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How do I become a trainee in the Racing Industry?
The first step is to find an employer by:
- Using any contact
you may have in the Racing Industry.
- Visit stables and tracks
and talk to trainers and staff
- Writing to or ringing registered horse trainers, a list
of trainers is available from Queensland Racing.
Traineeships are available
in:
How to get started
When you have found a potential employer, explain
that they may be eligible for Government incentive payments for
employing you
as a trainee and to compensate for your attendance at training.
If they wish to hire you then you should contact a New Apprenticeship
Centre (NAC). These centres:
- Link the relevant Government
authorities with yourself and your employer.
- Administer
paperwork such as the ‘training contract’ and ‘incentive
claims’.
A list of your local NAC’s is available
from either:
1800 639 629 or http://www.newapprenticeships.gov.au/locationsearch/NACSearch.asp
Alternatively
if your potential employer is unsure about hiring a trainee due
to the limited size of their business
and possible
lack of work you can be employed through a Group Training
Company. These companies:
- Act as your legal employer,
and is responsible for paying wages, superannuation & work
cover.
- Place you with ‘host employers’ who are
the Racehorse Trainers.
- The host employer pays a leasing
fee to the Group Training Company for your services.
- It also
allows you to change workplaces if necessary as your official
employer stays the
same.
A list of Group Training Companies in Queensland is available
from:
http://www.gtaltd.com.au/
Once you have contacted a suitable NAC or a Group Training Company
in your area a representative will visit and perform an official ‘sign-up’ in
which you and your employer enter into a training contract.
The representative will then let us (Queensland
Racing) know that there is a new trainee ready to begin training.
We will contact
you and your employer shortly after to discuss your training.
Some traineeships require student fees to be paid; details of
these fees will be explained during your ‘sign-up’.
Tuition and service fees are always payable by the trainee; however
you
and your employer may come to an arrangement regarding the fees.
Government funding (to Queensland Racing) and employer incentives
are provided through the Department of Employment and Training
for your 1st Traineeship only except school based traineeships.
If you wish to complete another traineeship full fees may apply.
Further information regarding traineeships is available from
your New Apprenticeship Centre or Group Training Company.
What will I be studying and how?
The Traineeship system involves both ‘on the job training’ and ‘off
the job training’. On the job training refers to
the skills you learn from your employer whilst working
in a stable environment.
Off the job training refers to skills you learn from instructors
from Queensland Racing - Training Department.
Each qualification will have a variety of subjects related
to horse care and management that you will study.
You will be assessed in all these topics by either: practical
demonstration, written assessment, oral assessment or assignment.
All our instructors
from Queensland Racing’s Training Department are
qualified and have extensive relevant industry experience.
Can I apply for Recognition of Prior Learning?
Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) is available to anyone
undertaking training at Queensland Racing’s Training
Department.
For more information on RPL
I am still at school can I be a trainee?
Duration
Yes. Certificate II Stablehand is the recommended qualification
and can be undertaken as a school based traineeship.
The duration is two years and students should commence
early
in year 11
in order to complete before the end of their senior
year.
Part time
Students usually work one day per week and possibly
one day on the weekend. This arrangement is made
between yourself, your
employer and your school.
At school
If you wish to be a school based trainee then
you should check that your school supports
this training
arrangement
(most do).
Speak to the Vocational Education Teacher or
Careers Advisor.
Getting started
The process for ‘sign-up’ is the same
as for full time trainees, when you contact the New Apprenticeship
Centre or Group
Training Company tell the representative
that you are still at school and wish to be a school based trainee.
Sign
up
At the ‘sign-up’ there will be the NAC / Group Training
Company representative, yourself, your new employer, your parent/guardian
and a representative from your school. You and your employer will
complete and sign the training contract. The NAC will then notify
the training centre to contact you and discuss your enrollment
and training plan.
(A staff member from Queensland Racing
Training can attend the initial sign also
if you wish,
let the
NAC / Group
Training Company
representative know that you want the Registered
Training Organisation (Queensland Racing
- Training) to attend
and they will invite
us.) Further information on traineeships can be accessed through the
Department of Employment and Training website.
http://www.trainandemploy.qld.gov.au/client/apprenticeships_and_traineeships/getting_started/index.html
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The Queensland Department of Education, Training and the Arts provides funding support for training |
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