BUSY At Work

BUSY At Work provides Apprenticeship and Traineeship Recruitment across Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania and Western Australia as a not-for-profit Apprentice Connect Australia Provider filling more than 60,000 positions annually.

• Founded in 1977 on the Gold Coast, it has delivered apprenticeship support since 1998 under contract to the Australian Government, with more than 1,000 staff and a Southport, Queensland head office.
• Manages recruitment, sign-up, training contracts and employer incentive claims across more than 500 qualifications at no cost to employers, with streams including apprenticeships for school students and mature age workers, Women in Male-Dominated Trades, Together First Nations Apprenticeships and B Green clean energy apprenticeships.
• Certified to ISO 9001 and ISO 27001; group entities include Skill360, a group training organisation and RTO, and BUSY Ability, which provides disability employment services registered with the NDIS.
• Also a contracted Workforce Australia employment services provider linking employers to candidate screening and wage subsidies.

Best for: employers in the five covered states who want apprentices or trainees recruited, signed up and their incentives managed end to end at no cost.

BUSY At Work delivers Vocational Training through the Skilling Queenslanders for Work program, funded by the Queensland Government, with 83% of past participants achieving ongoing employment.

• Delivers projects with partner Reclink Australia across Beaudesert, Logan, Caboolture, Crestmead and Bundaberg, covering construction, boating, landscaping and conservation skills.
• Publishes project results: a Jimboomba cohort saw 26 of 28 trainees complete, 23 move into jobs and 3 into further study; 12% of past participants progressed to further training.
• Targets disadvantaged, young and long-term unemployed jobseekers, with discounted RSEA PPE workwear for all participants.

Best for: Queensland employers seeking entry-level workers prepared through funded work skills projects with tracked outcomes.