apprentice means an employee who is described as an apprentice and is a party to a training contract that provides for the employee to undergo training leading to a qualification under the Australian Qualifications Framework;
Australian Qualifications Framework means the national policy of that name for accredited qualifications in Australian education and training (including addenda to that policy added from time to time) that –
(a) defines qualifications recognised nationally in education and training undertaken within Australia; and
(b) is endorsed and published by the Australian Qualifications Framework Council; and
(c) took effect on 1 July 2011 –
as amended or substituted from time to time;
Australian Qualifications Framework Council means the council –
(a) established under the authority of the National Ministerial Council responsible for education, training and employment; and
(b) that has responsibilities for the Australian Qualifications Framework;
dispute means a dispute relating to the terms, conditions or operation of a training contract or a vocational placement agreement;
employer includes, if appropriate, a group training organisation;
foundation skills means skills in the English language, literacy and numeracy together with skills required for participation in modern workplaces and contemporary life;
group training organisation means a person or organisation whose business includes employing trainees or apprentices, or both, under training contracts and placing those trainees or apprentices with host employers;
host employer means an employer that, under a written agreement with a group training organisation, trains trainees or apprentices, or both, employed by that group training organisation under a training contract entered into by that group training organisation, regardless of whether that training takes place in Tasmania or elsewhere;
listable group training organisation has the meaning given by section 10 ;
listed group training organisation means a group training organisation that is listed in the Register of Listed Group Training Organisations maintained under section 16 ;
Ministerial Council means a council that comprises the Ministers for each State and Territory and the Commonwealth who have responsibility for tertiary education and skills;
trainee means an employee who, whether described as a trainee or otherwise, is a party to a training contract that provides for the employee to undergo training leading to a qualification, but does not include an employee described as an apprentice;
training contract means a contract between an employer and another person entered into under section 30 ;
Training Contracts Register means the register maintained under section 41 ;
TTAC means the Tasmanian Traineeships and Apprenticeships Committee established under section 17 ;
TTAC guidelines means guidelines issued by the TTAC, and in force, under section 21 ;
vocational education and training means the vocational education and training, and attainment of associated qualifications or statements of attainment, under level 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 of the Australian Qualifications Framework;
vocational placement means a placement that provides paid or unpaid employment, for a period of less than 240 hours in a 12-month period, at a work place as part of training leading to a qualification;
workforce development means building the capacity of enterprises to develop and use the skills of their workforces to maximum advantage for the benefit of the enterprises, industry and the community.
(2) For the purposes of this Act, if a group training organisation enters into a training contract –
(a) that group training organisation is taken to be the employer of the trainee or apprentice who is the other party to the training contract; and
(b) training provided to the trainee or apprentice by a host employer is taken to have been provided by that group training organisation.