You (the employer)
Provide supervised on-the-job experience, workplace direction and the day-to-day context where skills are applied.
For employers
Apprenticeships & traineeships
Growing your team through an apprenticeship or traineeship can be a practical way to meet demand, lift capability and invest in people who learn your workplace from the inside out—while working toward a nationally recognised qualification.
Ready to grow your organisation?
Building the capability to take on new work and adapt to change is a priority for most employers. Taking on an apprentice or trainee is one way to bring new energy into your team, shape skills to your standards and strengthen productivity—often with access to government incentives and subsidies for eligible employers and learners (eligibility rules apply and change over time).
Australian Apprenticeships combine paid employment with structured training. They are used across many industries; at Avidity we focus on pathways that match our scope of registration—including community services, disability, aged care and related vocational qualifications where apprenticeship and traineeship arrangements apply.
Training with Avidity
As your RTO, we work with you to keep formal training connected to real work—not disconnected from what your team does every week. Employers often tell us they value:
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Delivery planned around your rosters, sites and operational priorities—not one-size-fits-all timetables.
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Clear communication with supervisors and workplace coaches so training lines up with what happens on the floor.
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Nationally recognised qualifications aligned to community services, disability, aged care and related sectors.
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Support navigating training plans, compliance and quality expectations as the RTO delivering the formal qualification.
How an Australian Apprenticeship works
Australian Apprenticeships—often referred to as apprenticeships or traineeships—are a structured training arrangement. In practice they are usually a three-way partnership:
Your apprentice or trainee
Combines paid work with structured training—building job-ready skills and a formal qualification over time.
Avidity (the RTO)
Delivers the accredited training component, assessment and qualification outcomes in line with national standards.
The apprentice or trainee typically spends much of their time in your workplace, and completes the formal training and assessment components required for the qualification—coordinated between you and the RTO.
Funding, incentives & advice
There are various Australian Government and state programs that may support apprenticeship and traineeship training. What you can access depends on the qualification, the learner's situation, commencement dates and current policy—so it pays to get up-to-date advice.
The Australian Apprenticeships website is a reliable starting point. Australian Apprenticeship Support Network (AASN) providers can help employers and apprentices with sign-up, incentive information and support services.
Avidity can discuss training delivery and qualification options; for personalised funding guidance, an AASN provider or relevant government agency is the right channel.
Finding an apprentice or trainee
Many employers recruit the same way they would for any role—by advertising what you offer and the career path on the table. A few approaches that often help:
- Advertise locally and through industry networks that reach people interested in community services careers.
- Use national job boards and apprenticeship listings alongside word-of-mouth in your region.
- Talk to an Australian Apprenticeship Support Network (AASN) provider for advice on incentives, sign-up and pathways.
Support along the way
We aim to make expectations clear for employers, supervisors and learners—so training milestones, workplace requirements and assessment line up. If you are considering an apprenticeship or traineeship in our training areas, start a conversation and we can outline how delivery could work for your team.