Host Employers
The RITE Host Employer program offers a range of benefits as a result of employing a trainee (school based and/or full time).
As a member of the RITE Host Employer Program, you’ll profit from the following benefits:
- Increased productivity through reduced employee turnover
- Decreased time spent on administrative tasks by using RITE’s payroll and full traineeship management services
- Improved staff quality by providing career pathways and promotion of training opportunities
In addition, you’ll be able to:
- Source your workforce from the premier provider of training and employment opportunities in rural Australia
- Employ staff who are suited to your operations and committed to a career in rural Australia
- Ensure the future viability of the relevant industry by providing an experienced employee pool
- Promote the professional image of the rural industry in the wider Australian training and employment community
Host Employers also receive on-going support from the RITE team, with features including:
- Carefully selected employees who are eager to learn the skills of the relevant industry from an experienced professional
- Promotion of the relevant industry within the rural community
- Free professional recruitment service, as well as a workplace induction program for you and your employee
- Personalised support from a RITE Field Officer for the duration of the traineeship
- Personal achievement in helping an untrained young person develop into a trained and valued employee
Both full time and school based trainees are required to have a Host Employer to undertake their traineeship in agriculture. With all traineeships including formal off-the-job training in the following areas: horsemanship, motorbike riding, cattle mustering, sheep handling, fencing, welding, vehicle and motorbike maintenance, water supplies, general maintenance and all industry related work. A full time trainee is required to attend two training blocks throughout the duration of their traineeship, whilst a school based trainee attends one training block per term (level II). Level II is the preferred entry level of a trainee, with level III being more advanced.
The trainee is paid in accordance with the relevant Industry Award rates.
RITE trainees are assessed and completed in accordance with the Australian Quality Training Framework (AQTF) guidelines, applicable to each certificate level. All assessments are competency based, with trainees assessed by either their RITE Field Officer or Instructor. Competency assessed does not imply that trainee is experienced in the tasks- it simply means that trainee has exhibited a degree of underpinning knowledge and skills in accordance with the AQF (Australian Qualification Framework) descriptors
Host Employers are required to follow all RITE policies and procedures.
For more information contact RITE