Australia has a scheme to assist mature age people in obtaining further employment prospects with the Mature Age Apprenticeship scheme.
Mature Age Apprenticeship scheme
The way this seems to work is that employers receive government funded incentives of normally up to $4,000.
Each State may be different in this, and the above relates to Queensland.
Mid-Career Apprentices or Support for Adult Apprentices:
Payments to either the employer or the Apprentice themselves of $150 per week  in the first year and $100 per week  in the second year are made by the government.  These payments as classed as taxable income.
More information will be added as it is checked.
Sources:
- Queensland Apprenticeship Services www.qas.org.au/site/employers/Mature_Age.aspx
- Support for Mid-Career Apprentices www.australianapprenticeships.gov.au/Australian_Apprentice/Mid_career.asp
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gday
just enquiring about aged aprrenticeships iam interested in doing an apprenticeship and iam 22 years of age, iam currently employed as an salesman in a automotive shop selling spare parts, but just not sure wxactly how aged aprrenticeships work and whether i can afford doing an apprenticeship, was told that government can re inburse to your normal wage when you start an apprenticeship, would love to hear back from you…
yours sincerely randy.