A Group Training Scheme means an industrial organisation or body corporate that is approved to employ apprentices and trainees but uses the facilities of its members or other employers to train those apprentices or trainees.

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In relation to a typical Group Training Scheme, a Group Training Company ("Group Training Company"):

• Employs apprentices and trainees, placing them into group training schemes for the duration of their apprenticeship or traineeship;
• Coordinates the training and industry placements of the apprentices and trainees and is responsible for the administration and compliance aspects of the employment.
• Is the legal employer of the apprentices and trainees
• Places apprentices or trainees with a host employer where they receive on the job training which is complemented by formal training provided by registered training organisations etc