During the Contract of Training period, no levy is payable for apprentices. This means during a 4 year apprenticeship, your apprentice will accrue 5.2 weeks of long service leave at no cost to you!

Does an apprenticeship count as employment?

When an employer takes on an apprentice, it essentially takes on an employee. Apprentices have the same employee rights as anyone else, except there is a pre-planned end to that employment – stated in the apprenticeship agreement.

Is apprenticeship considered full-time?

Apprenticeships and traineeships can be full-time, part-time, or school-based - where some training is undertaken while the apprentice or trainee is in high school. ... Employers work with the training organisation and the apprentice or trainee to negotiate a training plan.