Department of Education, Training and Employment - Queensland Apprenticeship Pledge

Please see below information regarding a new initiative of the Queensland Government, titled the ‘Queensland Apprenticeship Pledge’.

Under the Pledge, the Government invites individual employers to ‘make a pledge’ to employ additional apprentices.  Eligible employers can receive an incentive of up to $6000 for each additional apprentice they employ and train.  Only employers that make a pledge are eligible to receive the incentive payments up to the number of additional apprentices pledged.

The incentive is paid in two stages:

• $4000 paid in October 2015
• $2000 paid in October 2016.

The incentive will apply to eligible apprenticeships commenced from 1 July 2014 to 30 June 2015.

Employer benchmarks are based on additional apprentices employed and retained compared to a baseline as at 30 June 2014 (excluding school-based apprentices and apprentice re-commencements).

The Fact Sheet can be found at the link below –

http://trainandemploy.qld.gov.au/resources/employers/pdf/pledge-fact-sheet.pdf

The Program guidelines can be found at the link below –

http://trainandemploy.qld.gov.au/resources/employers/pdf/queensland-apprenticeship-pledge-guidelines.pdf

Your Pledge can be lodged at the following link –

http://trainandemploy.qld.gov.au/employers/apprenticeship-pledge/index.html

For more information, please phone 1800 210 210.