Register your training contract
A training contract is a formal agreement between you and your employer to work and train together for a length of time. It includes:
- start date or 'commencement' date
- duration or 'nominal term/period'
- qualification details.
Your training contract is separate from your employment contract.
Step 1: Write up the contract
Your Apprentice Connect Australia Provider (Provider) will first help you write up the training contract.
It will be signed by:
- you, the apprentice or trainee
- your parent or guardian, if you are under 18 and still under their care and control
- your employer.
School-based apprentices and trainees
Before your Provider helps you sign up with an employer, you will need:
- to get the support of your school
- and
- negotiate how work and training will affect your school timetable.
Learn more about the requirements for school-based apprenticeships and traineeships.
Accurate information
All the information on the training contract must be correct and truthful. If a contract has false or misleading information, it will not be registered, or will be cancelled if already registered when we find out.
Incentive payments
During your sign-up meeting your Provider will advise you of any financial incentives you and/or your employer are eligible for.
Key dates
| Action | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The training contract must be completed and signed by all parties | within 14 days of the start of the apprenticeship or traineeship |
| The training contract must be given to the Provider | within 28 days of the start of the apprenticeship or traineeship |
Step 2: Lodge the contract
Once the training contract is completed, your Provider will lodge it with us, the Department of Employment, Small Business and Training, for registration.
Step 3: Contact is registered
Once the training contract is registered, you will get a letter from us telling you that it has been officially registered.
Step 4: Acknowledgement letter
The acknowledgement letter will have important information such as:
- registration number
- start or 'commencement' date
- end or 'nominal completion' date
- occupational title (e.g. Business Level IV)
- qualification title (e.g. Certificate IV in Business)
- contract type (e.g. full-time, part-time or school-based)
- name of your chosen training organisation
- funding contribution amounts towards training, if applicable.
Step 5: Financial incentives
You will also receive a letter from your Provider explaining which government incentives you can claim. They will send all relevant claim forms.