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The ABBTF apprentice subsidy of $6,000 is paid over the term of the apprenticeship and to claim, the process is easy:

1. A simple phone call to 1300 66 44 96 to register your apprentice
2. Complete the claim form/s we send you on completion of each year level
3. Return with your tax invoice and relevant evidence for payment directly into your bank account

It is even easier through a Group Training Company:

The Group Training Company makes the claims on your behalf, reducing your charge out rate over the term of the apprenticeship.

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The Become a Bricklayer website was created so you could explore a career in brick and blocklaying. Here you can find out everything you want to know about the industry. How to find an employer and where to do training and how to locate the right people to help you on your path. Use the drop down menu Left of page, to locate your State information. You’ll learn about the rewards and the awards possible in this creative field.

There is high demand for people willing to complete a bricklaying apprenticeship. Bricklaying and blocklaying is a growth industry offering stable employment. Enjoy the website.

Employers: Excellent Incentives to take on an Apprentice. Check out the Benefits for Employer builders and bricklayers at the Employer Incentives page for your State.

The ABBTF created this website to assist you.
For further details call the ABBTF 1300 66 44 96 OR
Email abbtf@holmesglen.vic.edu.au

Pictured Here: Students get a hands-on feel for Bricklaying during their Step Out Program course experience and Apprentices at work.

Some State information is not yet available on-line.

If your State drop-down menu at the top Left of page is not showing information yet, Contact Us or see your State information in Newsletters in your State's "More..." button to your Right, here.

Media Releases

Kickstart Bonus - Oct 09
ACCC Endorses Bricklayer Training and Employment Program - Sept 09
Employing Bricklaying Apprentices Makes Good Sense Say Employers - Aug 09
Governments’ Economic Boost to Housing Creates Even More Urgency For Recruitment of Bricklaying Apprentices - July 09
Melbourne Dinner Meeting - June 09
Bricklaying a Real Career Option for Year 12 Students Completing Their Qualification - May 09
Website Helps Bricklaying Apprentices and Employers - Feb 09
Training Foundation Supports Securing Apprenticeships Package - Feb 09
Industry Needs to Keep Recruiting and Training Bricklaying Apprentices - Dec 08

ABBTF are proud to develop and support Australian apprenticeships, jobs for apprentices and apprentice wages in the brick and block industry.

INSIGHTS INTO BRICKLAYING APPRENTICESHIPS
The bricklaying industry is an integral part of the commercial and residential construction industry, with approximately 26,000 bricklayers and blocklayers across Australia.
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This National Research Project is now complete and the final report on the findings is available, click here to download your copy.

VIC
David Switches From Uni to Bricklaying – Now He Is a Builder!
David Valastro studied a double degree on health promotion and nursing when he was Deakin University, but after two years he decided he didn’t like it. He then started a pizza business, but still felt he hadn’t found his ideal career.
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QLD
Apprentice Kickstart Bonus for Bricklayers
A new Kickstart Bonus for signing a new apprentice has just been announced by the Federal Government.
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NSW
Masonry Contractors Award Winners
The Masonry Contractors Association (MCA) held their 12th Annual awards for Brick and Blocklaying Excellence at Le Montage Function Centre in Sydney in November.
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WA
Brick Companies Support Bricklayer Training
Producing high quality bricks is the aim of Western Australian brick manufacturers. But they also ecognise the urgent need for trades people, with the training and skills, to lay the bricks so that the benefits of the product are fully realised in construction projects.
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SA
Apprentice Numbers up by 60%
Since early 2007, when ABBTF commenced the program to address skill shortages in bricklaying, apprentice numbers have increased by 104 or 60%.
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ACT
Bricklayer and His Apprentice Join Forces
ACT bricklayer Michael McPherson completed his training at Wagga Wagga in 1983. He started his business two years later, moving to Canberra in 1992 and has always been self employed.
Michael’s apprentice, Ashley Harris was awarded the Bricklaying Apprentice of The Year for 2008 and Michael reckons he felt like a proud parent.
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Tas
Darrel Lillico – 40 Years of Bricklaying and Helping Apprentices
Launceston bricklayer Darrel Lillico was 16 years of age when hestarted as an apprentice. “After completing my apprenticeship, I went out on my own, and have been working for myself ever since, 40 years of bricklaying!” said Darrel.
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