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.
We'll update this page in September 2021 with details of our 2022 intake opportunities.
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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