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Post by quantumranger on Apr 16, 2015 20:16:54 GMT 7
I been searching and can't find any incentives to be an apprentice or trainee while being on DSP.
Because if your a full-time apprentice you would be earning approximately 500 a week and you get your DSP cut due to the hours which is nearly the same as being on the DSP.
I think their should be something to entice people on DSP to become an apprentice.
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Post by muggins on Apr 17, 2015 3:16:59 GMT 7
Apprentice's do it tough on very little money.
I know what you mean about dsp income compared to apprentice income.
Hard decisions to make.
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Post by Banjo on Apr 17, 2015 7:57:52 GMT 7
Help on top of mature age apprentice wagesIf eligible for financial help, during the first year you may be on course to receiving an extra $150 (Australian Dollars) a week on top of your mature age apprentice wages, which would add up to $7800 a year. This decreases after your second year (your wages should go up year on year to make up for this decrease). In your second year, and any other years that you need to complete your mature age apprenticeship, you may be on course to getting $100 a week, or $5200 a year, which again is all separate from your basic mature age apprentice wages. If you need particular tools to complete your mature age apprenticeships and you are eligible for financial help mentioned above, you may also be entitled to receive help towards purchasing those tools. You can receive up to five bonuses that are exempt from tax, of up to $1,700 each. You will receive these bonuses during the course of your training as you reach specific milestones in your training. If you are required to either travel long distances or live in a second home in order to complete your training, you may also be entitled to receive financial aid with your travelling and living expenses. Once you complete your mature age apprenticeship and you are officially certified in your trade, you can expect your wages to be at least two times the amount it was previously. Despite all this extra help you may or may not receive, the reality is that your initial mature age apprentice wages might make it a challenge to pay all the bills and outgoings, but if you persevere and make it through, you should be able to get a decent starting job (depending on industry), and your wages should increase with time and experience. Contact your local apprenticeships centre on 13 38 73 to get advice and to find out what you may be eligible for. matureageapprenticeships.org/mature-age-apprentice-wages/
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Post by scallywag on Apr 17, 2015 8:09:22 GMT 7
I been searching and can't find any incentives to be an apprentice or trainee while being on DSP. Because if your a full-time apprentice you would be earning approximately 500 a week and you get your DSP cut due to the hours which is nearly the same as being on the DSP. I think their should be something to entice people on DSP to become an apprentice. If only you had a chance to do be an apprentice chef, bugger all tools to buy, free food , possibly a chance to travel the world and make good money. Compared to a life on the dsp. It would be an easy choice to make. |
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Post by Denis-NFA on Apr 17, 2015 10:04:22 GMT 7
I been searching and can't find any incentives to be an apprentice or trainee while being on DSP. Because if your a full-time apprentice you would be earning approximately 500 a week and you get your DSP cut due to the hours which is nearly the same as being on the DSP. I think their should be something to entice people on DSP to become an apprentice. If only you had a chance to do be an apprentice chef, bugger all tools to buy, free food , possibly a chance to travel the world and make good money. Compared to a life on the dsp. It would be an easy choice to make. Anyone that gets DSP and works is a hero in my book. It's a tough 'gig'. quantumranger, I think the hardest part is finding an employer that will give you a job when you and they know you have a disability. As Banjo said above there are certain incentives for employing folk. Maybe go and talk to an older career adviser at a TAFE somewhere. What sort of apprenticeship do you want to do? Like scallywag says above being a chef is not bad. I have a nephew that went to top places in England, France wherever. He came back to Australia and worked as a cook for shearing teams and the last I know he has a business as a roof tiler on the Gold Coast. |
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Post by Banjo on Apr 17, 2015 10:38:24 GMT 7
A lot get sick of the hours, weekends and late nights.
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Post by Denis-NFA on Apr 17, 2015 15:29:52 GMT 7
A lot get sick of the hours, weekends and late nights. Very stressful. |
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Post by quantumranger on Apr 17, 2015 15:33:42 GMT 7
I want to be a baker but every week I would only be getting around 500 a week and with my pension I get around the same. It doesn't work out. I would be losing money for travel and other expenses.
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Post by Denis-NFA on Apr 18, 2015 3:25:59 GMT 7
I want to be a baker but every week I would only be getting around 500 a week and with my pension I get around the same. It doesn't work out. I would be losing money for travel and other expenses. Many years ago a cousin of mine, who had done a bakery apprenticeship in his youth, earned some income by attending weekend markets and set up a food stand selling his own pancakes. I have no idea if you could do it these days but all he had was a gas bbq that he basically put together, he had his own stone ground flour mill which was making the flour alongside, and was a drawcard. I also met a Central American bloke at a market in Canberra who was cooking stuff from corn flour. He was so successful that he had nearly his whole family working with him over the regular weekend market. He did show me but I forget where he got the corn flour from. Here in Argao Philippines 'bread' is like, to me, cake. It is so full of sugar. And 'bread' includes all sorts of buns with fruit, nuts, colours but mostly sugar. When I was a little tacker my Granny used to bake. Wood fired oven. She had no electricity. My mother got an education by washing clothes by hand for rich girls. cheers |
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