Taking up a mainstream apprenticeship or traineeship is a great way to start (or restart) your career. Choose from different certificate levels in more than 500 occupations, from floristry to plumbing to financial services – including traditional trades and new careers across business and industry.
Mainstream apprenticeships and traineeships combine valuable on-the-job training with vocational study at a Registered Training Organisation (RTO) – usually a Victorian TAFE institute.
You also get to earn an income while you learn, making study more achievable for a whole lot of people.
Apprentices and trainees end up with a nationally recognised qualification, with up-to-the-minute skills that employers want and need, plus heaps of valuable real-world experience. Then you choose what comes next: find skilled employment, continue your studies or even start your own business.
Mainstream apprenticeships and traineeships can be full time or part time, and they’re open to anyone of working age.
Where can a mainstream apprenticeship or traineeship take you?
Mainstream apprenticeships and traineeships can get you started in hundreds of different careers, with a huge variety of workplaces and job types on offer. Your role might be indoors or outdoors, desk-based or on the move, working with your hands or with technology. You can spend your time caring, leading, creating, building, making or managing. It’s your choice.
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