: Responsibilities
Responsibilities
National Code of Good Practice for Australian Apprenticeships
The Code of Good Practice has been developed to assist both you and your employer when entering into the Training Contract, by providing you both with a clear understanding of each other’s obligations and expectations.
The following information is provided on this page:
Parties responsibilities
Both you and your employer have undertaken a formal agreement to provide you with training, known as the training contract, which sets out both you and your employers binding legal obligations.
Both you and your employer enter into the employment and training arrangement with a commitment to mutual respect, honesty and fairness.
Both you and your employer agree to determine the qualification and the competencies that you are working to attain.
Both you and your employer have a clear understanding of your contractual obligations including the duration of the Training Contract. Both you and your employer must be made clear about available dispute resolution avenues and requirements to terminate the Contract.
Your Employer will:
Meet legal obligations
This involves:
- Conforming with relevant Commonwealth and State/Territory legislation, including that relating to Australian Apprenticeship arrangements.
Provide a safe working environment.
This involves:
- Providing a safe workplace, free from workplace, verbal, physical, racial and sexual abuse.
- Ensuring that all occupational health and safety requirements are addressed.
- Provision of an appropriate introduction to the workplace, stressing those core occupational health and safety requirements essential to workplace safety.
Support structured training.
This involves:
- Providing opportunities to develop knowledge and skills
- Lodging Training Contract documentation with the relevant authorities and selecting a Registered Training Organisation to enrol the Australian Apprentice with, keeping within the timeframe determined by your State/Territory Training Authority.
- Participating in the development of the training plan and providing facilities and expertise to assist in the training of the Australian Apprentice in the agreed qualification (this may include on-the-job training, supervision from competent people, monitoring, or time off for off-the-job training).
- Ensuring that a record of training is maintained.
- Ensuring that the relevant authorities are notified on the completion of the Training Contract, or advising them in instances where the Training Contract is in danger of not being completed.
Provide supervision and support.
This involves:
- Providing the Australian Apprentice with a nominated workplace supervisor and could involve a coaching or mentoring arrangement, especially for Australian Apprentices with little experience of work.
- Being mindful that Australian Apprentices under the age of 18 are minors, and that their parents or guardians have legal responsibility for them.
Advise Australian Apprentices of their rights and responsibilities.
This Involves:
- Ensuring that Australian Apprentices are encouraged to raise issues and problems both in the workplace and with the Registered Training Organisation.
- Advising them of entitlements, such as wages and conditions etc.
- Ensuring that the Australian Apprentice is aware that help and assistance is also available from the relevant State/Territory Training Authority.
- Providing comprehensive induction processes for commencing Australian Apprentices to ensure that they are aware, from the time of commencement, of the proposed training program, workplace safety requirements and their rights and responsibilities.
You (Apprentice or Trainee) will:
Be aware of and make a commitment to fulfil work responsibilities.
This involves:
- Attending and performing work in a professional and courteous manner in accordance with the employer’s requirements.
- Taking care of workplace property and resources.
- Respecting the rights of other Australian Apprentices and employees in the workplace.
- Remembering that information obtained from the employer must be kept confidential and not disclosed without approval from the employer.
- Consent from a parent or guardian, if you are less than 18 years of age.
- Attending and performing work in a professional and courteous manner in accordance with the employer’s requirements.
Be aware of and make a commitment to fulfil training responsibilities.
This involves:
- Making all reasonable efforts to achieve the competencies specified in the training plan and undertaking any training and assessment required.
- Participating in the development of the training plan.
- Attending training sessions or supervised workplace activities and taking advantage of learning opportunities.
- Maintaining a record of training such as a training record book.