How MPA Skills Apprentice Employment Works

Apprentice Employment is an employment and training arrangement whereby MPA Skills Apprentice Employment employs apprentices under an Apprenticeship Contract and places them with Host Employers. MPA Skills Apprentice Employment deals with the employer responsibilities involved in apprenticeships. We are responsible for the pastoral care and support of apprentices, essential in ensuring that they achieve successful completion of their apprenticeship contract.

MPA Skills Apprentice Employment provides a flexible and efficient service to enable you as a participating employer to host MPA Skills apprentices.

We choose our apprentices carefully using our tried and tested screening process and the majority of our apprentices have undertaken a pre-apprenticeship in their trade. We look for motivated, enthusiastic apprentices who undertake a comprehensive induction prior to employment.

As a Host Employer you advise us of your requirements, eg year level, skills required and length of time the apprentices may be required for. We then match a suitable apprentice to those needs. You have the opportunity to meet the apprentice prior to committing to hosting them.

Following a suitable match the apprentice is placed out in industry with you as the participating Host Employer to gain on-the-job training and experience. As a Host Employer you need to provide the apprentice with a safe working environment, adequate and suitable on-the-job training, appropriate supervision and allow time for the apprentice to attend off-the-job training.

The majority of our Host Employers run small to medium sized businesses so the flexibility of Apprentice Employment apprentices works well.

Our apprentices require access to their Field Officers or other MPA Skills staff on site as and when required as we are responsible for monitoring apprentices both on and off-the-job to ensure adequate progress is being maintained.

We look after and are responsible for all paperwork relating to the apprentice including wages, workers’ compensation, superannuation, tax, sick and holiday pay. We deal with workplace issues promptly and efficiently and manage any disciplinary issues which may arise.

If you are interested in employing an apprentice the flexible way, one month or one year, contact us for more information on (08) 9471 6600

Code of Conduct

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