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ITECA: 2023 Budget needs to back apprentice recruitment
The Independent Tertiary Education Council Australia (ITECA) believes that this year’s federal budget needs to make a meaningful commitment to fund apprentice and trainee recruitment, retention ... -
Wage subsidy extension a big win for employers, apprentices and trainees
MEGT, Australia’s largest and only national Apprenticeship Network Provider (ANP), has welcomed the federal government’s extension of the Boosting Apprenticeships Commencements (BAC) wage subsidy. The subsidy, ... -
TAFE NSW training tradies to meet housing demand
TAFE NSW is training the next generation of tradies, as the nation’s construction industry continues to thrive following a record year of house builds commencing in ... -
Digital insights to improve building quality
Boosting industry capability to implement the NSW Government’s building reforms has required targeted research to understand the current state of digital use among designers and contractors. ... -
Australian PCI: Strong construction activity in May
The Australian Industry Group/Housing Industry Association Australian Performance of Construction Index (Australian PCI) fell by 0.8 points to 58.3 in May, largely maintaining the strong pace ... -
Everybody’s Home: expand HomeBuilder to social housing
Everybody’s Home, a national campaign to end homelessness, has called on the federal government to capitalise on the “golden opportunity” to extend the HomeBuilder program to ... -
Australian PCI: construction industry hits record high in March
The Australian Industry Group/Housing Industry Association (HIA) Australian Performance of Construction Index (Australian PCI) has climbed by 4.4 points to 61.8 in March, delivering the strongest ... -
Tradies turning to tech to get the industry back on track in 2021
The impact of COVID-19 has been far-reaching for many industries with the trade industries seeing a 19% decrease in activity in April 2020 compared to pre-COVID-19 ... -
Apprentices face high risk of drop out at end of JobSeeker, JobKeeper
The Apprenticeship Employment Network (AEN) wants apprentices who have lost their jobs to sign up to the Retrenched Apprentices and Trainees Program (RATP) so they can ... -
Strong interest from industry for VBA virtual masterclasses
The Victorian Building Authority (VBA) has hosted its first session in an online education series which gives the building industry practical insights and useful resources. The ...
