In this audio you can listen to Skill Hire and NextGen Skills CEO, Ben Dahlstrom, who spoke on 6PR’s breakfast show earlier this week about the challenges in retaining apprentices and apprentice wages in WA.
Apprentices are the future of all trades, and there is a massive drop off between those who start off an apprenticeship and those who make it to the end and become fully qualified apprentices. Is this due to the cost-of-living crisis, the trainer shortages, a combination or something else? How do we manage to appeal to these younger people and retain them in training to complete their apprenticeship? How can apprentices access funding, subsidies and grants to help relieve this associated financial burden, and what other support is out there?
Ben explores this and more in this short interview.
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https://skillhire.com.au/blog/reasons-to-take-on-an-apprenticeship-or-traineeship/
https://skillhire.com.au/blog/10-tips-for-your-first-day-as-an-apprentice/