Jai is just one of 15,000 apprentices who are out of work due to COVID-19, and tens of thousands more could follow

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Young people looking to get into a trade could struggle finding an employer willing to offer them an apprenticeship, with the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic predicted to slash trainee positions for years to come.

There are warnings tens of thousands of apprenticeships and trainee positions could disappear due to the economic fallout of COVID-19.

Apprentice mechanic Jai Beaven, 18, was made redundant last month after the garage where he worked in Ipswich in south-east Queensland sustained a large drop in customers wanting their vehicles serviced."It kind of made me lose hope a bit that day," he told 7.30.Mr Beaven is now doorknocking local automotive businesses in search of an employer willing to take him on so he can continue his study.

And it predicts that number will increase until 2021 and 2022, with almost 45,000 fewer new places in each of those years.He warns people like Mr Beaven could struggle to regain an apprentice position. Until this week, final year apprentice chef Dion Emin hadn't worked since early March, when he was stood down by the Perth cafe where he worked."I then got a text message from my chef. He said, 'We're not going to need you to come in today.'He is on the JobKeeper wage subsidy so isn't worse off financially, but his training was placed on hold, which means it will take him longer to finish his apprenticeship."I have to be at work to actually qualify in those units.

The head of TAFE Directors Australia, Craig Robertson, said he was concerned that when the JobKeeper wage subsidy ran out in September it could result in more apprentice jobs being lost, particularly in hard-hit sectors like automotive and hospitality. "Do you really need to be an apprentice for three to four years and for that employer to maintain a relationship with that apprentice for a three to four-year period?" Mr Robertson said.In a speech yesterday

 

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I do feel for the young man, and thousands of others now in the same mess. So much for madam cash’s big spree on Scott Cam - where is Cam by the way ?

MrKRudd bobjcarr

Unnecessarily ruining entire societies and lives of countless people for NOTHING, have achieved nothing so far & rest assured continuing this insanity will achieve NOTHING. Now onwards, government & public health officials perpetuating baseless rules need to be held accountable!

It's time for endthismadness to come into play by WeThePeople so we can end this so no more money will be lost MAGA2020

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