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What is a new employee?
A new employee is defined as a staff member who has been with your business for less than three months on a full-time basis or for less than 12 months on a casual or part-time basis.
What is an existing employee?
An existing employee is defined as a staff member who has been with your business for more than three months on a full-time basis or for more than 12 months on a casual or part-time basis.
What are my responsibilities as an employer?
You must be able to demonstrate that a suitably qualified person will be supervising the apprentice/trainee, and that the on-the-job training you will provide will enable the apprentice / trainee to become a competent worker. You must be prepared to let the apprentice/trainee attend training classes.
Under the terms of a training contract, you must:
- prepare and provide relevant training that will equip the apprentice/trainee with the skills to work at your business
- provide appropriate supervision while the apprentice / trainee is at work, and
- make sure that the apprentice/trainee is enrolled with a registered training organisation within three months of the apprentice/trainee starting work.
You must provide a safe place for the apprentice/trainee to work and show that you understand and carry out occupational health and safety practices. You must also adhere to the provisions of equal opportunity legislation and anti-discrimination legislation, and not permit apprentices/trainees to be verbally, physically or sexually harassed in the workplace.
What is a training contract?
A training contract is an agreement between you and your employer about the training conditions and the type of training you will undertake as an apprentice/trainee. It spells out who will be providing your training, and, in most cases, confirms that you and your employer have agreed that you will attend off-the-job training.
Off-the-job training must be delivered by a registered training organisation recognised by the Office of Training and Tertiary Education.
The agreement must be signed by both you and your employer.
If you are under eighteen years of age, the agreement must be signed by a parent or guardian; and if you are under fifteen, your parent or guardian must also sign a Child Employment Permit.
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