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SMALL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE GUIDE
Federal and State
With the mix of State and Territory Governments and how they provide information, we have collated here information and the most important site links for our Members to simplify your search and ensure that you only have to look at relevant information to your location(s):
Federal Government Support and Information
State Support and Information
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
NEW SOUTH WALES
VICTORIA
Safe workplaces
It’s your responsibility to provide and maintain a working environment for your employees that’s safe and without risks to health, so far as is reasonably practicable. This relates to physical and mental wellbeing.
Apprentices and trainees need guidance in learning how to do their job safely and competently, and should be encouraged to raise safety concerns. Employers are responsible for the safety of their apprentices or trainees at work and must provide supervision for on-the-job training. You can do this yourself or assign the role to a qualified staff member. Make sure whoever does this understands their responsibilities.
Apprentices and trainees may be new to working life and will start off with less knowledge of safe work practices – and less capacity for risk assessment and management. You must provide them with info, training and supervision to protect them from risks to their health and safety. Start with the assumption that the apprentice or trainee has little or no understanding of the work, or the associated risks.
QUEENSLAND
Supervise your apprentice or trainee
When you take on an apprentice or trainee, you are obliged to provide a workplace supervisor, who:
- is appropriately qualified to supervise at the right level
- is designated to train the apprentice or trainee
- is employed in the same workplace
- has equal or similar working hours to your apprentice or trainee.
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Apprenticeship Office
The Department of Training and Workforce Development Apprenticeship Office registers and administers training contracts and regulates the apprenticeship system in Western Australia, in accordance with Part 7 of the Vocational Education and Training Act 1996 (the Act), the associated Regulations, and the WA Apprenticeship and traineeship policy.
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Apprentices & Trainees
Appropriate and effective supervision is vital for apprentices and trainees while undertaking their qualification and employment. The supervision of apprentices and trainees is a significant responsibility for any employer so it is important that you understand your obligations under South Australian work health and safety laws. Supervision standards and ratios have changed to provide flexibility, within a determined ratio, to identify the level of supervision required, based on the skills and experience of the apprentice or trainee.
Employers are responsible for supervising and ensuring oversight and coordination of on-job training of an apprentice or trainee. On-job training must be by a skilled or qualified person in the competencies laid out in the agreed Training Plan. The work should be work relevant and appropriate to the trade or declared vocation. If an employer delegates or assigns the responsibility of supervising or providing on-job training to any staff member (or contractor), the employer must make sure they understand and adhere to the requirements of the standard.
TASMANIA
AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY
Guidance Note - Supervision of Apprentices
The supervision of Australian Apprentices and Trainees is a significant responsibility for Person’s Conducting a Business or Undertaking (PCBU) across all industries. It is important that you understand your obligations under the Australian Capital Territory work health and safety laws.
This guidance note has been developed to give employers a general overview of what level of supervision is required for Australian Apprentices and Trainees across all industries and workplaces in the ACT.
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