may be delivered through an institutional pathway where no training contract
is required.
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Class C qualifications cannot be delivered under a training contract, i.e. all qualifications not
classified as A or B.
The process for the establishment or variation of apprenticeships and traineeships is described in the State Training Board’s
Guidelines for the Establishment and Variation of Apprenticeships.
Public Register of Apprenticeships and Traineeships Qualifications
All prescribed VET qualifications are now classified acccording to the mode of training delivery.
To access the Public Register of Class A qualifications
click here
To access the Public Register of Class B qualifications
click here
Penalties
Penalties may apply if the delivery of qualification requirements are not met.
Lodging Notices of Intent
All 'Notices of Intent' to propose the establishment or variation of a VET qualification should be lodged with:
Attention: Office of the State Training Board
Department of Training and Workforce Development
Locked Bag 16
Osborne Park Delivery Centre WA 6916
Email:
ostb@dtwd.wa.gov.au
For
Completed Proposals click
here
Current Proposals for establishment and Variation of Apprenticeships