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A new report shows women make up 14 per cent of tradespeople in Australia, but a new wave of apprentices are challenging gender stereotypes.
Topics: women, work, women-in-agriculture, apprenticeships, careers, community-and-society, education, lismore-2480, kyogle-2474, wollongbar-2477, alstonville-2477
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The watchmaking profession is under threat as people retire, fewer enter the trade and a growing number of pressures take their toll on the industry.
Topics: apprenticeships, education, human-interest, townsville-4810, qld, wa, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedLabor says Australia's apprenticeship system is in crisis, with figures showing a halving in the number of apprenticeships in capital cities.
Topics: apprenticeships, alp, liberals, federal-government, federal-elections, business-economics-and-finance, government-and-politics, australia
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Alysha Sladden is one of the new generation of chefs to come out of the South West, poised to extend the reputation of the region for fine wine and dining.
Topics: food-and-cooking, lifestyle-and-leisure, apprenticeships, community-and-society, youth, margaret-river-6285, busselton-6280, nannup-6275
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| UpdatedIt is hoped a truck driving apprenticeship designed in Tamworth could be available nationally, to fill a gap in the transport sector.
Topics: apprenticeships, vocational, work, driver-education, regional, tamworth-2340
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| UpdatedA Queensland training provider goes into voluntary administration, affecting 450 hospitality, hairdressing and beauty students.
Topics: education-industry, education, adult-education, apprenticeships, university-and-further-education, federal---state-issues, cairns-4870, townsville-4810, maroochydore-4558, mermaid-beach-4218
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Topics: women, careers, apprenticeships, orange-2800
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With regional Australia facing skills shortages, passionate female tradies encourage girls to try their hand at new things.
Topics: women, apprenticeships, careers, orange-2800, parkes-2870, nyngan-2825, dubbo-2830, broken-hill-2880, wilcannia-2836
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Topics: women, apprenticeships, careers, orange-2800
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Topics: sport, horse-racing, women, education, apprenticeships, family, bendigo-3550
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Topics: sport, horse-racing, women, education, apprenticeships, family, bendigo-3550
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Topics: sport, horse-racing, women, education, apprenticeships, family, bendigo-3550
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Topics: sport, horse-racing, women, education, apprenticeships, family, bendigo-3550
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Topics: sport, horse-racing, women, education, apprenticeships, family, bendigo-3550
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| UpdatedA young woman from a racing family is about to ride in her first Victorian race, following in the footsteps of Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Michelle Payne.
Topics: sport, horse-racing, education, apprenticeships, bendigo-3550
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| UpdatedAg Cap, a program aimed at keeping teens studying in their home towns, is being extended after a successful pilot program.
Topics: rural, apprenticeships, secondary-schools, rural-youth, tamworth-2340, narrabri-2390
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The founding chairman of the Hunter Valley Training Company (HVTC) says he feels blessed to have assisted so many young people gain apprenticeships'.
Topics: apprenticeships, liberals, rutherford-2320, maitland-2320
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| UpdatedHalf-price vehicle registration for apprentices in construction trades will be introduced by the Victorian Government in the hope it will help them finish their training.
Topics: education, apprenticeships, states-and-territories, vic
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Mid North Coast businesses are being called on to play their part in providing job opportunities for young people
Topics: unemployment, youth, business-economics-and-finance, apprenticeships, coffs-harbour-2450, port-macquarie-2444
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| UpdatedA community centre rises from an abandoned presbytery as a group of unemployed tradesmen help renovate the grounds of St Therese Church.
Topics: unemployment, building-and-construction, housing-industry, urban-development-and-planning, volunteers, adult-education, apprenticeships, vocational, adelaide-5000, colonel-light-gardens-5041
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Despite the huge popularity of celebrity chefs and TV cooking competitions, a chef shortage is looming in Western Australia as young people reject cooking as a profession.
Topics: food-and-cooking, careers, apprenticeships, perth-6000
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| UpdatedFarmers in the state's north-west who are struggling due to the effects of drought will be given a helping hand by young apprentices from across the country.
Topics: farm-labour, drought, apprenticeships, lightning-ridge-2834, dubbo-2830
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Agrifood Labour and Skills Consultant Jackie Jarvis believes the key to solving labour shortages in the sheep industry lies in on-farm traineeships.
Topics: sheep-production, apprenticeships, katanning-6317
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The Western Australian sheep industry is pinning its hopes on traineeships to help solve the labour gap in agriculture and encourage a new generation of farmers.
Topics: sheep-production, apprenticeships, rural-youth, education-industry, katanning-6317
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A policy requiring that a minimum number of apprentices work on government projects should be more strongly enforced, the Western Australian Opposition says.
Topics: state-parliament, apprenticeships, wa