We provide opportunities each year open to people of all ages, background and experience, to enter the workforce through a range of entry-level employment and education pathways. This includes apprenticeships, traineeships, school-based traineeships and cadetships.
Applications for our 2021 intake have now closed.
Thanks to everyone who applied - we'll be in touch soon.
About Cadet, Apprentice and Trainee roles
Watch the video below to hear about the experiences of our current cadets, apprentices and trainees.
Cadetships
- Full time employment with time off to undertake studies
- Mentoring and support to guide your skills development
- Undergraduate studies
- Industry experience while you complete your study
- Usually between 4 - 7 years duration, depending on the cadetship.
Traineeships
- Full time employment with time off to undertake studies
- Mentoring and support to guide your skills development
- Vocational qualifications at levels ranging from Certificate III to Diploma, depending on the traineeship
- Industry experience while you complete your study
- Usually between 1 - 4 years duration, depending on the traineeship.
Apprenticeships
- Full time employment with time off to undertake studies
- Mentoring and support to guide your skills development
- Vocational qualifications at levels ranging from Certificate III to Diploma, depending on the apprenticeship
- Industry experience while you complete your study
- Usually 4 years duration.
- Targeted to people in Year 10
- Includes 100 days in the workplace between the end of year 10 and the end of your HSC
- Mentoring and support to guide your skills development
- Undertake a vocational qualification at level Certificate II or Certificate III that counts towards the HSC.
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