APPRENTICE CONDITIONS Clause Samples
APPRENTICE CONDITIONS. 12.1 For the avoidance of doubt, the FET Act (as amended or replaced from time to time) applies to the apprenticeships of Employees.
12.2 Employees will be subject to a probationary period in accordance with the FET Act. During the probationary period, an Employee’s training contract may be terminated in accordance with the FET Act and their employment terminated in accordance with this Agreement.
12.3 The off-the-job training of an Employee may be undertaken on day release or block release basis.
12.4 Where an Employee is required to attend block release training for training identified in or associated with their training contract, and such training requires an overnight stay, the Employer will pay an overnight allowance of $155.00 (one hundred and fifty five dollars ) per night to the value of $775.00 (seven hundred and seventy five dollars) per week. This clause will not apply where the Employee could attend an alternative Registered Training Organisation (RTO) and the use of the more distant RTO is not agreed between the Employer and the Employee.
12.5 For the purposes of clause 12.4, the overnight allowance will include the total costs of accommodation and other costs incurred during block release training (attending the RTO, where necessary) and reasonable expenses incurred during travel to block release, including meals, which exceed those incurred in travelling to and from work. For the purposes of clause
APPRENTICE CONDITIONS. (i) Except as provided in clause 12 or where otherwise stated, all conditions of employment specified in this award apply to apprentices.
(ii) An apprentice is entitled to be released from work without loss of continuity of employment and to payment of the appropriate wages to attend any training and assessment specified in, or associated with, the training contract.
(iii) Time spent by an apprentice, in attending any training and assessment specified in, or associated with, the training contract is to be regarded as time worked for the employer for the purposes of calculating the apprentice’s wages and determining the apprentice’s employment conditions. Clause 12.8 operates subject to the provisions of Schedule F —School-based Apprentices.
(iv) The notice of termination provisions of the NES apply to apprentices. Subject to clause 42.5(c), the redundancy provisions of the NES do not apply to apprentices.