Host a PAV Apprentice

Simple staff costing

Employers are charged an agreed hourly rate for hours worked. This is inclusive of award wages, standard allowances, overtime and non-productive time such as off-job training attendance, sick leave and annual leave.

Flexible staffing hours

Hire from one week to the term of an apprenticeship based on your labour needs.

Cost-effective – the apprentice fills in a weekly timesheet so you only pay for hours worked.

Extensive administration support

PAV staff manage all apprentice training and skill development. In addition we monitor the apprentice’s performance within your workplace, ensuring a successful placement.

Reduced administration cost

We take care of all employer associated admin including payment of wages and superannuation, Work Cover, supply of personal protective equipment, enrollment at trade school and completion of training agreement.

Apprentice contract management

Under the contract, we employ the apprentice. We manage the contract and mentor the apprentice, leaving host employers free to do what they do best – run their business.

Businesses can hire apprentices at any year level for the minimum duration of three weeks, and return them with a week’s notice. This gives you the ultimate control in staffing flexibility.

Our rates include all on-costs so you only pay when they are working and productive on the job, having all entitlements, trade school fees, workers compensation premiums and costs rolled into a single simple hourly rate you can easily on-charge to your client.

Save over $16,000 on a 1st year adult apprentice
Save over $2,000 on a 1st year junior apprentice
Plus, obtain $4,000 in government incentives, paid directly to you

Access Government Incentives worth $4,000

On top of the subsidy we already provide, plumbing apprentices attract and Additional Identified Skills Shortage payment of $4,000 paid directly to Host Employers of GTOs who maintain the placement of an individual apprentice throughout their apprenticeship. How are payments made? $2,000 is payable directly to the Host Employer at the end of the 1st year and $2,000 upon completion. 
 

Cost savings calculator (1st year adult apprentice)

We will give a further $1,000 rebate if a host employs a new first-year apprentice for 3 months or longer.

Cost savings calculator (1st year junior apprentice)

We will give a further $1,000 rebate if a host employs a new first-year apprentice for 3 months or longer.

How we do it

Master Plumbers is a registered Group Training Organisation. We receive Government funding and we use it to subsidise our first-year apprentices.

Even though the wage rates and therefore on-costs are vastly different, we do not differentiate in our charge-out rate between Juniors (under 21 at commencement) and Adults (21 and over at commencement).

This is because we are here to supply the best labour to the industry and we do not consider age a relevant factor.

Location list coming soon. Please 0438 481 274 for location information for now.

Current Junior Award Rates PDF

• Normal Time rates are charged to the Host only when the apprentice is available to work on the job
  The above rate is not charged when the apprentice is at Trade School, for public holidays, RDO’s, personal leave, annual leave, sick leave or whilst on work cover. 
• Normal Time rates are all inclusive for ordinary hours and cover employment related costs such as superannuation, leave loading, protective clothing, Incolink portable sick leave, Co-Invest and work cover premiums
• Minimum daily charge for an ordinary hour’s workday is eight hours
• Inclement Weather is charged at Normal Time rates

All allowances payable to the apprentice in accordance with the Award are charged to the Host at the cost plus 13%. This includes:

• Fares and Travel allowances
• Site, Height, Meal and other allowances
• Travel during the day and beyond the 50km radius (radius based on their centre of employment – based either in Geelong, Brunswick or Narre Warren), or a Host Employer premises in a major regional city eg Ballarat, Bendigo.

EBA Rates PDF

• Normal Time rates are charged to the Host only when the apprentice is available to work on the job.
  The above rate is not charged when the apprentice is at Trade School, for public holidays, RDO’s, personal leave, annual leave, sick leave or whilst on work cover. 
• Normal Time rates are all inclusive for ordinary hours and cover employment related costs such as superannuation, leave loading, protective clothing, Incolink portable sick leave, Co-Invest and work cover premiums.
• Minimum daily charge for an ordinary hour’s workday is eight hours.
• Inclement Weather is charged at Normal Time rates

All allowances payable to the apprentice in accordance with the EBA are charged to the Host at the cost plus 13%.

• Fares and Travel allowances
• Site, Height, Meal and other allowances
• Travel during the day and beyond the 75km radius (radius based on the Apprentice’s centre of employment – Geelong, Narre Warren or Brunswick), or a Host Employer premises in a major regional city eg Ballarat, Bendigo).