How long does it take?
State-specific Australian School-based Apprenticeships minimum time commitments for vocational training and working with employer are:
| Minimum 11 hours per week |
| Maximum 20 hours per week |
| Minimum 8 hours per week |
| Maximum 20 hours per week |
| At least 48 days per year |
| Workbased: 10–12 hours per week |
| Traineeship: 100 days per year |
| *Apprenticeship: 1 day per week |
| *Building Apprenticeship: 144 days per year |
| *Plumbing Apprenticeships: 184 days per year |
| Minimum 13 hours per week, averaged over 3 period of 4 months. |
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Minimum 8 hours per week, averaged over the duration of the Training Contract |
| Minimum 8 hours per week |
| Maximum 15 hours per week |
| At least 720 hours per year |
| The nominal duration is calculated by multiplying the nominal: |
| full-time duration x 1.5 hours (e.g. full-time nominal duration of 12 months, will be 18 months for AS-bA) |
| minimum 624 hours per year (78 days @ 8 hours per day) |