OUR BUSINESS
Apprenticeship Queensland (AQ) partners with our clients to meet their employment goals through a variety of services. We offer opportunities for apprentices and trainees across a broad range of vocational areas as well as recruitment and training solutions for our partner businesses.
OUR HISTORY
Established in 1986 to support employment and training in the Ipswich region. 1986….difficult economic conditions were changing and reshaping much of Australian business and industry. Australian industry was short of skilled workers, but economic uncertainty made employers wary of long-term commitments such as apprenticeships.
John Callaghan was the Economic Development Officer for the Ipswich City Council in 1985 when youth unemployment in Ipswich was around 25%
John heard of a new initiative to assist in the training of apprentices and after consulting with several Chairs and CEOs of existing training Schemes operating in Queensland he went to the Ipswich City Council and received permission to undertake a Feasibility Study to gauge the response of local employers to participating in a local Scheme.
With a good response to the concept John went to the Ipswich City and West Morton Regional Councils in 1986 who agreed to set up a company to be named the Ipswich Moreton Community Apprenticeship Scheme (IMCAS) which later became Apprenticeships Queensland
John worked tirelessly to create IMCAS and was appointed Chairman of the company and guided the organisation through some tough times during the next twenty-five years before he retired in 2004.
OUR PEOPLE
AQ currently employs several hundred apprentices, trainees and support staff. AQ is a not-for-profit, community based company governed by a Board of Directors.
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2022 AwardsSchool Based apprentice of the year finalist Sponsors – TAFE Queensland & Major Training Bryden Atkinson – Keema Automotive Group – Cleveland Joshua Crowther – QLD Roof Replacements Clancy Reberger – Drake Trailers Pty Ltd Nicholas MacDonald – Brad Yarrow Plumbing & Drainage Encouragement – Joshua Crowther & Clancy Reberger Achievement – Bryden Atkinson ... |
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2019 AwardsSchool based apprentice of the year finalist Sponsors – BUSS Q & TAFE Aaron Smith – AQ Building Futures Program Jackson Howard – AQ Building Futures Program Daniel Leonard – AQ Building Futures Program Lewis Brown – AQ Building Futures Program Alex Turner – AQ Building Futures Program Nelson Gower – ProBuilder Pty Ltd Encouragement ... |
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2018 AwardsSchool Based/Trainee Apprentice of the year finalist Sponsors – BUSS Q & TAFE Riley McGill Bendigo and Adelaide Bank Anneliese Campbell Apprenticeships Queensland Zach Haley AQ Building Futures Program Gilbert Shindanga AQ Building Futures Program Sam Buchanan AQ Building Futures Program Joshua Hawley AQ Building Futures Program Jesse Townsend AQ Building Futures ... |
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Breaking The CycleThis program provides young people with support to obtain their driving licence. Program details: ‘Breaking the Cycle’ is a partnership between the Group Training Association of Queensland Northern Territory, Police Citizens Youth Club and professional driving organisations. The program has been supported and funded through by the Department of Education Training and Employment. Program ... |
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Building Futures ProgramApprenticeships Queensland and TAFE South West have gone to great lengths to ensure that a group of young job seekers gets the best on-site experience possible. In the coming weeks, the 15 school-based apprentices – as well as 20 Certificate 1 Construction students – will embark on the comprehensive renovation of a three-bedroom timber house ... |
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2017 AwardsSchool Based Apprentice or Trainee of The Year Encouragement Sponsor: Trade Tools Achievement Sponsor: Tafe South West Finalists Tiarna Bray (Bendigo Bank) Lachlan O’Brien (AQ – Building Futures Program) Callum Brown (AQ – Building Futures Program) Connor Parsons (AQ – Building Futures Program) Lachlan Graham (AQ – Building Futures Program) Liam Courtney (AQ – Building ... |
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