a group training organisation designed specifically for the wet trades
Employment Structure
Apprentices are employed WTA rather than directly by a single employer. This organisation then places them with various host employers for different periods throughout their apprenticeship.
Work Experience
Host employers play a crucial role by providing on-the-job training to apprentices. This practical experience is essential for learning the skills required in their chosen trade.
Financial Responsibility
WTA takes on the responsibility of paying the apprentice's wages. This arrangement ensures that apprentices receive consistent financial support while they gain experience with different employers.
Duration and Rotation
Throughout their apprenticeship, apprentices may work with multiple host employers. This rotation allows them to gain exposure to different work environments, practices, and techniques within their chosen trade.
Support and Oversight
WTA provides additional support and oversight to apprentices. This can include mentoring, guidance, and ensuring that the
apprenticeship meets regulatory requirements and standards.
Flexibility and Adaptability
This exposure not only enhances their technical skills but also helps develop their ability to work in diverse teams and adapt to different work cultures and practices.
Group training provides the opportunity for apprentices to complete an apprenticeship in the trade of their choice while working with a host employer, in most cases, more than one. Apprentices are employed by a group training organisation who places them for specified timeframes with host employers throughout the duration of their apprenticeship. Host employers provide apprentices with the on the job training component while the group training organisation is responsible for the payment of the apprentice’s wages.
Everyone benefits from group training. Statistics show that the completion rates for apprentices are greater for those apprentices employed by a GTO.
WTA is a Group Training Organisation (GTO) that is a new greenfield division of Master Painters Association of Qld Ltd (MPA) which is owned and operated by Master Painters Decorators and Signwriters Association Queensland Union of Employers. MPA is a member owned not for profit industry association, set up over a century ago.MPA supports, consumers and painters, setting industry standards in ethical business practices, and competency trade skills. Today, MPA is recognised by government and industry stakeholders, as the peak representative body for Queensland’s painting and decorating industry.
In the painting trade, it is important that apprentices are rotated between host employers to ensure they complete training across new work and repaint work. Therefore, while undertaking an apprenticeship with WTA, apprentices can expect to be rotated to a new host employer to ensure access to the full range of work on at least one occasion during the three (3) year apprenticeship.
More detailed obligations and responsibilities are included in our Apprentice and Host Employer Information Handbook provided directly to approved host employers and apprentices.
As the legal employer, Wettrade Apprenticeships (WTA QLD) is responsible for (among other things):
The Department of Youth Justice, Employment, Small Business and Training is responsible for the regulation of group training organisations in Queensland.
Click here for more detailed information on group training including the responsibilities of WTA, host employers and apprentices.
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