New Apprenticeships
The NTPS, like other jurisdictions, recognises the need for innovative workforce planning interventions to ensure that it has the capability and capacity to deliver the appropriate level and quality of service, now and in the future.
This is in the face of: the ageing workforce; ongoing difficulty with attracting, recruiting and retaining staff; skills shortages in the areas of health and education; and the disparity between the employment profile of the NTPS and the community it serves.
An NTPS New Apprenticeship Program (NTPS NAP) (New Apprenticeships involve both Traineeships and traditional Apprenticeships) is one of the workforce planning interventions developed to ensure the NTPS meets current needs and future challenges.
It is a best practice recruitment and development strategy designed to "grow" new generations of employees whose skills, knowledge and experience will help shape the social and economic future of the NT. The NTPS NAP provides opportunities for the NTPS to develop young people who are leaving school and to engage those who have left school and who have developed an interest in working in government. Additionally, it provides an opportunity for existing employees to change their careers.
The delivery focuses on developing intermediate skill levels and/or recognising skills of experienced employees.
A Traineeship/Apprenticeship Program has been in operation in the NTPS for some time and will be replaced with the NTPS NAP. It is expected that all agencies invest in training their employees and at least part of this investment should be directed to New Apprenticeships.
Further information is available in the NTPS New Apprenticeship Guidelines.