Register a training contract
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Write up the contract
Your Apprentice Connect Australia Provider (Provider) will first help you write up the training contract.
It will be signed by:
- you, the employer
- your apprentice or trainee
- their parent or guardian if they are aged under 18.
Training contracts with school students
Before your Provider helps you sign up a school-based apprentice or trainee, you will need approval from the school. You will need to negotiate how work and study will affect the student's school timetable.
Including accurate information in the training contract
All the information on the training contract must be correct and truthful. If a contract has false or misleading information, it will not be registered.
Key dates
Action | Time frame |
|---|---|
The training contract must be completed and signed by all parties | within 14 days of the start of the apprenticeship or traineeship |
The training contract must be given to the Provider | within 28 days of the start of the apprenticeship or traineeship |
Lodge the contract
Once the training contract is completed, your Provider will lodge it with us, the department, for registration.
Contract is registered
Once the training contract is registered, you will get a letter from us telling you that it has been officially registered.
Acknowledgement letter
The acknowledgment letter will have important contract information such as:
- registration number
- length of probationary period (e.g. 30, 60 or 90 days)
- start or 'commencement' date
- end or 'nominal completion' date
- occupational title (e.g. Business Level IV)
- qualification title (e.g. Certificate IV in Business)
- contract type (e.g. full-time, part-time or school-based)
- name of supervising registered training organisation (SRTO).
Financial incentives
You will also receive a letter from your Provider explaining which government incentives you can claim. They will send all relevant claim forms.