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The Tools For Your Trade Initiative will help to alleviate the financial burden on eligible Australian Apprentices, in the first year of their Australian Apprenticeship, by providing tool kits worth up to $800 including GST.

The Tools For Your Trade Initiative is an additional incentive targeted to Australian Apprentices.  Tools received under the Tools for Your Trade Initiative are not to affect or displace any tool allowance received as part of an award, or any private arrangement between the employer and the Australian Apprentice for the provision of tools.

How will it work?

Australian Apprentices who start in an Australian Apprenticeship from 1 July 2005 in an eligible trade occupation experiencing skills needs will receive a tool kit voucher after completing the first three months of their Australian Apprenticeship.

The tool kit will be provided to the Australian Apprentice’s employer. The employer will make the kit available to the Australian Apprentice to use and the Australian Apprentice will be entitled to keep the kit after they have completed a further six months. If the apprentice leaves before this time, the employer can keep the tools for the use of other apprentices or pre-vocational and work experience students.

Overview of the TFYT process:

• Tools suppliers throughout Australia can log on to the TFYT website and complete registration electronically, or else they can register over the telephone.
• The TFYT team will contact employers after an Australian Apprentice has completed three months of their Australian Apprenticeship to verify eligibility (i.e. skills shortage trade as defined in the Trade Learning Scholarship).
• The employer of eligible Australian Apprentices receives a plastic voucher to the value of $800 which can be presented to any registered tools supplier.
• The plastic voucher expires after three months, during which time it is expected that the employer will have purchased the $800 tool kit.
• The employer can use more than one supplier to purchase the tools.
• When the employer has purchased the tools, the supplier seeks reimbursement from the TFYT team.
• After the ninth month of the Australian Apprenticeship, the tool kit becomes the property of the Australian Apprentice.
• The TFYT team conducts a verification process to ensure that the Australian Apprentice has received the tools.
• A formal disputes handling process is available on the TFYT website - together with a complaints proforma.

To find out if you qualify under this scheme or for further enquiries, you can visit the website www.toolsforyourtrade.com.au or call 1800 557 875

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TOOLS FOR YOUR TRADE PREFERRED SUPPLIER