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PAPERWORK AND ADMINISTRATION PROBLEMS
Increasing administration (less time to work)
Insurance
Licensing
OHS compliance
Overregulation in industry
CPD 100 points
TRAINING PROBLEMS
TAFE operates differently 90% in the field 10% at TAFE
Poorly prepared apprentices
Lack of female apprentices
Lack of commitment
Lack of pre-apprenticeship course
No career path
Responsibility for training falls on tradespeople
Mature age wish to retrain - hard to get a start
Only 1 apprentice in tiling
Apprentices pick up bad habits in Group Training
Low wages for mature apprentices
Mature apprenticeships stigma evident
Travel long distance to TAFE is an OHS issue
Work ethic among apprentices can be bad
Less apprenticeships through large organisations
Public transport to TAFE
Youth transport curfew
INDUSTRY SPECIFIC PROBLEMS
Home warranty insurance Home warranty ($12,000) too high
Cost - Opportunity cost (training and innovation)
Difficult to get licence
Increase in number of owner builders
Mature age of many builders
Changes in industry too great
No available subbies
Tilers too busy
Lack of growth in support trades
Unlicensed trades people
People working without formal training
COST PROBLEMS
Cost of putting apprentices on
Low apprenticeship pay (higher living costs)
OTHER PROBLEMS
Penalty points ?
Small local networks lock out newcomers
No new ideas
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