The Apprenticeship Support Programme is a cross-agency government response to help employers retain and bring on new apprentices, including Mana in Mahi participants, while dealing with the effects of COVID-19.
Employers and businesses will be able to access support from either Apprenticeship Boost, Mana in Mahi, or the Regional Apprenticeships Initiative. The Group Training Schemes which some employers are part of will also receive additional support.
Important information
The Apprenticeship Support Programme will be implemented from August 2020. More details on how to apply will be available as soon as possible.
The Apprenticeship Support Programme is delivered from a number of government agencies and includes:
- the new Apprenticeship Boost, which will help employers pay for new and existing apprentices in their first two years of training
- an expansion to MSD’s Mana in Mahi programme to help people into long-term work and gain a formal industry training qualification
- support for seven existing Group Training Schemes to help them continue to employ some 1,700 apprentices and trainees
- the new Regional Apprenticeships Initiative, funded through the Provincial Growth Fund, which will support employers in the regions to take up new apprentices.