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Jaxcat

January 19, 2012, 10:01:45 PM
Very cleverly the ITO have written telling us the "yearly" cost of apprenticeships - but no where did they add all the figures together.

Four years @ $2645 = $10580
Text books - approximately $500
Working at heights and Confined spaces courses - quoted price from Vertical Horizons = $750.00

So it was $8k and you got the courses and text books included
It's now $10580 + $500 + $750 (then add in the first aid course) and you are looking at near $12k - a 50% increase in costs. 

Service is less
Quality is less
Training is zero on block course as it is only assessment.

The ITO' recognition as a TEC training provider comes up for renewal in October 2012 - maybe we need to let TEC know we are not getting value for money.

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robbo

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January 19, 2012, 10:33:27 PM
hi guys/Jax, yes and they try to say that the trade is not in decline, well if it isn`t then there must be a lot of gullible young people out there,cheers
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roberto

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April 02, 2012, 05:06:00 PM
God thats disgusting, I paid around 5-6k for my apprentiship, another guy in our company that started two years before me only paid $1500!!! just goes to show you how the politicians are getting all thier money!!
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danieltkd

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April 06, 2012, 11:03:35 AM
There is now so much cost that employers are not taking on newbees and the ones that do are having to pay so little in wages to keep cost down to pay training parties. How the hell is this help the country.
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peninsula plumber

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June 01, 2015, 06:50:52 PM
You miss out the other cost of aswell you leave the breast fed skills org and you are still not qualified then you have pgdb exam $411 a pop then upgrade of licence class $800  from the pgdb thankyou very much
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robbo

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June 02, 2015, 08:38:10 AM
hi guys, after all the years of training and qualifications at huge cost, you will still be deemed `incompetent` every year until you have gained up skilling points to enable you to buy your licence to work that could cost a lot of time and expense, cheers 
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