What is Group Training? What are the benefits for my business? Why take on apprentices or trainees through Group Training? Are there any additional costs to use Group Training? What is the process of getting an apprentice or trainee through Group Training? How do I contact a Group Training Organisation?

Are you looking for an Apprentice or Trainee for your workplace and don't know where to start? Call the experienced professionals when it comes to Training and Employment. Read on and find out how much easier Group Training can make managing an apprentice or trainee workforce for your business!

What is Group Training?

Group Training are the largest employers of Apprentices and Trainees around Australia. Group Training legally employ the apprentice or trainee and place them in a suitable industry placement to enable them to build their industry skills and experience base. Being the legal employer, Group Training has the legal responsibility to manage all of the legal aspects of the employment contract and also all of the training and placement needs.

What are the benefits for my business?

Thousands of businesses and industry workplaces experience the benefits that Group Training's professionalism and experience in managing all sorts of apprentices and trainees each year. Here are just some of the benefits, saving your business time and money:

• No messy contracts – your business is not tied to any employment contract
• Flexibility – The trades go up an down, and the Group Training way ensures that a business has flexibility in terms of the length of hire and the times that they hire which suits the peaks and trough of the trade life.
• In the event of an unexpected trade downturn, you can send an apprentice or trainee back to your GTO who will find another placement for them to go into.
• Professional services assist your business – once hiring through group Training a Field Officer is allocated to service your business and manage the apprentice/trainee. The Field Officer also monitors and manages the onsite work performance of the apprentice/trainee keeping them on track and things running smoothly for your business. They are your businesses training and employment consultant for the duration and are always on hand to service any request that you may have.
• Best of all, your apprentice or trainee comes job ready with the appropriate safety gear.

Why take on apprentices or trainees through Group Training:

The Group Training industry has been operating for over 30 years, with experience in just about all industry sectors. Each year, Group Training organisations around Queensland and Northern Territory help thousands of businesses recruit, train and retain the apprentice/trainee after completion of their qualification.

Any legal employer of an apprentice or trainee is responsible for the following:

• Organising and lodging all necessary government paperwork for the apprentice/trainee throughout the entire duration of the training.
• Organising the relevant training/formal study in line with requirement for the apprenticeship/traineeship and managing the formal study/training timetable with the providers.
• Ensuring that on the job training meets the needs of the training areas of the apprenticeship or traineeship and appropriate skill progression is on track.
• All payments of wages and allowances are made when required and to the appropriate levels.
• All industry specified safety gear is issued for the apprentice or trainee if and when required on the job sites.
• Insurances and workers compensations are part of the employment agreement taken care of by the legal employer, the GTO.

All of the requirements that go hand in hand with employing an apprentice or trainee mean that for a 4 year apprentice, by the time an employer adds up all of the time spent on organising different aspects of the apprenticeship it would easily add up to fulltime work for 18 months to 2 years out of the 4.

'By going through Group Training, we take care of all of the above legal requirements – letting your business get on with the job of running your business!'

Are there costs to using Group Training?

Using Group Training to manage your apprentice or trainee workforce is a simple solution that will see you save time therefore money in your business.

All of the normal costs associated with taking in on an employee such as wages, super, annual leave and loading, sick pay and workers compensation allocations are applicable to an apprentice or trainee.

They are simply rolled into an hourly rate which is charged to your business by the Group Training Organisation. These wages bills can be claimed on a businesses BAS statement as it is considered to be a goods and service.

To find out more, please contact your local Group Training Organisation for further information.

What is the process of getting an apprentice or trainee through Group Training?

The process is quick and easy!

How do I contact a Group Training Organisation?

If you want to investigate what Apprenticeship or Traineeship career seekers are currently looking for employment through Group Training, follow the process below.

1: Find your nearest GTO service provider by moving your mouse over the GTO's logo to find the industry areas that they service.
When you find some GTO's that service your industry areas, click on the orange GTO name which will bring up their office locations and the regional areas that they service. Choose a GTO according to your industry and regional areas from the list.