The Boosting Apprenticeship Commencements measure aims to support employers and Group Training Organisations to take on new apprentices and trainees to build a pipeline of skilled workers to support sustained economic recovery.

Through the subsidy, any business or Group Training Organisation that engages an Australian Apprentice between 5 October 2020 and 31 March 2022 may be eligible for a subsidy of 50 per cent of wages paid to a new or recommencing apprentice or trainee for a 12-month period from the date of commencement, to a maximum of $7,000 per quarter. Where the 12-month period falls across five or more quarters, later claims should be subject to both a $7,000 per quarter cap and $28,000 cap for the 12-month period.

For an employer to be eligible for Boosting Apprenticeship Commencements, the Australian Apprentice must:

be undertaking a Certificate II or higher qualification; and
meet the following eligibility criteria from Part B Primary Eligibility:
- Employment and Training Arrangements; and
- Citizenship Status; and
have a Training Contract that is formally approved by the State Training Authority
meet additional eligibility criteria for existing workers as specified in Section F.4.2(a) of the AAIP Guidelines

An employer will not be eligible for Boosting Apprenticeship Commencements where:

the employer is receiving any other form of Australian Government wage subsidy or equivalent assistance for the Australian Apprentice;
the Australian Apprentice is undertaking a qualification that supersedes a qualification previously completed by the same Australian Apprentice; or
there has been fraud or manipulation, such as cancelling or withdrawing from an Australian Apprenticeship, for the purpose of accessing Boosting Apprenticeship Commencements payments, which would otherwise not have been payable.

Completion of this form registers an employer or host employer’s interest, and assesses eligibility, to claim the Boosting Apprenticeship Commencements wage subsidy.

Noting that, consistent with Part H. General administrative matters, the Department of Education, Skills and Employment (the department) reserves the right to withhold, refuse or require payment in cases where fraud or manipulation for the purpose of accessing Boosting Apprenticeship Commencements payments has occurred.

Your eligibility to claim occurs:

When the State Training Authority has approved the Training Contract;
When the training has commenced; and
On or after the claim period effect date.

OR unless otherwise advised by the Australian Government or its authorised representatives

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