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Responsibilities

As part of the formal agreement (the Training Contract) Employers agree to:

• Meet Legal Obligations
• Provide a Safe Working Environment
• Support Structured Training
• Provide Supervision and Support
• Advise Apprentices of their Rights / Responsibilities 
  
  
  

Meet Legal Obligations

This involves conforming with relevant Commonwealth and State/Territory legislation, including that relating to Australian Apprenticeship arrangements.


Provide a Safe Working Environment

• Providing a safe workplace, free from workplace, verbal, physical, racial and sexual abuse.
• Ensuring that all occupational health and safety requirements are addressed.
• Provision of an appropriate introduction to the workplace, stressing those core occupational health and safety requirements essential to workplace safety.
  
  

• Providing opportunities to develop knowledge and skills
• Lodging Training Contract documentation with the relevant authorities and selecting a Registered Training Organisation to enrol the Australian Apprentice with, keeping within the timeframe determined by your State/Territory Training Authority.
• Participating in the development of the training plan and providing facilities and expertise to assist in the training of the Australian Apprentice in the agreed qualification (this may include on-the-job training, supervision from competent people, monitoring, or time off for off-the-job training).
• Ensuring that a record of training is maintained.
• Ensuring that the relevant authorities are notified on the completion of the Training Contract, or advising them in instances where the Training Contract is in danger of not being completed.
  
  

Provide Supervision and Support

• Providing the Australian Apprentice with a nominated workplace supervisor and could involve a coaching or mentoring arrangement, especially for Australian Apprentices with little experience of work.
• Being mindful that Australian Apprentices under the age of 18 are minors, and that their parents or guardians have legal responsibility for them.
  
  

Advise Australian Apprentices of their Rights / Responsibilities

• Ensuring that Australian Apprentices are encouraged to raise issues and problems both in the workplace and with the Registered Training Organisation.
• Advising them of entitlements, such as wages and conditions etc.
• Ensuring that the Australian Apprentice is aware that help and assistance is also available from the relevant State/Territory Training Authority.
• Providing comprehensive induction processes for commencing Australian Apprentices to ensure that they are aware, from the time of commencement, of the proposed training program, workplace safety requirements and their rights and responsibilities.