There are specific requirements governing school-based apprenticeships and traineeships (SATs).
They affect everyone involved in the partnership – students, parents and guardians, schools, training organisations and employers.
High school students must be in Year 10, 11 or 12. School-based apprentices in electrotechnology must be in Year 11 or 12.
Apprenticeships and traineeships can start before Year 10, but this requires a special business case. Contact Apprenticeships Info before commencing.
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Students must have:
Students living independently don't need permission from parents or guardians.
Students must be enrolled and/or registered in Years 10 to 12.
This includes students at state, catholic and independent schools, as well as distance education and home-schooled students.
Suspended students can still attend work and training.
To continue their apprenticeship or traineeship, excluded students must either:
Read more about being suspended or excluded from school.
There is a limit to the amount of training that school-based apprentices can do while they are at school. These limits ensure the apprentice has enough workplace skills to match the theoretical training they have undertaken with their training organisation.
Learn more about these training limits for apprentices.
Students must have their school's support to begin a SAT; not all schools support SATs.
If the school does not support a SAT, students may consider a part-time apprenticeship and traineeship while at school. Part-time apprenticeships and traineeships have different requirements.
Read about school-based versus part-time apprenticeships and traineeships.
Work and training must impact a student's school timetable in some way.
This can be achieved by either:
Some students drop a subject(s) to allow time for work and/or training to occur during school hours.
Read more about requirements for the school, work and training timetable.
Employers must:
Find out more about working hours.
