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We are often asked if we employ mature aged apprentices. The answer is yes. Here is an FAQ about being a mature aged apprentice.

Eight apprentices and trainees from across Australia have been awarded scholarship prizes under the MIGAS Mi-Scholarship Program which includes financial support and professional development funding totalling $15,000 to help set them up for their future.

The trades and occupations listed on the National Skills Needs List have been identified as areas in the Australian economy that have a national shortage of qualified tradespeople.

The Federal Court this week upheld a Fair Work Commission (FWC) decision that apprentices in Queensland should have been paid at the federal award rate and not the lower state-based award since 1 January 2014.

Anywhere there are groups of people working together then there’ll also be competing ideas, values and beliefs. And that can mean that even the most cohesive teams can still experience conflict in the workplace.

Heavy Vehicle Mechanics repair, maintain and test heavy vehicles in the automotive industry, including trucks, buses, earth moving equipment, tractors and other agricultural machinery, as well as engines and related mechanical components.

The number one skill that our host employers are always looking for in a new apprentice or trainee is an understanding of and commitment to workplace health and safety (WHS).

No matter what trade or industry you are hoping to enter, a positive attitude to WHS is essential to creating a safe and healthy learning environment as you learn your trade and work with others.

An Automotive Apprenticeship may seem a career choice without much variety. But like many things in our work lives the reality is far more surprising than most people expect.

Horticulture and Landscape Design is more than just planting a tree. It’s knowing where to position the plant in relation to the sun and the rest of the garden, how deep to dig the hole, what plants will complement the tree, and how the garden will grow and change the...

Toowoomba school-based Trainee Chloe Appo has won the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Student of the Year Award at the South West Darling Downs Regional Final of the Queensland Training Awards.