WESTERN POWER —
APPRENTICESHIPS
148. Hon Dr STEVE THOMAS to the minister representing the
Minister for Energy:
I refer to the
McGowan government's commitment to employ apprentices at Western Power.
(1) What is the
number of new first-year apprentices employed in 2020 and 2021?
(2) What is the
total number of apprentices—first to fourth year—employed in
2020 and 2021?
(3) How many
apprentices completed their training in 2019 and 2020?
(4) How many apprentices who completed their training
in 2019 and 2020 are still employed by Western Power?
Hon DARREN
WEST replied:
I thank the Leader of the Opposition
for some notice of the question. On behalf of the Minister for Regional
Development representing the Minister for Energy, I provide the following
response.
(1) It is not possible to provide the 2021 numbers in
the time provided. Numbers for 2019 and 2020 have been provided for this
response; however, 2021 numbers will be made available later this week. Western
Power employed 16 new first-year
apprentices in both 2019 and 2020, in line with the McGowan Labor government's election
promise. Over and above apprentices, Western Power also takes on graduates,
trainees and pre-apprentice scholarships opportunities per annum,
creating multiple training opportunities for Western Australians of different
educational backgrounds and electrical training experience levels. In addition,
Western Power also employed additional higher year apprentices in 2020, who
were released by prior employers during the early months of COVID-19 through no
fault of their own.
(2)–(3) The answers to (2) and (3) are in tabular form and
I seek leave to have the response incorporated into Hansard.
[Leave granted for the following
material to be incorporated.]
(2)
|
|
2019
|
2020
|
|
Apprentices
– Total
|
72
|
71
|
|
-
1st year
|
16
|
16
|
|
-
2nd year
|
19
|
15
|
|
-
3rd year
|
22
|
19
|
|
-
4th year
|
15
|
21
|
|
TAFE
pre-apprenticeships
|
26
|
-*
|
|
School-to-Work
Traineeships
|
5
|
5
|
|
Graduates
|
9
|
10
|
|
Vacation
Students
|
7
|
7
|
|
TOTAL
|
119
|
93
|
*the
TAFE pre-apprentice program was offered in 2020, however there were no eligible
applicants.
(3) Western Power did not
recruit any apprentices in 2016, resulting in no apprentices being ready to
complete their training in 2019.
|
Year
|
Overhead
|
Cable
Jointing
|
Electrical
|
Automotive (Heavy Mechanical)
|
|
2019
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
|
2020
|
10
|
Nil
|
3
|
1
|
(4) All
apprentices who completed their training in 2020 are still employed by Western
Power. As per (3), no employees completed their training in 2019 due to an
intake of nil in 2016.