Apprenticeship Support Programme
The Apprenticeship Support Programme is a cross-agency government response to help employers retain and bring on new apprentices, including Mana in Mahi participants, while dealing with the effects of COVID-19.
Employers and businesses will be able to access support from either Apprenticeship Boost, Mana in Mahi, or the Regional Apprenticeships Initiative. The Group Training Schemes which some employers are part of will also receive additional support.
The Apprenticeship Support Programme is delivered from a number of government agencies and includes:
the new Apprenticeship Boost, which will help employers pay for new and existing apprentices in their first two years of training
an expansion to MSD's Mana in Mahi programme to help people into long-term work and gain a formal industry training qualification
support for seven existing Group Training Schemes to help them continue to employ some 1,700 apprentices and trainees
the new Regional Apprenticeships Initiative, funded through the Provincial Growth Fund, which will support employers in the regions to take up new apprentices.
Employers can apply for Apprenticeship Boost whether an apprentice has just started their training programme or is nearing the end of their first two years - right up until the apprentice has completed 24 months of their training programme (while the initiative is running).
Applications for Apprenticeship Boost open on 5 August 2020. Apprenticeship Boost will run for 20 months.
Employers with an apprentice in their first year of their apprenticeship will be eligible for $1,000 per month, and employers with an apprentice in their second year will be eligible for $500 per month for a maximum period of 20 months.
The Apprenticeship Support Programme will be implemented from August 2020.
More details on how to apply will be available as soon as possible.
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More information about the current programme: